Ground Beef Butternut Squash Kale Soup

All right, YUM Ground Beef Butternut Squash Kale Soup! Comforting, hearty, and chock full of veggies. Also, it’s low-carb, gluten-free, and paleo-friendly! ALL THE GOOD THINGS in one pot.

Although I’m still in Brazil visiting my family and enjoying the warm weather, I know that most of my readers are in the northern hemisphere and they are all facing very cold weather. My friends and family in Canada are telling us that these days are really cold. So, because I’m with you my dear readers, I’m sharing today this comforting Ground Beef Butternut Squash Kale Soup to warm you up a little bit.

This soup is made with real and good ingredients for you such as extra-lean ground beef, butternut squash, and kale, which will make you and your family very satisfied without feeling guilty. Why? Because, comforting foods don’t need to be full of fat and white carbs, right?! Check out my Ground Beef Butternut Squash Bowls if you’d like something similar!

Butternut squash is such a delicious and versatile ingredient. I try to use it as often as possible like in my Rice with Roasted Butternut Squash and Dried Cranberries, Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe, and Roasted Butternut Squash Mash.

This Ground Beef Butternut Squash Kale Soup is for you who have a crazy busy life, but still want to eat well even though you don’t have much time to cook. It’s so easy to prepare and it’ll be done in less than 30 minutes. Awesome!

You’ll start this recipe with olive oil, ground beef, and garlic. Then, you’ll add yellow onions, celery, red peppers, chopped tomato, butternut squash and vegetable broth. Finally, after all these ingredients simmer up, you’ll add kale for extra color and texture.

This soup is also for those who made 2018 the year to eat better without sacrificing flavor because this soup is BIG TIME flavorful. There is something about this combo (ground beef, butternut squash, and kale) that makes the whole dish taste amazing.

I’m totally obsessed with this combo and I bet you will be too, once you try it. IT IS SO DARN GOOD. It literally checks all the boxes – packed with protein and veggies, extremely awesome flavor, gluten-free, paleo, and easy and quick to make. Also, the ingredients are pretty simple and probably you have all of them in your kitchen. If you don’t like butternut squash you can replace it with sweet potato or if you aren’t a big fan of kale you can swap it for spinach. Isn’t that amazing?! It’s definitely the best recipe to kick your new year off right.

Below you’ll find more butternut squash recipes to make:

• Chicken Stroganoff with Butternut Squash Mash
• Roasted Butternut Squash Mash
• 20-minutes Butternut Squash Soup
• No Bean Whole30 Butternut Squash Chili
• Ground Beef Butternut Squash Kale Soup
• Roasted Butternut Squash Cauliflower Salad
• Italian Sausage Stuffed Butternut Squash

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Ground Beef Butternut Squash Kale Soup

All right, YUM Ground Beef Butternut Squash Kale Soup! Comforting, hearty, and chock full of veggies. Also, it’s low-carb, gluten-free, and paleo-friendly! ALL THE GOOD THINGS in one pot!

© Author: Olivia Ribas

Prep: 10 minutes minutes

Cook: 20 minutes minutes

Total: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 people

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 tablespoons extra virgin oil
• ▢ 1/2 lb ground beef
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves minced
• ▢ ¾ cup yellow onion diced
• ▢ ½ cup celery diced
• ▢ ½ cup red pepper diced
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• ▢ 28 oz can diced/chopped tomato
• ▢ 1 cup butternut squash peeled and diced
• ▢ 5 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth*
• ▢ 2 cups kale chopped
• ▢ Pinch cayenne pepper
• ▢ Salt and black pepper

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Instructions

• In a

  large pot over high heat, add

  olive oil. When the pot and the oil are hot, turn the heat down to medium.
• Add ground beef and garlic. Stir occasionally and cook for about 10 minutes or so.
• Add onions, celery, red peppers and dried parsley. Cook until onions are gold brown.
• Add chopped tomatoes, butternut squash and broth. Bring to a boil.
• Cook for about 10 to15mins.
• Add kale, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper and cook for 4 minutes more.
• Taste and add any extra seasonings, if necessary. Enjoy!

Tips

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• If the butternut squash is difficult to cut, you can microwave it to soften.
• You can buy pre-cut butternut squash to speed up the prep time.
• If you're worried about salt, you can use low sodium broth and season to taste.
• To store: Store leftover beef butternut squash kale soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. 
• To reheat: Reheat the soup in the microwave or on the stovetop until hot.
• To freeze: Freeze the soup for up to 3 months. Make sure you leave space when freezing as liquid expands as it freezes. 

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1/8 Calories: 169kcal Carbohydrates: 11g Protein: 11g Fat: 7g Cholesterol: 25mg Sodium: 123mg Fiber: 3g Sugar: 4g

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.