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Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• tomato
• onion
• green bell pepper
• sugar
• basil

Instructions

1. 1 Combine tomatoes, celery, onion, bell pepper, sugar, and basil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cover; cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.

By MARCIAMOLINA

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• green bell pepper
• red bell pepper
• yellow bell pepper
• carrot
• basil
• oregano
• thyme
• salt
• black pepper
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• tomato
• red wine
• cornstarch

Instructions

1. 1 Mix celery, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, carrot, basil, oregano, thyme, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl until the vegetables are evenly coated in seasonings.
2. 2 Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until onion is soft and garlic is light golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Add vegetable mixture to the skillet; cook and stir until hot, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
3. 3 Combine tomatoes and 1/4 cup red wine in a large pot over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes begin to soften, 15 to 20 minutes.
4. 4 Pour tomato mixture into a blender with remaining 1/4 cup red wine and cornstarch to no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth.
5. 5 Return blended tomatoes to pot over medium-low heat. Stir vegetable mixture through tomato sauce; bring to a simmer and cook until thick, about 1 hour.

By MartyRiv

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• pancetta bacon
• olive oil
• red onion
• sage
• salt
• black pepper
• chicken stock
• cannellini bean
• seashell pasta
• salt
• parsley

Instructions

1. 1 In an 8-quart pot, saute pancetta in the olive oil until soft, about 10 minutes. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with sage, 1 teaspoon salt, and black pepper. Pour in the chicken stock, cover, and bring to a boil. Stir in the drained beans, cover, and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 30 minutes.
2. 2 Meanwhile, cook the pasta in 4 quarts boiling water with 1 teaspoon salt until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain and add to the soup.
3. 3 Stir in minced parsley before serving, and sprinkle with grated cheese.

By MARBALET

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• olive oil
• onion
• carrot
• garlic
• button mushroom
• red wine
• tomato
• salt
• black pepper
• sage
• bay leaf
• basil

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add carrot, celery, and garlic; cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms; cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Pour in red wine; cook until wine has almost evaporated, about 3 minutes.
2. 2 Add tomatoes and season with salt, black pepper, sage, and bay leaves. Cook over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, about 20 minutes. Remove bay leaves and stir in basil.

By Fioa

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• turkey sausage
• onion
• garlic
• chicken broth
• tomato
• carrot
• ketchup
• red wine
• cheese tortellini
• zucchini
• parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a Dutch oven or large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the Dutch oven until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
2. 2 Stir chicken broth, tomatoes, carrots, celery, ketchup, and red wine into sausage mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until carrots and celery are tender, about 30 minutes. Add tortellini and zucchini to the soup and cover; simmer until zucchini are tender, 25 to 30 more minutes. Ladle soup into serving bowls and top with Parmesan cheese.

By alands18

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• red bell pepper
• ground beef
• beef broth
• tomato
• red wine
• tomato paste
• bay leaf
• italian seasoning

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onions and garlic until onions are tender. Stir in red bell pepper and saute 2 minutes.
2. 2 Place ground beef in the skillet and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Stir in beef broth, diced tomatoes, wine and tomato paste. Bring to a boil and add celery, bay leaves and Italian seasoning.
3. 3 Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour, or until sauce thickens.

By Natalie Reid

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• cavatappi pasta
• mayonnaise
• albacore tuna
• black olive
• onion
• kosher salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add cavatappi and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 9 to 10 minutes. Drain and run under cold water until no longer hot. Drain again and transfer to a big bowl.
2. 2 Add mayonnaise, tuna, olives, celery, onion, salt, and pepper to the pasta; toss until fully combined. Serve immediately or chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

By karabear8317

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• pork sausage
• carrot
• onion
• chicken broth
• spinach
• rice sides herb and butter
• parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Shape ground sausage into 1/2-inch mini meatballs. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Cook sausage balls until no longer pink in the center, 8 to 12 minutes. Transfer meatballs to a paper-towel-lined plate. Drain all but a tablespoon of the grease from the skillet.
2. 2 Place carrots, celery, and onion in skillet and cook over medium heat until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add chicken broth, baby spinach, and Knorr® Rice Sides™ - Herb & Butter. Cook according to package instructions.
3. 3 Transfer meatballs back to skillet; cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Serve topped with Parmesan cheese.

By Ms Chef Esh

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• bow-tie pasta
• black olive
• tomato
• green bell pepper
• yellow bell pepper
• cucumber
• salad dressing

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bow tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes; drain. Rinse pasta in cold water until cool; drain.
2. 2 Toss pasta, tomatoes, green bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, cucumber, black olives, and celery together in a large bowl.
3. 3 Pour Italian-style dressing over pasta mixture; toss to coat.
4. 4 Chill salad for 20 minutes before serving.

By slopez5084

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• ground beef
• butter
• red wine
• mushroom
• onion
• green bell pepper
• tomato
• tomato sauce
• tomato paste
• garlic
• sugar
• oregano
• seasoned salt
• italian seasoning
• parsley

Instructions

1. 1 Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
2. 2 Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir celery, mushrooms, onion, and bell pepper in hot butter until soft, 5 to 7 minutes.; add to the ground beef.
3. 3 Stir whole tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic, sugar, oregano, seasoned salt, Italian seasoning, and parsley into the beef and vegetable mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring frequently, until the sauce is thick and well-seasoned, 2 to 3 hours.

By Jared Gummig

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• black pepper
• veal shank
• butter
• olive oil
• onion
• carrot
• garlic
• tomato sauce
• water
• basil
• thyme
• parsley
• bay leaf

Instructions

1. 1 In a shallow dish, stir together flour, salt, and black pepper. Dredge meat in seasoned flour. In a large skillet, melt butter with oil over medium heat. Brown meat. Remove meat from pan, and set aside.
2. 2 Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic to drippings in pan. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Stir in tomato sauce, water, basil, thyme, parsley, and bay leaf. Return meat to pan. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer. Cover, and cook for 2 1/2 hours.

By Amy Augustyniak

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• zucchini
• tomato
• green bell pepper
• onion
• tomato soup
• sugar
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Mix zucchini, tomatoes, bell pepper, celery, onion, tomato soup, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a stock pot; stir and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until the zucchini is tender, about 30 minutes.

By Jennifer Adams

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• turkey sausage
• onion
• carrot
• chicken broth
• tomato
• cabbage
• basil
• bow tie pasta
• garlic salt

Instructions

1. 1 Cook and stir sausage in a soup pot over medium heat until crumbly and no longer pink.
2. 2 Add onions, celery, and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Add broth, tomatoes, cabbage, and basil; bring to a boil. Stir in pasta; cover and simmer until pasta is tender, about 10 minutes. Season with garlic salt.

By Behr

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• fusilli pasta
• mayonnaise
• sour cream
• milk
• salad dressing mix
• pea
• genoa salami
• green onion
• black olive
• parsley

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook fusilli in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 10 to 13 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, and drain again. Transfer to a large bowl.
2. 2 Meanwhile, whisk mayonnaise, sour cream, milk, and Italian dressing mix together in a medium bowl until smooth. Refrigerate ½ cup dressing until ready to serve; set aside remaining dressing.
3. 3 Add thawed peas, salami, green onions, celery, olives, and parsley to pasta; stir in remaining dressing until well combined. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
4. 4 Stir pasta salad; add reserved ½ cup dressing, a little at a time, if seems dry.

By Carol Emory

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• kale
• heavy cream
• mushroom
• olive oil
• green bean
• potato
• green chile pepper
• tomato
• chicken soup base
• water
• dill weed
• rosemary
• thyme
• parsley
• bay leaf
• garlic
• carrot
• onion
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1 Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, carrot, and celery until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, bay leaves, parsley, thyme, rosemary, and dill weed; cook until garlic is fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
2. 2 Pour water into onion mixture and bring to a boil. Stir chicken base into the boiling water until dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes. Add tomatoes with green chiles, potatoes, and green beans; bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. 3 Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Add browned mushrooms to the soup. Stir heavy cream and kale into soup; cook until kale is tender and soup is heated through, about 5 minutes.

By nuttyflower

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• chicken breast
• mushroom
• evaporated milk
• processed cheese food
• butter
• sherry
• salt
• black pepper
• cornflake
• paprika
• egg noodle

Instructions

1. 1 Boil chicken breasts and celery in 4 cups of water for about 30 minutes. Remove from heat and remove chicken from water to cool. When chicken is cooled, shred and set aside.
2. 2 In a large skillet, melt butter or margarine. Drain mushrooms, reserving liquid, and add to skillet. Heat thoroughly, seasoning with salt and pepper. Add evaporated milk, reserved mushroom liquid and sherry, stirring well. Add cheese a few slices at a time until thoroughly melted and blended. Add shredded chicken and bring to a slow boil.
3. 3 Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 C). Grease a 9x13x2 glass baking dish. Put in noodles at about a 1 1/2 inch depth and pour chicken mixture over noodles. Stir to coat. Top with cornflake crumbs and paprika, cover dish and bake for 25 minutes. Uncover dish and bake for 5 more minutes. Serve warm.

By Keli Oelerich

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• potato
• cucumber
• red onion
• green olive
• pimento
• olive oil
• red wine vinegar
• garlic powder
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Place potatoes in a large saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and cool, then cut into 1-inch cubes.
2. 2 Combine the potatoes, cucumber, celery, onion, and olives in a large bowl.
3. 3 Whisk together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Pour the dressing over the potatoes and vegetables; mix well. Season with salt and pepper, then chill. Stir the potato salad again before serving.

By marisella

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• vegetable oil
• onion
• garlic
• white kidney bean
• chicken broth
• black pepper
• thyme
• water
• spinach
• lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1 Heat oil in a large soup pot over medium-low heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until tender, about 5 to 8 minutes. Add garlic, and cook for 30 seconds, continually stirring.
2. 2 Stir in beans, chicken broth, pepper, thyme, and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. 3 Use a slotted spoon to remove 2 cups of bean and vegetable mixture from soup; set aside.
4. 4 Blend remaining soup in small batches in a blender at low speed until smooth — it helps to remove the center piece of the blender lid to allow steam to escape.
5. 5 Pour blended soup back into pot; stir in reserved beans.
6. 6 Bring soup to a boil, occasionally stirring. Stir in spinach and until spinach is wilted, about 1 minute.
7. 7 Stir in lemon juice and remove from heat. Serve soup with freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top.

By colleenlora

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• white bean
• turkey leg
• onion
• bay leaf
• carrot
• tomato
• italian seasoning
• salt
• black pepper
• parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Place beans into a large bowl, fill the bowl with water, and cover the bowl with a cloth. Allow to soak overnight.
2. 2 Drain and rinse beans; place into a large soup pot. Add turkey legs, onion, and bay leaves to the pot, cover with water, then bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer for 3 hours.
3. 3 Remove bay leaves and discard. Remove turkey legs from broth, separate meat from the bones and tendons, and return meat to broth.
4. 4 Stir in celery, carrots, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper; simmer until celery and carrots are tender, about 1 hour.
5. 5 Serve soup in bowls and sprinkle each serving with about 1 teaspoon Parmesan cheese.

By Maureen O'leary

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• olive oil
• sweet sausage
• hot sausage
• red onion
• garlic
• red wine
• tomato
• tomato sauce
• salt
• heavy cream

Instructions

1. 1 Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the sweet and hot Italian sausage until browned, about 10 minutes. Break the meat up into crumbles as it cooks. Stir in the onion, celery, and garlic; cook and stir until the onion is translucent, about 8 more minutes. Pour the mixture into a slow cooker. Pour red wine into the skillet, and stir to dissolve the brown flavor bits from the bottom of the skillet. Pour the wine into the slow cooker. Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and salt to taste. Mix well.
2. 2 Cover the slow cooker, set to Low, and cook for 5 hours. Pour in the cream, stir, cover, and cook for 1 more hour. Adjust salt again if necessary, and serve.

By TerryWilson

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• red pepper flakes
• black pepper
• bay leaf
• sugar
• thyme
• basil
• oregano
• beef bouillon
• beef broth
• mushroom
• tomato paste
• tomato sauce
• tomato
• garlic
• red bell pepper
• green bell pepper
• carrot
• onion
• pepperoni sausage
• pork sausage
• ground beef

Instructions

1. 1 Combine ground beef, pork sausage, and sliced pepperoni in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add onions, carrots, celery, bell peppers, and garlic; cook and stir until beef and sausage are browned and crumbly and vegetables are tender. Transfer the mixture into a large colander to drain grease.
2. 2 Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, mushrooms, beef broth, bouillon cubes, oregano, basil, thyme, sugar, bay leaves, pepper, and red pepper flakes to the empty stockpot. Add drained meat mixture and stir until well combined. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 2 hours.

By Stacey Adkins

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• vegetable stock
• olive oil
• carrot
• onion
• arborio rice
• red wine
• radicchio
• gorgonzola cheese
• walnut
• balsamic glaze
• parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Bring vegetable stock to a boil in a saucepan; reduce heat to low and keep simmering.
2. 2 Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir carrot, celery, and onion until onion is translucent, about 2 minutes. Add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil; stir in rice. Cook and stir until rice is coated with oil and warm, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in red wine and stir until rice is coated and wine is absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes.
3. 3 Pour 1 ladleful of warm vegetable stock into the rice mixture; cook, stirring continuously, until stock is absorbed, 2 to 3 minutes. Continue adding stock, 1 ladleful at a time, cooking and stirring after each addition until liquid is absorbed and risotto is easily broken when chewed, 10 to 15 minutes.
4. 4 Stir radicchio, Gorgonzola cheese, and walnuts into risotto until cheese is completely melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Add more stock and cook until risotto is tender yet firm to the bite, about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat and cover stockpot for 1 minute.
5. 5 Spoon risotto onto plates and top with balsamic glaze and Parmigiano-Reggiano.

By Buckwheat Queen

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• cauliflower
• tomato
• sage
• salt
• black pepper
• chicken broth
• linguine pasta
• parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Put a celery slice in a deep skillet with a cover; add olive oil. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat until celery slice is sizzling, 3 to 5 minutes. Add remaining celery, onion, and garlic to olive oil; turn heat to medium. Cook and stir onion mixture until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
2. 2 Mix cauliflower, tomatoes, sage, salt, and pepper into onion mixture; cook and stir over medium-high heat until bubbling, about 5 minutes. Cover skillet with lid, reduce heat to low, and cook until a knife slides easily into cauliflower, about 15 minutes. Add chicken broth if tomato and cauliflower sauce begins to burn.
3. 3 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain and transfer to a serving bowl.
4. 4 Pour tomato and cauliflower sauce over pasta; add Parmesan cheese. Toss to coat.

By Seth Kolloen

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• olive oil
• carrot
• zucchini
• onion
• garlic
• rosemary
• tomato
• potato
• swiss chard
• beef stock
• cannellini bean

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, zucchini, and onion; saute until the vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and rosemary; cook, stirring so the garlic doesn't burn, for another 2 minutes. Add tomatoes, potatoes, and chard.
2. 2 Bring to a simmer and cook until the chard is wilted, about 5 minutes. Add beef stock and beans, bring to a simmer, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

By Culinary Ginger

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• vegetable oil
• onion
• garlic
• tomato
• tomato paste
• parsley
• basil
• oregano
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion, garlic and celery and cook until soft. Pour in tomatoes and tomato paste, stir, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in parsley, basil, oregano, salt and pepper; simmer 15 minutes, uncovered. Serve.

By Shannon

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• olive oil
• onion
• garlic
• carrot
• chicken breast
• chicken broth
• potato gnocchi
• baby spinach
• cornstarch
• water
• half-and-half
• salt
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook carrots, celery, onion, and garlic in hot oil until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in cubed chicken and chicken broth; bring to a simmer.
3. 3 Stir gnocchi into soup and cook until they begin to float, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in spinach and cook until wilted, about 3 minutes.
4. 4 Whisk cornstarch into cold water in a measuring cup until smooth. Stir the cornstarch mixture and half-and-half into soup. Cook until soup thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

By Christina

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• vegetable oil
• eggplant
• onion
• green bell pepper
• tomato paste
• red wine vinegar
• caper
• sugar
• salt
• green olive
• pimento
• black olive

Instructions

1. 1 Heat 1/2 inch oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add eggplant and saute until browned, about 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and transfer to a Dutch oven.
2. 2 Add celery to the frying pan with more oil if necessary. Saute until softened, about 5 minutes; transfer to the Dutch oven.
3. 3 Cut onion slices into 1-inch pieces. Add to the frying pan with bell peppers and more oil if necessary. Saute until softened, about 5 minutes; transfer to the Dutch oven.
4. 4 Add tomato paste, vinegar, capers, sugar, and salt to the Dutch oven. Heat over medium heat until simmering, then cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
5. 5 Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Add green and black olives and place in the refrigerator to chill before serving, about 1 hour.

By Rosemarie Yandoli-Smith

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• olive oil
• pancetta
• carrot
• onion
• salt
• black pepper
• ground beef
• merguez sausage
• chianti wine
• tomato paste
• milk

Instructions

1. 1 Heat oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium heat until simmering. Add pancetta and cook, stirring often, until fat has rendered, 10 to 12 minutes. Add carrot, onion, and celery and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
2. 2 Add ground beef and merguez sausage and increase heat to medium-high. Cook, stirring to break meat into small pieces, until browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain excess fat as needed.
3. 3 Add Chianti and cook until liquid has almost evaporated. Reduce heat to medium and stir in tomato paste. Cook until sauce turns dark red, 3 to 5 minutes. Add enough milk to barely cover the meat. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until milk has evaporated and the mixture turns into a thick rich sauce, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Adjust salt and pepper, if necessary.

By thedailygourmet

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• beef chuck roast
• onion
• carrot
• black peppercorn
• clove
• garlic
• cinnamon stick
• rosemary
• bay leaf
• red wine
• olive oil
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 Place chuck roast, onion, carrots, celery, peppercorns, cloves, garlic, cinnamon stick, rosemary, and bay leaves into a stockpot. Pour wine over meat and vegetable mixture to cover entirely. Cover and marinate for 6 hours in the refrigerator. Turn meat in marinade to make sure it is completely covered, then return to the refrigerator and marinate for 6 more hours.
2. 2 Transfer chuck roast to a plate to rest; pat dry thoroughly with paper towels. Pour marinade through a strainer and into a bowl to separate vegetable mixture from wine, reserving both separately.
3. 3 Heat olive oil in the stockpot over medium-high heat. Brown chuck roast for 4 to 6 minutes per side. Reduce the heat to medium and add strained vegetable mixture; cook until fragrant, adding more oil as necessary to prevent burning, about 8 minutes.
4. 4 Pour reserved wine back into the stockpot and add salt. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer without removing the cover for 2 hours. Uncover, stir, and cook until meat easily shreds with a fork, 10 minutes to 1 hour longer. Transfer meat from the cooking liquid to a serving platter and tent with foil to keep warm.
5. 5 Return cooking liquid to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer until reduced to a sauce consistency, 20 to 30 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick, rosemary, and bay leaves. Season with salt; purée mixture with a handheld immersion blender until smooth. Pour sauce over meat to serve.

By Allrecipes Member

Ingredients

• ✓ celery
• chicken broth
• spinach
• onion
• carrot
• ground beef
• bread crumb
• egg
• chicken breast
• pasta
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. 1 In a large pot over medium heat, combine chicken broth, spinach, onions, carrots, and celery. Mix well and allow to simmer.
2. 2 In a separate large bowl, combine ground beef, bread crumbs, and egg and mix well. Form mixture into 1/2-inch diameter meatballs and carefully drop them into the soup.
3. 3 Put chunks of chicken breast into soup and reduce heat to low. Allow soup to simmer for 1 hour. Add pasta 30 minutes before serving and season with salt and pepper to taste.

By Chuck