freezing soup

Geeves1980

My mum's lovely (in an annoyingly nice, scatty middle aged lady type of way) so there's much worse things to turn into I suppose! Am just wondering where during my twenties it started!

I can always remeber when I was little, she worked one day a week in Savacentre (think it was Sainsbury's back in the 80's) and her and her friends used to hoard all of the dented tins of food and torn packaging items so they could buy them all cheaper at the end of their shift (I'm sure they all do the same now!).

I always thought I'd never be like that and here I am, reading through threads giving tips about tricking OH into thinking he's eating Kellogs cereal, watering down milk and bulking out washing powder to make it last longer!:rotfl:

newlywed

My mum thinks its funny that I make stock out of the chicken carcass for soup - like she did when we were little and we thought it looked awful!!

Geeves1980

It is annoying that when they said "You'll understand one day" they were right. Argghh!

Stephen_Leak

I haven't found any soup that didn't freeze well - yet. Some separate into layers, but you just mix them back together again.

I was ill last week and being able to get some light, nourishing and delicious home-made chicken soup out of the freezer made me feel better in itself.

I may not earn much money but, as long as I can do things like that, I can't consider myself poor.

Geeves1980

Thanks to everyone for their replies.

I'm definitely sold on the soup making idea and instead of wasting my birthday money from my mum on crap I don't need, I've bought a hand blender, a soup recipe book and a stock pot.

Definitely feeling old now!

I watched Jamie Oliver at home the other evening, a repeat, and he made this really nice looking pumpkin and sage soup in a pressure cooker. I've been looking all over the internet for the recipe this evening and I can't find it. Seems the only way to get it is to buy the book or dvd which I don't really want to do.

Baileys_Babe

Geeves1980 wrote: »

I watched Jamie Oliver at home the other evening, a repeat, and he made this really nice looking pumpkin and sage soup in a pressure cooker. I've been looking all over the internet for the recipe this evening and I can't find it. Seems the only way to get it is to buy the book or dvd which I don't really want to do.

Borrow the book from the library, or ask a friend/colleague if the have the recipe.

We freeze soup (blended) in old water or pop bottles, no danger of them leaking whilst being transported. Just remeber to label what ever containers you use or you will end up eating pot luck soup, happens here unless I expressly ask OH to lable things before he puts them in the freezer.

Geeves1980

There isn't anyone I know who has the book. Good idea about the library though, my mum could get it for me next time she goes and I could always photocopy it at work (the page, not the whole book!)

westcountrymaid_2

Geeves1980 wrote: »

Thanks to everyone for their replies.

I'm definitely sold on the soup making idea and instead of wasting my birthday money from my mum on crap I don't need, I've bought a hand blender, a soup recipe book and a stock pot.

Definitely feeling old now!

I watched Jamie Oliver at home the other evening, a repeat, and he made this really nice looking pumpkin and sage soup in a pressure cooker. I've been looking all over the internet for the recipe this evening and I can't find it. Seems the only way to get it is to buy the book or dvd which I don't really want to do.

Is this the recipe?
http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=3583

I read somewhere that a good way to freeze soup is in pint size milk bottles. I've been saving a few to use next time I make soup. Would be great for transporting too.

champys

Geeves1980 wrote: »

I watched Jamie Oliver at home the other evening, a repeat, and he made this really nice looking pumpkin and sage soup in a pressure cooker. I've been looking all over the internet for the recipe this evening and I can't find it. Seems the only way to get it is to buy the book or dvd which I don't really want to do.

Geeves I haven't seen or read the Jamie Oliver recipe but I make pumpkin soup quite a lot and it is very easy - no need to buy a book. I would do like this: soften a chopped onion in a little olive oil and add a few chopped sage leaves from the garden. Then I add a good batch of cubed pumpkin (say about 500 - 750g) and swish it around in the onion-sage mixture for a few minutes. Add a splash of white wine and some freshly ground pepper, then a litre of chicken stock (home made is best). Normally I would do all this in my pressure cooker, but if you don't have one, just bring it to the boil and simmer for 25 mins. In the pressure cooker it takes about 8 to 10 minutes.
Use your hand blender to turn it into a smooth mixture - pumpkin (or squash) is superb, because it has the most fantastic velvety texture after mixing and doesn't need thickening or anything. You will have to experiment with the amount of sage leaves.....don't overdo it, or you'll be put off sage for life. Start with 3 or 4 chopped leaves, use a little more next time if you feel you don't taste it enough.
Good luck! Freezes great, by the way :-)

Geeves1980

No it's not the one I saw him make, this one was done in a pressure cooker and was just pumpkin flavoured with sage.

The one you have posted sounds much nicer though!! Thanks :T