Simple Hamburger Soup | Broccoli Salad | Quark Cheese | Greenhouse Planting

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I'm all about comfort food, and today I made my favourite hamburger soup, which was delicious! I've been working on cheesemaking and made a batch of quark. I also got into the greenhouse and fed my bees. I hope you enjoy coming along with me!
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[@navaleah8663]

I grew up eating cornbread with all kinds of soup. My hamburger soup has either ground or chopped beef, loads of onions, potatoes, carrots, canned tomatoes, whole corn, broccoli florets and stems, sea salt, black pepper, ground peppercorn medley (black, white, pink and green peppercorns), dried minced onion, garlic powder, bay leaf and beef broth. Have given out this recipe countless times, and everybody says it never tastes as good as when I make it but it's still really good, so I just tell them they either didn't hold their mouths right when they done it or they didn't add enough love. Have made this with canned carrots, potatoes and corn and it's still good, but always tell folks not to drain the nutrients away, always add them to your soup, and you still need to let it simmer for a bit to let the flavors meld. Since I was a youngun we've always reserved the liquid from canned vegetables, freeze it and later add it to soups to get that extra nutritional value, but it sure does make it more tasty too. The peppercorn medley is the secret ingredient here, you'd be surprised what a difference it makes, I think it's more of the pink peppercorns that makes a great tasting soup. Not a fan of beans in my soups, so broccoli is my go to green vegetable, and I even save broccoli stems from other dishes and freeze them to add to soup later. Couldn't get me to touch broccoli with somebody else's hand when I was a youngun, now can't get enough of it. With the broccoli though, you want to add your stems early on into your soup, then add your florets later or they'll disintegrate, done that before, also already added them to the soup and had to keep it warm for a good bit while waiting on folks from out of town to show up, it turned out to be a good thing because some of the younguns didn't like broccoli, but they never knew it was in there, until later, haha. Had friends over for soup and cornbread one night, and the mom said her son didn't like onions, it's a texture thing, I know because I was the same wat as a small youngun. So I grated the onions instead of chopping them, the boy didn't know, loved it, the mom told him it had onions in it, the boy refused to believe it until I showed him some itty-bitty pieces of ground onions in there, and to this day, some twenty years later, that boy/man child, still wants grated onions in his soup, go figure.

[@mustwereallydothis]

I used to hear stories from people who lived through the depression about bay leaves. They weren't simply tossed out when they were taken out of the soup like we do now. They would wash them off and set them in a little dish on the back of the stove and keep re-using the same ones until they got pale and flavorless.

[@kathyconger2188]

That’s so interesting! I’m 63 & never heard of that. I’m gonna try it just to see!👍🏻 great tip!

[@carriem7832]

Thank you I’ll try this also

[@barbarabrand190]

I live just north of Las Vegas, USA. Ten days ago we had sleet, and hail, Temps in the low 40F. Tomorrow will be in the 80's F....finally. I love your vlog.

[@danamama6766]

Bay leaves repel certain bugs and moths :) Yes very much love hamburger soup. Cool weather yum. Love all the seedlings snuggled in bed. hugs

[@tammyjocooke-ov1nw]

I write right with sharpie directly on newspaper pots with letter/number code of my plants I keep in my plant ledger. A=paste tomatoes; B=slicer tomato etc … works great for my 200+ various tomato, pepper and eggplant varieties

[@NanasWorld2007]

growing up this was the only soup we knew, as soon as cold weather hit my mom would make homemade veggie soup with hamburger she would make a big pot and freeze some and she even canned it, We had it all winter long, this soup is the best, we eat ours with saltine crackers or peanut butter n jelly sandwiches she always used apple or apricot jelly sometimes she would make grill cheese but we prefer the peanut butter n jelly

[@stefuhfuhmarie]

Milk experiments seem so finicky! I can’t imagine having to worry about the yeast particles in the air 😂. Ty for taking us along for the ride ❤

[@myrtleadams]

You can take your old flat lids paint them red or green then paint a snowman use for putting them on your tree make a hole add ribbon then on the tree

[@simoneclarke5104]

I love making hamburger soup, one of my favourite recipes in the colder months🥰

[@kathymickle6915]

I miss seeing your aprons. Great recipes, thank you.

[@user-km2ud6ii9q]

I have my mom's can opener that is just like that one! And yes I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kellyhinson4221]

I've been watching your channel for several months now and especially enjoy your gardening tips. I have been purchasing a midrange potting mix for years to use in my container garden and my plants do okay but I struggle with blossom end rot and other nutrient deficits. So this year I bought a high end organic mix specifically for container gardening and so far my plants seem much healthier.

[@abbyshay8424]

We love broccoli salad! I always add sunflower seeds in mine. If you like them, I would highly suggest adding them! I add onion as well but if you’re not a fan of raw onion in salads then that’s okay too ☺️

[@patmitchell-wn5wi]

One of our family laughs is…. My son in law called from town and asked “ do you have any babies?” I said” l don’t understand the question, I had two babies”. No he says , Baileys, … so I climb up on to a chair and am looking through the liquor cupboard. “ what are you doing” he asks. Looking for Baileys, we have Kallua but no Baileys. By this time he’s laughing so hard he can hardly talk. No no no BAY LEAVES! That’s our bay leaf story.

[@carolynmiller1774]

I make a cheeseburger soup. Hamburger, bacon velvetta cheese, milk, hashbrown cubes, onions, salt, pepper, condensed milk. Cook in crock pot 4-5 hrs on low. We love it.

[@dorianmorton67]

We sprinkle grated cheese on top of it and call it cheeseburger soup!🇨🇦❤️

[@melindarains3130]

My grandma taught me how to make that stew. She called it hamburger stew. Loved it growing up. She didn't use tomatoe sauce tho she used soy sauce.

[@marilynbrown2297]

I use Campbell 🍅 tomato soup 2 cans and 2 cans pork & Beans In my hamburger soup and it is awesome!! Along with potatoes,carrots onion, garlic and it is amazing!!

[@jmt7676]

Beautiful Maple verses your flower beds. Should be interesting. I'm sure she thinks she is helping.

[@rachellepollock9877]

Never heard of Quark Cheese before your video today. Nor have I had Hamburger Soup before but it looks very good. Your daughter seems to be a big help around the kitchen. I am glad your dairy cows are doing well and you have lots of milk now. Thanks for another great video and recipes.

[@meme7591]

I'm not going to watch this right now because I'm going to see you in for tonight when I'm relaxing ❤

[@maryables6752]

Soup and biscuits look delicious

[@nancyowen6936]

Your hamburger soup looked amazing. Try adding cabbage. I also plan on ordering your canned goods opener. Thank you so much for taking us along on your busy day. I get so excited when I see that you have posted a new video. ❤️

[@carriem7832]

Good wet Sat morning….the other day I listened to one of your vlogs and you mentioned not liking canned chicken….I don’t care for the texture either but I know when the time comes we will accept what we have to eat. I drain my chicken and cut the shreds up and put it into soups, casseroles, on top of salads, chicken salads, stuffed potatoes, using gravy or cheese sauces makes it more palatable, good on grilled cheese chicken Sammie’s… If you sautéed it until slightly crispy that helps the texture. I’ve dehydrated it and my hamburger….the hamburger I leave dried chunkier and it hydrates well in soups and as a add onto a meal when I need more hamburger added. hope this helps….. Our power went out for four days and if we couldn’t have bought gas for the generator we’d have had problems……. We have few full sunny days here where I live in Ohio so I doubt solar power generator would be the answer.

[@catracampolieto8989]

So glad Paddy is doing so good. Dinner looked delicious. Have a great weekend.

[@wizelbee]

Love hamburger soup. My grandma made it, my mom made it & I make it. I also add diced zucchini & if I have them, green beans & peas. I also began using vegetable Better Than Bouillon as the base. Really enjoying your videos. Been trying to catch up on all of them.

[@closetoyou28]

Always love seeing your videos come up. And specially right now because it’s a perfect thing to watch just before you go to sleep.. just nice and wholesome. Thank you.

[@mjecheverria4197]

Have a great weekend ❤

[@ladonnapasco7551]

Made the broccoli salad and it is so good. I added a few chopped onions. Very good

[@OffRampAdventures]

I had two unknowns until today...quark cheese and hamburger soup...Now I just want to try them!

[@jennleighwesson6089]

I make a very similar broccoli salad, but I parboil the broccoli!! Like, 30 seconds to 45, then into ice water. It greens it up, and I remember reading something about this being healthier for absorption of vitamins. 🤷‍♀️

[@Flowers4Everyone]

Hamburger soup we always made at the end of the week, as to not waste any left over veg in the fridge. Delicious with sourdough rye rolls😊

[@GardeningWarrior]

My dad was a police officer and mom a nurse but I was very sick so they worked a lot when I was a child and teen ager. We would go to a wonderful large family daycare for days sometimes. The Scottish family who ran it would make this broccoli and bacon "slaw" that this recipe reminds me alot of. They taught me how to cook and do math and reading,write- all before I got INTO actual kindergarten and for some reason, you remind me of them.

[@NancyMancarious]

Your dinner plates are very different to what we have here in Egypt. It's amazing how I like never heard about any of them. Haha.

[@vickihill4777]

Be sure to put your new metal bed near an easy water source. Jessica at three rivers homestead said her metal beds took a lot more watering than other bed types. Just a thought.

[@ka6148]

Yummmm

[@Catherine-zq1kb]

You are wonderful 💛

[@danoneill2846]

yep

[@karencroft1322]

I also grew up on hamburger soup so so good yummmmmmy ❤

[@jackieperkins8514]

I like hamburger soup but I love stuffed pepper soup. I just made some the other day. Yum

[@pamdavis1116]

I have a raised bed near the back door and plant it full of greens every Spring (January for us). They are nearing end-of-life because it's getting hot. But, I love being able to just pop out for a big bowl of greens at dinnertime. I've tried following up with hot weather plants (tomatoes, squash, okra), but haven't had much luck. So, I either leave it empty or fill it with heat tolerat flowers. I never seem to get my act together to plant Fall greens in there. Maybe this year!

[@lynngliottone2812]

Oh no...snow!! It was 90°F here in Rhode Island. (Southern New England)

[@debidubay2838]

We love hamburger soup. I make exactly as you do and we call it "Aunt Dottie's Hamburg Soup". Aunt Dottie never liked to cook and when she did it usually wasn't very good. But she mastered this soup and because it was so good we named it after her and the name has stuck for over 50 years! We don't put pasta in it as we like to eat it with cornbread.

[@georginaboateng4901]

Thankyou

[@belieftransformation]

Wonderful events going on around there; thanks for sharing! I love all homemade soup & biscuits! Blessings to all 🤗💜

[@darin-ka]

I’ve never heard about hamburger soup, and now I have to try it! Thanks for the video ❤

[@roberttaylor9768]

I was soo embarrassed when spell check changed fire weeds name to milk weed but now I see you named one of your new cows milk weed!! That's too funny!😂

[@sharonaustin6944]

Thanks for the great tip about pasta in soups. I hate leftover soup if the pasta gets swollen and mushy!

[@sandrasprings4174]

I agree on the pasta it sucks up all the juice ! Love hamburger veggie soup

[@angelacollins1343]

It’s hard to beat hamburger soup. It’s one of our favorites and it stretches a pound of ground beef a long way!

[@BohemiaGirl331]

so enjoyable thankyou

[@deltamoon22]

If you use a lot, herbs are better planted in the ground as companion plants for the vegetable garden, but also keep some containers of the ones you use more frequently by the kitchen. Bonus of the containers is you can keep growing them in a window during the winter. Nothing beats fresh herbs in the middle of winter.

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Good Saturday morning Little Mountain Ranch. Glad to see you're doing well. That hamburger soup and that brocolli salad looks absolutely delicious - and I'm glad to see the greenhouse is progressing nicely.

[@barbaranielsen2888]

As always!

[@melissamckelvie285]

I love how you have to wait for it to warm up enough to grow, we're the exact opposite and waiting for winter to start our growing season in the north-west of Australia 😃

[@robyn7287]

I have a raised garden bed just outside my kitchen. It’s great for collecting fresh herbs when needed. I love the paper pots, great idea.

[@wendycash54]

We always add cabbage to our hamburger soup. The recipe was my mother-in-law's, but likely passed down from her mother. This made me want to make some

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Thank you. Did enjoy it

[@flossysmartt]

I just love your channel, you have amazing stories and your so very educational about everything which is very helpful to me and your so amazingly polite too everyone 😊

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you so much!

[@ShellyS2060]

I loved this video. It felt very frantic and real. It made me feel better about my crazy life. Thank you for sharing.

[@wieslawagajewski6918]

Love your videos and am learn so much from them.

[@lindamills9444]

I love pimento cheese sandwiches with this soup.

[@trishapomeroy9251]

I LOVE a good creamy broccoli salad! Clearly I need to make some for myself as I haven't had any all winter. Hamburger soup is so versatile! You can put whatever flair you want to it and make it a totally different dish each time.

[@scottewen2522]

I grew up on the same hamburger soup and biscuits. Poor man’s meal. My wife and kids don’t like it. Though. I guess I did well enough in life, that they can turn their noses up to it. Love you our shows it is peaceful and heart warming. Makes me miss the acreage I grew up on and helping my uncles farm.

[@heartofmythril]

Honey is such a beautiful color and her name matches her so well!

[@janelogan5759]

My Great Aunt made hamburger soup but not w all the veges. Homemade canned stewed tomatoes and beef broth. Garlic, carrots, celery, onion, herbs, and some barley. Plus the hamburger. Love it. Yours sounds yummy also🥰

[@kellyharbaugh9391]

Yes, when I make that kind I make it in the largest pot I have because all mine kids friends used to come after my soup, but I call it vegetable beef and I put tomatoes in mine

[@kimg5784]

So grateful I found you- being upper midwest usa - similar schedule. Other homesteaders I watch are all down south and it seems so distant. I am hauling my trays of "babies" in and out of the house each day to get sun- they are happy and I pray for spring. Snow showers tomorrow night ughhhh

[@evie7845]

Great video!!!

[@susancampbell7279]

Yum

[@trainman2860]

Yes it was a long winter. Still have snow down here in Princeton. Love soup and biscuits.

[@chrisanndunn8814]

Great content in this video, a little bit of everything, kitchen, garden & animals.

[@jo-annjewett198]

Love hamburger soup with homemade biscuits!!

[@elizaC3024]

The brocoli salad looks great.

[@pleasantmeadows2070]

Love hamburger soup! Definitely a comfort food.

[@kaybusby7507]

Soup looks looks delicious. And th÷ salad in a jar is a great idea. Thank you for sharing

[@melindawargowsky8176]

Your hamburger soup is how I make veggie soup😊

[@carolwagner5220]

Thanks for sharing your days with us. I've learned a lot from you and hopefully soon I'll be able to do some of the recipes and gardening.

[@tammyfletcher7667]

I add sesame seeds to my brocolli salad. It adds more protein plus I add red onions. Have you ever thought of adding barley to your soup. More fiber and stretches it further. Plus I live the chewy texture. Pasta looks delicious too.

[@mjackson780]

I grew up on that kind of soup but with cornbread. I think I need to make some more soon. On occasion I will add cabbage to the soup.

[@cathybackus5159]

If you pinch your snap dragon's back a little your steam will be stronger and give you more flowers. That baby cafe is looking so good and healthy ❤️.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I did, thanks to one of your suggestions!😊

[@lynsmith2698]

Hi Chelsea. So glad you are doing cheese again, I look forward to watching. I lost one of my hives this winter also but three survived. I have been feeding them syrup for a few weeks now. The other day, they started bringing in pollen woohoo. Your soup looks fantastic. I think I will make some on Sunday with ❤️ shaped biscuits ahaha. Great video. 🇨🇦🌷

[@mumsie2739]

I love hamburger soup...only discovered it a few years ago.

[@MARY-pd1xt]

My family makes our broccoli salad with raw broccoli, raw cauliflower chopped onions bacon and cheese. The dressing is just mayo with sugar:)

[@shelleyennis4489]

That soup looked really good. I'm gonna have to try it. 🙂🇨🇦

[@camicri4263]

Yum! 💞🤗💞

[@saramurillo-garcia2301]

Your soup and biscuits look amazing 😃👍👍😃 I really enjoy your content and thank you for sharing your amazing content!!

[@ritabaker3113]

Hamburger soup sounds delicious. I’m going to make some. Blessings

[@lorimcmichael5846]

Thanks Chelsea! Guess what’s for supper tomorrow?!😊

[@dorykoszewski3162]

Your hamburger soup looks so good. I as well grew up on it and we love it. You can add so many different veggies to it. I’ve never heard of quark cheese before. Cheese making is something I’ve always wanted to try but have to do more research on how to.

[@janeweldon8874]

Your soup looks yummy, I’ll see if I can recreate it! Thanks ❤️

[@noramaegomez197]

Hello, I’m new to your channel. I really enjoy your channel and content ! I think I’m going to try your broccoli salad. It looks yummy ! I have an off-the-wall question. Where did you get that cute shelf above your stove ? I’m going to close now because it’s 1:30 in the morning. Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with me.

[@karenlemley8656]

I have never heard of quark cheese either but I make hamburger soup too but I don't add so much tomatoes, just a 14oz.can because tomatoes bother my arthritis and I don't need that, lol. Thank you for everything you do. I love watching your videos.

[@loriwalston6906]

I'm not sure why I've never had hamburger soup but it sure looks yummy and I'm going to give it a whirl for supper tomorrow evening (Sunday). BTW, I ordered the Little Mountain Ranch men's premium T-Shirt in heather gray and I absolutely love it (graphics and quality are awesome). Will be placing another order for T-Shirts in various colors.

[@loric3455]

Love your videos and am learn so much from them. Could you show more about regulating the temperature in your green house in future videos? I have a 10x12 diy one with raised beds in it and putting wire shelves above them for seed starts. However, I am SO intimidated to use it due to fluctuating temps and it getting too hot or too cold and killing everything 😬 I'll probably just put one tray of tomatoes out there to test my skills since I have an abundance of them and it won't hurt as much if I kill them.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I have a 20x30 greenhouse and I have the same issue!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Yes, I will for sure.

[@bryanblanton2046]

I always look foward to your video's. 😊 So much hard work with so much love. That's just amazing. Im glad you're daughter is back and i know you're excited and Honey is so beautiful! I bet she knows your voice and it probably calms her. But, dang! That soup looked amazingly delicious! Oh my gosh! Im gonna have to try this. We have a bunch of tomatoes that we canned last year and we are so trying not to use them all up because my Dad said the longer they sit, the better they taste. But, im gonna have to snag a few jars from him😂 Hope all of y'all are doing great. 😊

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thanks so much!

[@janetsandham7058]

Hi ,loved the vidio , Allways waiting for one to come along , Soup looks amazing ,could almost taste it , U allways busy and so cheerful , I grew some lovely tomatoes last year ,but there not doing so good this time , Lost one lot allready , Looking forward to ur next vid ,

[@joannecannella4948]

I love making hamburger soup. I make it very similar to you but I add some zucchini and cabbage. It’s delicious. I also prefer serving pasta for soup separately. ❤

[@lynnloehr1566]

I did the same thing with the bay leaves!!! It's just my hubbby and I and so mine are in the freezer, but we had a good laugh about it!! I need to make a lot of soup. We are in the mountain west and we had almost 70 degrees for three days and then it snowed all day today. I feel your pain.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

That’s interesting about the fermented milk products being contaminated by the yeast. If you’re trying to stay away from sugar, you might want to check those dried cranberries, I think they add quite a bit of sugar to them. The broccoli salad looks good, my recipe calls for peanuts as well, and no cheese. Hamburger soup sounds good! My youngest daughter is over in Latvia for 3 months, training horses on a workaway farm, funny coincidence with your daughter.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I try not to get too picky about the sugar thing. Just staying away from the refined stuff as much as possible.