Tortellini Soup (instant pot)

My almost-4 year old, Emma, has been obsessed with soup lately. Whether it’s my lentil soup, yogurt soup, beef stew, or this newest tortellini soup, every day when she comes home from school, she wants soup! I don’t mind because I can load em up with veggies and nourishing foods and they are like a hug in a bowl. Here is a delicious tortellini soup I created a couple weeks back, and we all couldn’t get enough of it!

We ate this soup with this crusty homemade bread and it was delicious!

Slow-Cooker Steak Taco Soup

It’s finally getting a bit cooler in Southern California, which means it is soup season!! I personally love chili but Vasken is not a big fan, so I decided to try a variation with steak meat instead of ground beef and no beans, and it was a hit! Plus, it took 10 mins to throw into the crock pot and dinner was ready 6 hours later...perfect! Here’s the recipe! 

Makes 6 servings  

2 lbs of tenderloin steak, cut into cubes

4 cup beef or vegetable broth

1/2 onion, diced

1 red bell pepper, cubed

1 yellow bell pepper, cubed

1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes

2 T taco seasoning

Salt to taste

Preheat a skillet over medium heat and add your steak. Brown the meat for 5-7 minutes, drain half of the grease, then pour into crock pot.

Add beef broth diced onions, chopped bell peppers, fire roasted diced tomatoes, and seasonings.

Cook on low for 6-7 hours.

I served with a salad and some grain free cornbread (recipe from Danielle Walker’s cookbook “Celebrations.”

We loved this soup and I am sure it is going to be a winter time staple!