Soup recipes

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jaybee wrote:

Thanks eveyone for these fab recipes. I'm just getting into making loads of soup as I've given up work and have more time. Also new(ish) breadmaker makes it all seem very desirable!!!!

i know we have a recipe file but i knew that eventually someone would index these and for now i was hoping to inspire more people towards making soup so glad i could help

in our bid to lose weight, budget our finances and eat healthier i have decided we should be eating soup with dinner at least 3 times per week. then we also have ready made lunches too

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mrs_drudge wrote:

I make vast quantities at a time (well, a stock pot full) of anything that is hanging around in the vegetable bin - usually potato and leek! No exact recipes - just fry up,(sorry, sweat gently in butter),add stock, seasonings and whizz with the trusty bamix. Then I freeze it in plastic lidded bowls from Ikea - and take one for lunch every day with toast - I am lucky that we have microwave and toaster at work! I don't have to think, and the fact that I never label anything means that I get an occasional surprise of pumpkin or celery rather than potato.
Liz

i do similar with my soups usually though i'm looking for more recipes to try then tweak!

i save all my onion skins, beet juice, bits of skin, bones, fat, tops and tails of veg, apple cores and skin, peelings etc in the freezer til i have enough for stock. i make the stock, pull out the solids and dispose of them then start with that as a base

(sometimes i cheat and use stock cubes though)

i have some standard items that i keep stocked that work nicely with many soups

barley
curry powder
bacon pieces
4-5 different kinds of beans (dry)
tinned tomatoes
cheese that's a bit old or dried out
cream
cheap beer or wine leftovers
lamb bones (my favourite, always makes a gorgeous stock)

with just a few of those ingredients and a few veg i can whip up a lovely soup.

i love beet peelings, apple and pear cores, cheap beer (23p tin at tesco for a special soup) and lamb bones the best. these consistently individually add such flavour to otherwise boring soups

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My DD went to a posh restaraunt in Faversham (Reads) for her firms Christmas lunch, and when she came home she was raving about this lovely curried parsnip soup, that had chunks of apple in it .I had a go at making it and it was delicious. It sounded an odd combination ,but it worked beautifully. She normally doesn't eat soup at all and it impressed her no end

Pink.

There's another thread with lots of soup recipes that you might like to read here: Soup..winter is coming!

Pink

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JackieO wrote:

My DD went to a posh restaraunt in Faversham (Reads) for her firms Christmas lunch, and when she came home she was raving about this lovely curried parsnip soup, that had chunks of apple in it .I had a go at making it and it was delicious. It sounded an odd combination ,but it worked beautifully. She normally doesn't eat soup at all and it impressed her no end

i found a recipe just for parsnip and apple soup so i tried it but it was rather bland so i did my usual thing, i stared at my huge array of spices (i buy in bulk from asian shops so i have darned near anything!) and decided on garam masala freshly ground with some curry powder for a touch of heat.... lovely!

next time i think i'll do the freshly ground garam masala then add cumin for heat!

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a follow up on the celeriac we used to replace the celery in the stilton soup

i have to say i'm now a huge fan!

the celeriac retains a nice texture even when stewed and slowly gets a little starchy thus thickening the soup but not as much as potatoes so basically you get enough starch to thicken it up a bit but it's not cloudy and the celeriac doesn't go to mush at that stage where potatoes would

the taste is milder than celery (though the smell when chopping it up is stronger) this is good for dh who doesn't like cooked celery...he says celery tastes of tears

also it's very filling like potatoes AND it should be much easier to grow than celery which is known to be fussy. also being a root vegetable it should store fairly well... all this adds up to a real winner in my book

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HOLsale wrote:

i found a recipe just for parsnip and apple soup so i tried it but it was rather bland so i did my usual thing, i stared at my huge array of spices (i buy in bulk from asian shops so i have darned near anything!) and decided on garam masala freshly ground with some curry powder for a touch of heat.... lovely!

next time i think i'll do the freshly ground garam masala then add cumin for heat!

did the parsnip and apple with a fair amount of cumin and medium curry powder and it was brilliant! next time i'll add a bit of bacon to make it a bit more filling... pork goes well with apples so it should be nice

still couldn't try the garam masala as i couldn't find our jar that has the whole ingredients in (we just give them a quick grind in the coffee grinder and toss in 100 times better than preground stuff)

SueRob_2

I use equal quantities of carrot & potato & half as much onion, sweat in butter then cook in water or stock till soft, blitz & serve with HM bread. Yummy.
Sue

miacat

GREEN BEAN SOUP (BOU' NESCHLUPP)

this soup is very moorish!

25g/1oz butter
1 onion, finely chopped
225g/8oz potatoes diced
4 rashers back bacon diced
450g /1ib green beans, trimmed and sliced ( i use less)
1.2 litres/2 pints veg stock
salt and pepper
300ml/1/2 pint single cream

melt butter in a large saucepan.
add the onions,potatoes and bacon and cook for 5 mins.
add the green beans, stock and seasoning and stir to mix.
bring to the boil, cover and siimmer for 20 mins or until veg or tender, stirring occasionally.
strir in the cream. adjust seasoning.
serve topped with crispy croutons or with slices of fresh crusty bread.

franney

Mmmmmm Miacat that sounds lovely and i have been wondering how to use up my homegrown green beans!

This week i will mostly be eating leek and butterbean soup for lunch, if it lasts all week that is