Soup Of the Day!

Islandmaid

Made some leek and potato soup today, lots of pepper - yummy

Love seeing what's left over in the fridge and using it up - enough for lunch tomorrow for DH and I and my work lunches for next week.

suki1964

This week tesco had red peppers reduced for 10p so three of those and a couple of ropey toms in the fridge roasted off then simmered in chicken stock and blitzed with a dash of cream and a bit of fresh basil made a beautiful soup

At the same time I roasted a butternut squash and some chestnuts and a slice of smokey bacon. Had that soup last night with cheesey croutons. Very rich and filling will have the rest tonight

VfM4meplse

I hadn't eaten all day so enjoyed a double portion of HM chilli butternut squash soup just now. Yum-galumptious.

Lance_De_Boils

katkin wrote: »

I'd like to recommend this soup. I made a pot using a smoked ham hough instead of the bacon and it was lovely. Really filling and tasty.

The ham hough made me think of doing yellow split pea and ham - so its on my to-do list

My nan used to make if for me. She would use the liquid from boiled bacon as stock. She would tie split peas in a rag and make peas pudding, some to have with boiled bacon and some for split pea soup.

tiredwithtwins

anyone use a soup maker? been thinking of getting one for a year or so now ...
Kevie192, what model do you have?


favourite soup is roast squash with tons of pepper ...

f0xh0les

I feed 6 people at a time, so I am afraid I use a big pot and make extra for lunches during the week.

TravellingAbuela

Whilst I agree that soup makers do sound a good idea, I would rather use my old stock pot (or overnight in the slow cooker) and liquidise with my whizzer. I prefer to batch cook and freeze the soup in one-person portions.

suki1964

I can not personally see the point of soup makers

I have a stock pot. It's nultfuctional. I use it to cook gammon, braised beef , pot roast and soup plus a lot of things I can't list right now


That and a stick blender (£5) suits me to the ground


But then I cook in batches. I'll have soups, bread, mince dishes etc etc all on the same time so I'm in the kitchen watching everything

Spendless

I keep toying with the idea of a soup maker, as I find quantities hard to judge, so just putting it to a fill line appeals! The only maker I've seen though is £50, which is more than I'd like to pay. My one occasion I tried to make soup in the slow cooker, I think was the worst I'd ever made, just very bland and watery.

Haven't made this myself, but had this recently as a starter. It isn't a flavour I've come across before.

Leek, broccoli and fennel.


http://functionalfoodsblog.com/2012/alkalising-recipe-of-the-week-fennel-broccoli-and-leak-soup/

cat4772

I'm getting into the soup habit again. In the past week I've enjoyed

Carrot, cumin and kidney bean soup (jack Monroe)
Spicy lentil and tomato (was a bit watery, so more lentils next time)
Curried parsnip soup, thickened with some pearl barley before blending)

I have a microwave soup mug which is fantastic and helps me get my 5-a-day ��

Cat.xx