Soup recipes

WantToBeSE

All of these serve 4



Leek and potato soup:
25g butter
250g thinly sliced potatoes
900g thinly slices leeks
15g Plain flour
1pint veg stock
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 pt milk.

Heat the butter in a large pan and fry veg in it for 2-3mins
Stir in the flour and add stock
season to taste
bring to boil, stirring continuously.
place mixture in the slow cooker for 3-4hrs (HIGH) or 8-9hrs (LOW)
Add milk for the last 30mins.
Leave to cool
Freeze.

Chunky Veg Chilli:

1courgette, cut into 1cm pieces
1pepper (any colour, i prefer red), chopped roughly
75g chopped onion
75g chopped celery
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1-3 tsp chilli powder (depending on your personal preference)
1tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp ground cumin
2xtins of chopped tomatoes
1 tin sweetcorn
1 tin kidney beans
1 jar of salsa

Add everything to the slow cooker, stir
Cook on HIGH for 4-5 hrs, or LOW for 9-10hrs.
Leave to cool.
Freeze.

Carrot and Lentil Soup:
2tsp olive oil
2tsp grated ginger
1tsp each of cumin, chilli powder, curry powder and ground coriander
1 and a half red onions, diced finely
2 parsnips, chopped
2 sticks celery
600g carrots, slices
180g red split lentils, washed
50g brown basmati rice
1.3 lires veg stock
2tsp lime juice
4tsp chopped coriander
1 can coconut milk

Heat oil in pan, add ginger, cumin, chilli powder, curry powder and ground coriander, fry on high heat for 3 mins.

Turn down heat and add veggies.

In a seperate pan, boil the lentils for 10mins.

Drain lentils an add to the slow cooker, along with the contents of the other pan, plus the rice.

Stir in the stock.

Cook for 3-4hours (HIGH) or 6-7hours (LOW).

Using a jug/ladle, remove half the soup and set aside.
Add the coconut milk, lime juice and coriander to the slow cooker, and using a hand blender, liquidize the soup.

Then return the un-blended half of the soup, to the slow cooker.

Stir all together, and continue to heat on HIGH for another 20mins.

Allow to cool.

Freeze.

[Deleted User]

Try Parsnip and Apple its delicious and if you get some bendy parsnips that are past their best and one medium size bramley apple you have a super soup thats almost a nutty flavour Great with a seedy wholemeal roll

[Deleted User]

Many thanks Want To Be SE!

madvixen

Spicy Parsnip
French Onion

Parsnips are on offer in JS at the moment as well :j

lizziebabe

Hi

Last week I made roasted butternut and roasted red pepper soup. It was yummy!
My own homemade recipe:

Roast the butternut squash and red peppers in the oven. Drizzle a little olive oil over the cut up pieces. When cooked, remove skin/seeds from both. Chop up and add to stock, veggie or chicken. First though I fried up some onions and added to the stock. Cook everything up on the hob for about 40 mins. Taste and add salt/pepper as required, then blitz in a liquidiser. Very tasty!

wik

HI... an idea... next time you prepare veggies - save peelings... carrots, onions etc....
put half teaspoon oil in a pan, soften the peelings, maybe add cauli leaves, brocc stems
some mixed herbs and black pepper...

about 1 pint of water and leave to simmer for an hour...

then strain....

chop an onion and crush some garlic, soften and add some diced carrot, celary. potato, (or any veg you like)

Add 2/3 tablespoons rice or lentils

add stock and simmer for 20 - 30 mins


season and enjoy xx

TravellingAbuela

Two soups I make over and over again (and freeze in portions) are:

RED PEPPER AND SOFT CHEESE

Large onion
2 red peppers
2 celery stalks
1 carrot
1 tablespoon paprika
2 veg stock cubes dissolved in 1 pint water
200 gram tub Garlic & Herb soft cheese (eg Philly)

Chop all veg and sweat in a pan for 5 mins. Stir in paprika and cook a further minute, Add stock and simmer for approx 30 mins. Liquidise till smooth then add soft cheese and blend a further 15 secs. Season.

TOMATO, LENTIL AND BASIL

2 oz red lentils
800 gm Passata
half pint veg stock
1 large onion chopped
3 cloves of garlic
2 teaspoon dried basil

Simmer everything together for approx 45 mins, then liquidise.

ellas9602

just thought I'd share my MSE lunch

onion 5p
garlic 5p
Mushy peas 8p
bacon 16p
peas 10p
veg stock 2p

chooped bacon into tiny scraps, fried til crispy then set aside.
cooked chopped onion & garlic in bacon fat for a few minutes the added tin of peas, stock cube (used less than half a cube as quite salty), a handful of frozen peas and simmered until bubbling.
Then added a little water, blitzed, added bacon back in and added black pepper. was really delicious!
Made 3 portions, 15p each?

seabright

Sounds great! My favourite is my Big & Busy Soup. Sorry, I don't have the receipe with me, but it's basically carrots, broccoli & creme fraiche.

Cook veg and whizz smooth in blender, add creme fraiche & re-heat.

It freezes well and I also often make it for dinner parties too (it's special enough for that) and have it sitting in the slowcooker keeping warm, which saves cooker space and means the kitchen isn't full of steam.

oldtractor

a few red lentis, any left over veg and a stock cube. very cheap also.