Short Rib and Vegetable Soup While Multitasking

2026-06-10

🔑 Short Rib and Vegetable Soup While Multitasking

There are days when cooking is simply about getting food onto the table, and then there are days when cooking becomes part of a much larger adventure.

Today was one of those adventures.

After spending the past two weeks fighting off a viral infection, I finally managed to get home early enough to enjoy a much-needed nap. After sleeping from 12:33 until 13:32, I woke up feeling refreshed enough to tackle several projects at once.

One of those projects was supper.

🔑 Ingredients

• 4 slices Short Rib
• Small bunch of Parsley
• Small bunch of Celery
• 2 Medium Carrots (grated)
• 1 Turnip (grated)
• Half a Cabbage (sliced)
• Olive Oil Spray-and-Cook
• Soup Mix (Barley, Lentils and Split Peas)
• 3 Stock Cubes
• Approximately 1.5 to 2 litres Water
• 500ml Leftover Mushroom Soup

🔑 Method

First, I sprayed my pressure cooker with olive oil-based Spray-and-Cook and browned the short ribs.

Once browned, I removed the bones and allowed them to cool while preparing the vegetables.

The parsley and celery were chopped finely, the carrots and turnip grated, and everything was lightly stir-fried in the pressure cooker.

About a litre of water was added and the lid placed on the cooker without the sealing ring while the meat cooled.

Once cool enough to handle, the bones were stripped of meat and the meat returned to the pot.

Half a cabbage was sliced and added together with the soup mix and three stock cubes.

Additional water was added to ensure sufficient liquid for pressure cooking.

The sealing ring was fitted and the soup left to steam and pressure cook.

At approximately 17:00, I planned to add 500ml of leftover mushroom soup from the refrigerator to enrich both flavour and texture.

🔑 The Result

The result was a hearty, filling winter soup packed with vegetables, tender beef, barley, lentils, and split peas.

Perfect comfort food while recovering from illness and simultaneously working on several creative projects.

Sometimes the simplest meals become memorable because of everything else happening around them.

This was one of those meals.