Have Any simple soup recipes.

[luvmyfam444]

I'd love them. The onlky soup I can make is Taco Soup. Need some more variety. When we go out we like to order all the basics, chicken wild rice, chicken tortilla, chicken noodle, chicken dumplings, chili...but I don't know how to are any of them.

 

[parrothead365]

Open can ...heat...eat

 

[ronandannette]

Open can ...heat...eat

^^This one is my go-to . But if you want something pretty easy and homemade, try cooking frozen broccoli, uncovered (so it reduces) in canned chicken broth with a little chopped onion, celery and sweet red pepper. When it's soft, mash the broccoli with a potato masher to break it up, add an envelope or cube of chicken bullion, a 1/2 tsp. of Mrs. Dash seasoning and a cup of light cream. Stir in 2 cups (or so) of shredded sharp cheddar and adjust to taste with salt and pepper.

 

[ashley0139]

Just started making this soup and it's delicious. Easy butternut squash soup. Cut up an onion and two cloves of garlic and saute in some butter. Add in 8 cups of butternut squash and saute until it starts to brown. Add a cup of vegetable stock and a can of coconut milk. Add about a tablespoon of paprika, a teaspoon of thyme, and salt and pepper. Cook until the squash breaks down. If you so desire, blend with an immersion blender. So good.

 

[::danielle::]

Have you ever tried the Zuppa Toscana. Soup from Olive Garden? It's a really easy recipe to make. It's just ground sausage, kale (can use spinach) potatoes, chicken broth and cream (or half and half). I don't have the recipe on me you can google it.

 

[porschegrl]

If it's simple you want, it doesn't get simpler than Daphne Brogdon's three-ingredient pea soup: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/daphne-brogdon/three-ingredient-pea-soup.html#!

If you like tomato soup, this 15-minute recipe is easy and flavorful: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/02/15-minute-creamy-tomato-soup-vegan-recipe.html

 

[POOHsie]

Get a bag of mixed dry beans. There's usually a a packet of seasoning mix inside, and a recipe for bean soup on the bag. I add a ham bone or big-bite chunks of ham. You can get a small canned ham, or ask the deli for a 1-1/2 to 2lb unsliced chunk of baked or smoked deli ham. Carrots, celery (optional), onion, water. Bring to boil. Add water as needed until beans are done. The ham adds great flavor, and a slight sweet taste to the soup. Makes a lot of soup and lasts for 2-3 days. Yummy and filling.

I find most soups are easy to make. But many require a recipe for ingredients and when to add them. I have made a New England Clam Chowder soup that's awesome. But I have to refer to a recipe or I'd forget how to do it.

 

[bjscheel]

I make three soups and they are all really simple and plain. We don't use lots of ingredients or spices but if you're into that you could modify as you wish.

Baked Potato Soup
4 baked potatoes (I do ahead of time so they're not hot when you work with them)
2/3 C. butter or margarine
2/3 C. flour
4 cups milk
10.5 oz can chicken broth
5 oz. cheddar cheese
8 oz. sour cream
carrots, diced
corn
bacon

Cut up and boil the carrots and corn. Fry or microwave bacon till it's crisp and let cool. While that's cooking, peel the baked potatoes and cut into bite size chunks. In a pot, melt butter and stir in flour, whisk with 1 can chicken broth and add milk. Stir in cheese, potatoes, sour cream. Add in carrots and corn when the carrots are tender. Heat through. Crumble bacon and people can add it to the top of their soup (gets soggy if added prior).


Chili
1 pound hamburger
2 cans chili beans
1 large can crushed tomatoes

Brown hamburger, drain grease, and add the beans and tomatoes! Heat through and that's it! Serve with saltines and shredded cheese of course.


Vegetable Beef Stew
2 minute steaks
2 medium Potatoes
Carrots
Corn
Peas
1 tsp or 1 cube beef boullion
2 cans Campbells condensed Vegetable Beef Soup (or another type as you wish)

Cut up potatoes and carrots into small pieces and boil with corn and peas in a small pot of water with the boullion cube. (Don't use lots of extra water, enough to cook the vegetables in though) Meanwhile, tear the minute steaks into bite size pieces into your soup pot and brown through. Drain grease. Add the two cans of soup. When the vegetables are tender, pour them in the pot, water and all. Basically just beefing up the canned soup with additional meat and vegetables, but we like it a lot.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh! I've got this one!!! (Waves arm wildly in the air and bounces up and down in her seat!!!) I love making different soup recipes.

For a very basic chicken "noodle" soup, I use the recipe from Mickey's Gourmet Cookbook for Chicken Tortellini Soup. It comes together relatively quickly and is good for what it is...chicken noodle soup (chicken, carrots, celery, onions, and seasonings in broth) made with cheese tortellini in place of the noodles. However, when I decide we want something a little nicer, I usually make the following recipe.

I have been making this chicken and wild rice soup for my family for well over 15 years now and it is one of my daughter's most-requested meals when she comes home from college. You can leave it as a "broth" soup or add half and half to get a cream of chicken and wild rice version. The recipe itself is simple, but the wild rice does take about an hour to cook/soften. We ALWAYS serve it with fresh garlic bread. The two items complement each other nicely. Leftovers reheat well.

Wild Rice Soup

This soup is wonderful with or without chicken added. If using chicken, poach and shred two chicken breasts (or use leftover shredded chicken or turkey) and add it in with the rice and broth.

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped red pepper
1 tsp. minced garlic (about 2 cloves)
8 oz. sliced mushrooms
1 medium to large carrot, grated on a cheese grater
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup raw wild rice
4 cups chicken broth (you could substitute a good vegetable broth)
2 cups (approx.) of shredded cooked chicken (optional...omit if making a vegetarian meal)
Salt and pepper to taste (I use about 1/2 tsp. salt in addition to salted butter. If you use unsalted butter, you would need a bit more.)
1 cup light cream (half & half) (optional, but very good)

Melt butter in large stockpot over medium heat. Add onion, celery and red pepper and sauté for 5 minutes or until tender. Add garlic, mushrooms and carrot. Continue to cook for about 5 minutes longer. Sprinkle flour over vegetable mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 more minutes. A thick paste will form. Add chicken broth to the pot and stir to combine. Bring mixture to a boil. Add wild rice and shredded chicken. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 60 minutes or until rice is well cooked. Stir in cream if using. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Allow to heat through, but do not boil.


Also, my chicken tortilla soup recipe is another one I make just as often. It is SUPER easy and just requires dumping ingredients into a pot and letting them simmer for a bit. It makes a lot, but I have frozen it successfully.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

3-14 oz. cans chicken broth
3 or 4 chicken breasts, poached and meat shredded
2-14 ½ oz. cans regular or fire-roasted diced tomatoes (I really like the fire-roasted)
2-10 oz. cans Rotel tomatoes and diced green chillies (I use the mild variety for my kids)
Frozen roasted corn kernels (Trader Joe's) or regular corn kernels (optional, but so good...as much as you would like...about 2 cups)
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves minced
1 medium onion, diced .
1 tsp. cumin or more to taste
1 tsp. chilli powder
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. parsley
Grated cheddar cheese, diced avocado, and tortilla chips for serving if desired

In a Dutch oven or soup pot, sauté the onion and the garlic until tender. Add the broth along with the shredded chicken, tomatoes, Rotel, corn (if using) and seasonings. Add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer at least half an hour to blend the flavours.

When ready to serve, place diced avocado (if desired), gently broken tortilla chips (we just take a handful and lightly crush them into the bowl) and shredded cheddar cheese in the bottom of a soup bowl. Ladle soup over top. Serve.


I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as my family does.

 

[mrsheppo]

Chicken Tortilla Soup

• 1 can pinto beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 can sweet corn, drained
• 1 package diced chicken
  
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 (10 oz) can green enchilada sauce
• 1 can chicken broth
• 1 (1 oz) packet taco seasoning

Open and pour all ingredients into your slow cooker and stir together. Cook on low heat for 6-7 hours. Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado and tortilla chips

 

[mercydisney]

Ashley0139 Thank You for the Butternut Squash soup recipe

 

[Minnesota!]

Box of good chicken stock, or equivalent amount of homemade.

Start boiling toss in any veg you want, some rotisserie chicken. When veggies are almost done, Toss in some egg noodles.

Yum!!

 

[MIGrandma]

I made hamburger vegetable soup today for my deer hunting family. It's been tradition for several years now that they hunt on opening day and come here for lunch. This is my favorite soup to make, and I make it once or twice a month during fall/winter. I cook a pound of hamburger (or ground venison if we have it) and throw it in the pot, then add a few diced potatoes (with skins on), carrots, celery, zucchini, kidney beans, diced tomatoes (tried fire roasted today, those were good), onion, corn, lima beans, a couple cups of beef stock, a can of tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, seasoned salt, pepper. I don't measure anything, I just put stuff in until the pot is full. Bring it to a boil and let it simmer 3-4 hours. Sometimes I'll toss in a little small shell pasta, barley, or rice too. You can change it up with different vegetables, add ones you like, delete ones you don't. Super simple, and we love it on a cold day with a loaf of crusty bread (I made cheese herb in the bread maker today).

 

[aprilchem]

I don't ever use a recipe for soup - I just use broth, some sort of meat, whatever veggies I need to use up, and pasta or rice (if I'm not eating it). I keep a bunch of freeze-dried veggies on hand as well as dried potatoes I get at the Mexican grocery store, and often will throw that in.

 

[luvmyfam444]

Ooh, so many good ones to try...thanks!

 

[luvmyfam444]

Anyone have an easy clam chowder/lobster bisque, something like that?

 

[denisem]

I have two - neither of which would be considered "healthy", but easy comfort food.

White Chicken Chili

4 boneless chicken breasts, poached and shredded or cubed -or- easier yet, use a cooked rotisserie chicken
48 oz. white northern beans, drained (or less if you prefer)
1 16 oz. jar salsa (your choice of heat)
8 oz. shredded monterey jack cheese (or pepper jack if you like spicy)
2 tsp. cumin

Mix it all together and heat until cheese is melted. Add a little broth or water if you feel it's too thick.

Crockpot Broccoli Cheese Soup

8 oz. Velveeta
2 Cans Cream of Celery Soup, undiluted
2 cups half and half
2 - 10 oz. pkgs. frozen chopped broccoli

Combine and cook on low for 5 hrs. Original recipe was double this and fed an army, so I halved it!

Not particularly quick and easy, but a wayyyy yummy creamy turkey rice soup which is appropriate for the upcoming holiday (I make it whenever we have turkey, I sometimes don't do the carcass, but use chicken or turkey broth instead with leftover meat):

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/after-thanksgiving-turkey-soup

 

[denisem]

Anyone have an easy clam chowder/lobster bisque, something like that?

I made the Lobster Bisque recipe off the Better than Bouillon Lobster base and it was amazing! Sometimes you can find it in a grocery store, but I ordered mine through soupsonline.com for another recipe.

http://www.betterthanbouillon.com/recipes/recipe-detail.aspx?recipeid=79

 

[ronandannette]

Anyone have an easy clam chowder/lobster bisque, something like that?

Dice 4 slices of good, smoky bacon, a large, peeled potato and 1/2 a large yellow onion. Course-grate a large carrot. Saute all together with 2 tbsp. butter and 1/2 tsp. Mrs. Dash seasoning until the bacon is cooked and the onions are soft. Add 2 cans baby clams (with juice) and 3 cups milk, adjust with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer on low until the potato is tender. (Note: If you like it a little thicker, add 1 tbsp. flour when sauteing the bacon and vegetables but watch carefully not to scorch and stir frequently from the bottom of the pot while simmering.)

 

[powellrj]

I got this one from Jeff smith the frugal gourmet. It is so easy, but so good. Brown diced onion in butter, add a can of cream corn and a can full of milk or cream. It is the easiest corn chowder you will ever make!