Healthy Cheeseburger Soup

This healthy cheeseburger soup is thick and hearty, loaded with ground beef, carrots, celery, and sweet potatoes. The perfect comfort food for those cold-weather blues!

Prep:
10
minutes
Cook:
40
minutes
TOtal:
55
minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • Olive oil
  • 4 stalks of celery, diced
  • 1 lb. carrots, diced
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 sweet potato, peeled & diced
  • 4 c. low-sodium beef broth
  • 1 c. water
  • 1 c. cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1/4 tsp. chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1/2 c. ketchup

Instructions

  1. In a large pot or dutch oven, brown the ground beef. Season with salt and pepper. Remove and set aside.
  2. In the same pot, sauté the celery, carrots, sweet potato, and onion over medium-high heat with about 2 Tbsp. of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. I like to remove about half of the carrots and celery (I set aside and add back toward the end of cooking.)
  3. Add the broth and water to the pot with the remaining veggies. Cover and cook for 20-30 minutes, until the carrots and sweet potatoes are fork tender. Then, use an immersion blender to blend the soup until smooth.
  4. Stir in the ground beef, reserved veggies, cheddar cheese, chili powder, garlic powder, and ketchup. Garnish with cheddar and crackers.