Soup recipes

squeaky

Curry_Queen wrote:

Ohhh I'd forgotten about that thread (and also forgot the link for that soup!) as there's some yummy soup recipes on there too

BTW, how do you link it to go to the post you want in a thread, rather than just viewing as a single post?

You know the thread post number (as in #14 ) in the top right corner? Hover over that and you get the real post number ( as in 896417 ).

Then, without the deliberate spaces write:-

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Done

neets

squeaky wrote:

The potato and leek soup I found while looking up flageolet beans

I always thought flageolet beans were young kidney beans but I thought I'd check. It seems they are, sort of, but there's more than one variety...

flageolet beans

I've just made some of this potato and leek soup & it tastes great.. so easy to make too

pol

I love soup! You can make it from almost any veg, have it chunky or smooth, low-calorie or creamy and it's my favourite comfort food when the weather's chilly.

I never fry the onions or anything though, just boil everything up in stock and blend. I put in a potato to thicken it too. I like to put herbs and spices in at the end for flavour, and that's it - fat-free and hardly any calories.
My favourite at the moment is carrot/onion/potato/orange juice. Last week was tomato/lentil which I love to make big batches of and freeze.

bluemoon_3

You can make a "cream of" whatever soup by using potatoes in the soup and then blending (like leek and potato soup - but substitute leek for other vegetables).

For a really easy, quick soup, fry/steam fry some onions and perhaps some garlic, add about a tbsp soy sauce, a tin of chopped tomatoes, and some milk (I use soya milk) - blend it all up, heat it though, and you have a nice tomato soup. Also nice with basil and other Italian-type herbs. Adjust quantities to suit (I'm afraid I'm one of those 'by eye' cooks so I can't be more exact!).

Also, don't be scared of lentils. A lot of people have the impression that lentils take ages to cook, but if you use split red lentils you can have a lovely, filling soup in 15-20 mins, without any pre-soaking.

Goodness Direct have a nice soup mix (http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/103182.html) - it has different beans, lentils and pearl barley. Soak overnight and it cooks in about 25 mins the following day. Nice with root vegetables. It's a huge 3kg bag for £3.33, and that should last most people all winter. There's also a smaller bag if you don't have the storage space.

BWZN93

Cans of flageolet beans are about 27p in tesco - check out the beans aisle. They add substance to soups etc and taste almost like regular beans, just make sure you wash the goopy juice off them from the canned variety! They are actually quite a nice addition to the soups ive made so far...

Jo xx

Curry_Queen

jw1096 wrote:

Cans of flageolet beans are about 27p in tesco - check out the beans aisle. They add substance to soups etc and taste almost like regular beans, just make sure you wash the goopy juice off them from the canned variety! They are actually quite a nice addition to the soups ive made so far...

Jo xx

They're also a great addition to casseroles and stews

I've always got a stock of flageolet, borlotti, cannelini, butter beans, chick peas etc in the cupboard and I stick them in all sorts

1sttimer_2

Just finished lunch and already my mouth is watering for some homemade soup :drool: !

When I make some I like to put in split lentils and barley as well as whatever root veg I have to hand. My mum used to grate all her veg first (no blenders them days) and it was always so yummy and thick, and always better on the 2nd day when all flavours had melded together. I think she used to soak a ham shank overnight and then cook that for the stock. She used to chop up the cooked meat and added that too. We always had dumplings with ours.

My OH is a vegetarian so I just miss out the ham shank/meat but I still have to do dumplings!

I know what's for tea Monday now - thanks!

competitionscafe

Curry_Queen wrote:

I ordered a new Soup book from Amazon last week but it won't be here for another few weeks unfortunately as I also ordered the new HFW book which isn't released till mid-October and to save on postage I opted to have them sent together.

Too tempting! That Soup Kitchen book looks really good - do let us know what its like. It's gone straight to the top of my wishlist (if anyone is feeling very generous.. ho, ho) will probably buy it next month (when I have some ££ as there are a couple of cheap dvds which should take my order up to £19 for free delivery) or I could add it to the new Nigel Slater ( The Kitchen Diaries ) which is published on Oct 3rd.

Must stop buying cookery books (ordered Rick Stein's French Odyssey last week) - but I guess as long as they get used (and the results enjoyed) then why not, just need to be a bit more ruthless with the ones I don't use - flog on ebay to make more space for the good 'uns.

Curry_Queen

Ohhhh please don't tell me about any more books :eek: ... my biggest weakness is cookery/foodie books

I almost got French Odyssey but decided to go for his Seafood school cookery one instead - excellent book with loads of colour step-by-step photos and yummy recipes :drool: (that doesn't mean I won't buy at some point in the future though :shhh: )

I haven't got any Nigel Slater books, surprisingly, but that one looks interesting. I'm a huge fan of Nigella and Tamsin Day-Lewis and have tried lots of their recipes :drool:

competitionscafe

I think that the book publishers bring out all these new cookbooks in the early Autumn as people are starting to go into their kitchens and cook again after a summer of salads and light meals, plus with Christmas fast approaching I am sure that they hope many will be bought as Christmas prezzies.

The new Jammy Olive looks good to - 'Jamie's Italy' - not so much because it's by Jamie Oliver, but because I love Italian food and cooking! As for Rick Stein I could not resist because it was only £7.99 at bol with free delivery - although their delivery is painfully slow so it probably won't turn up for another 2 or 3 weeks - at that price though, I can wait and enjoy the TV series in the meantime.

Have had several people recommend Rick Steins Seafood school book - another one for the wishlist! I have both his Food Heroes books - the first one is excellent, the second one I didn't think was nearly as good.

As for Nigel (Slater) - I have all (!) his books, would say that Appetite is the best and most used - just simple, everyday cooking using good quality ingredients, nothing fancy. You can get quite a few of his recipes for free by searching the web and also at the Observer site as he writes a column for them every week and also edits the Food Monthly magazine. The last issue had a sneak preview of his new book with recipes - it's online at:

Part 1 (last week)
intro: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,9950,1564537,00.html
recipes:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5280149-108294,00.html

Part 2 (from today)
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1571005,00.html

6 Recipes from Appetite (including a soup one):
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/food/cook/fast/articles/0,,177267_180748,00.html
4 Recipes from Appetite including fishcakes:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,6761,386721,00.html

or just search the Food Monthly site for loads more (cheaper than buying books!)
http://search.guardian.co.uk/search97cgi/s97observerr_cgi?ResultTemplate=Observer.hts&Collection=Observer&Action=Search&QueryText=nigel+slater&SearchPage=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.observer.co.uk%2F&SortSpec=VdkPublicationDate+DeSC