Meat and Marinara Soup

I LOVE Pasta Sauce! But I don't really like the pasta as much. This is a soup I came up with the other night. It's more Keto friendly. I'm sure you could add pasta to it if you wanted to. This is more like a "Dump Meal." It doesn't have to be exact.
Ingredients:
1lb Ground Beef
2 Small Onions Chopped
4 Tbs Minced Garlic Divided
1 Jar Red Pasta Sauce
1 32oz Container Beef Broth
1 6oz Can Tomato Paste
1 12oz Can Diced Tomatoes
2 6oz Cans Mushrooms Drained
2 Tbs Italian Seasoning
1 Tbs Dried Basil
Shredded Cheeses for Garnish

 

Brown the ground beef with the chopped onion and 2 Tbs minced garlic. I actually did this and used this for both the Pizza Pocket recipe and this recipe. 

This is the ground beef with onion and garlic drained. Heat the pan to medium heat and pour this in first to warm up, if it needs to be. Since this is left over from another recipe, it needed to be warmed.

 

Start pouring in all of the ingredients except the cheeses. I used the same jar of sauce I used for the pizza pockets. I put a little bit of water in the jar and shook it to get the left over sauce out of it. 

 The easiest and most efficient way to get the tomato paste out of the can is, open both ends of the can and push it through. I'm pretty sure my sister taught me this trick. If you only open one side, you have to use a spoon, and there's usually STILL some left in the can!

Stir this together and let this warm for about 5 minutes on the medium heat.

 

Add in the beef broth. Bring the soup to a simmer. 

 

Let simmer for about 15 minutes. This lets the spices mingle with the rest of the ingredients.

 

Serve with some cheese as a garnish. This turned into a pretty heavy soup. You can add a piece of garlic bread or serve Pizza Pockets with it.  Do you have a favorite soup for the upcoming colder weather that you love?