Soup recipes

lynzpower

Hello all OSers

Right, I want to make a soup to freeze and take into work. Ive done the sweetcorn chowder to death LOL, but I usually use recipes. However I havnet any reciepes to hand, but this is what Ive got in

stock ( veg buillon, chicken & beef oxos)
potatoes
mini pasta shapes for soup
pearl barley
red lentils
condiments like paprika, garlic, lazy chilli, chilli poweder, cinamon, bay leaves, dried mix herbs)
frozen pease & sweetcorn
carrots
onions
passata, chopped tin toms
tin of pinto beans & haricot beans

Any ideas what I can make with this little lot, thats actually nice?

r.mac_2

i make a tomato soup using an onion chopped and sauted till soft with chunks of carrot. Add a couple of tins tomatoes or passata cook - then blitz. If a little thick, add some veg or shicken stock to make up to desired consistency. yummy.

Alternative, what about making a minestrone style soup - stock, onion, carrot, some of the pulses and at the end add some small pasta shapes. if you are a meat eater - you could add some chopped bacon or left over ham as well.

HTH

troll35

A really simple and really tasty soup is 1 onion chopped and sauteed. add 1 pint of stock and about half a bag of peas. Simmer for 5 to 10 mins. whizz with a hand blender and then thin down to your preferred consistency with water or milk. Adjust seasoning. Mint is a good herb to add to this. It's really tasty!

Another veggy one- approximately equal quantities of carrot, onion, potato with a pint of stock. When cooked blend, thin down again with water or milk and then add a handful of pasta and simmer until the pasta is cooked. Adjust seasoning. You can put lentils in with the veg too.

lynzpower

Lovely, they all sound great

Do I soak the red lentils first, or do you reckon they will go in OK as they are?

Might do it all in the slow cooker...??

Bogof_Babe

If you're using the slow cooker I would boil the lentils first for about ten minutes, just to be safe. You shouldn't have to soak them (it should say on the packet), but I usually give them a good rinse in a sieve before adding to the saucepan.

oops_a_daisy

I made lentil, carrot and tomato soup yesterday. I soaked the lentils overnight ( 4 oz ) but you can boil them for 10 mins as stated above. Used 1 onion ( whizzed in the food processor ) cooked in a little oil, added 2 carrots that had been whizzed in the food processor and a tin of chopped tomatoes. I added 600ml vegetable stock, a squirt of tomato puree ( tomato ketchup will do aswell ) and a couple of squirts of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce to add a bit of zing. Simmered for 1/2 hour - this is a very substantial soup and makes about 6 portions. You could add any herbs instead of the lea & Perrins or even some Mr Pataks curry spices has been known to get thrown in too .


Good luck

bltchef

hi you could make pasta and bean carrot and ginger spicy carrot, carrot and horseraddish tomat lentil bean & vegetable, bean minestrone, chilli bean soup curry tomato lentil,poato chesse soup bombay poato soup poato bacon soup, corn lentil creol lentil lentil with paprika, barley & mushroom.minted pea 8 potato hope this of some help if need recipes let me know

letsgobilliejoe

to those above, lentils do not need to be soaked or vigourously boiled before simmering as, unlike kidney and soya beans, they do not contain toxins. a slow cooker would be fine, as would simmering for about 25 mins on the hob.

aimeelister

I think i got this from weightwatchers but i have adapted it for myself

put 6tbsp of red lentis and simmer for about 5 mins (they originally said to add them further on but it left a nasty aftertaste)
chop up a large onion finely and saute in a big saucepan
grate about 4 carrots and add to the onions for 2 mins
pour over 1.5 pints of vegie stock
drain, rinse and add lentils to stock
simmer for about 10 mins
Add pepper and curry powder to taste

I often add as many carrots as i have and add more water if i think it needs it. its not a thick or smooth soup but is flavoured thin soup with loads of yummy bits. humm that doesnt sound very appetising does it. oh well i cant actually think of a better way to describe it.

fannyadams

Mummy's weird orange soup

1 cup lentils
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 cup orange juice
1 carrot diced up tiny
1 cup water - if required

bring to boil, then simmer or bung in oven for 30 mins or time it takes to walk up to school gates talk to other mummies, collect DS#1, discuss day, and walk back (bung bread into oven to cook as well) talking about stuff on way back.

Nutritious
Delicious

Ds#1 seal of approval even if he calls it mummy's funny orange soup - coz that's what colour it is!