Do I need a soup maker?

chinagirl

No, I just use my slowcooker to make soup, then if i want it smooth, i blend it with my old trusty hand blender (I say old, I first had it to blend dinners down into babyfood, when my DS 1,2 and 3 were small, and youngest is 14yrs old now)

Justamum

An update on my experience with a soupmaker. It's been sitting in my cupboard since we got the new kitchen installed in February, and I don't think I've used it since. I've found the capacity too small for a family, so I prefer to make soup in a large pan and whizz it up with my trusty hand blender. It might be useful for a single person. My eldest daughter might well leave home in a few years so I'll keep it for her along with the microwave which is gathering dust in the pantry.

Steve059

See post #68.

Justamum

Steve059 wrote: »

See post #68.

You were right I was impressed the first time I used it, but the excitement wore off quite quickly. Luckily in my new kitchen I have quite a lot of cupboard space :rotfl:

flopsy59

i have had a soup maker since last October and it is used at least 3 or 4 times a week. i used to make soup in a pan and would have to checking on it all the time now i just chop vegetables and add stock and it then does the rest also i can make it first thing and reheat it up when required.
i love it

Westywoodpecker

I agree still loving mine. I use it at least weekly and especially love tomato soup. It's also useful to use up the chicken stock from my slow cooker.

~Chameleon~

I don't understand why people would use a slow cooker to make soup when the majority take only 10-20 minutes to cook in a pot on the stove.

Lilyplonk

I DO occasionally use my SC for making soup - but only when I've been busy all day ................. I'll leave it on all evening, or overnight, to 'do its thing' - especially if the soup contains pulses.

But, for preference, I'd always choose the Pressure Cooker .

[Deleted User]

I usually make a couple of litres of soup at the weekend and this does me for the week for lunches.On Sunday I made a big pot of leek and potato for this week to use up some slightly sprouty spuds and some reduced leeks from the freezer.Once made and cooled (I have several plastic containers with lids that I use for storing soups) it was put in to my fridge and will be used during the week for lunches.I suppose including the stock cubes (basic from Sainsbobs )a bowl of soup has cost me about 20p if that and with some crackers and cheese my lunches come to around 50p per day..A tin of soup ready made I think is about 60p+ so making my own is a no-brainer really,plus its so much nicer and no tins to bin.Its a great way of using up left over bits and bobs or veg thats past its best or forgotten at the bottom of the fridge.I can buy a bag of reduced carrots from my greengrocers locally for about 30p on a Monday morning and with the addition of some powders coriander and a couple of stock cubes have a weeks supply of soup.I also have some soft soup freezer bags that are reuseable so I can freeze different soups so I don't have to eat the same soup all week.They take up little room in the freezer as once semi-frozen you can squash them down into spare spaces in the freezer.All are washable so can be used over and over again.I make soup all year round as my late Mum always said we could have a soup as starter but no pud or a pud and no starter.It helps to streeetch a meal a bit and is a great filler upper :):),plus of course excellant for lunches

ravylesley

I love gadgets and so could quite easily justify buying a soupmaker.But in reality the only soup we eat is Lentil and we only eat that once or twice a month.So for us a Soupmaker really wouldn't be worth the cost but if you do eat a lot of soup then I can see it being worth the investment