Your best soup recipes?

[North of Mouse]

We love Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana soup and I make the copy cat version (hot sausage, bacon, potatoes, etc) It is delicious, and a hearty soup to warm you in winter - just made it this week, still enjoying it!

 

[mmouse37]

Is there anyone here who has some great soup recipes that they would be willing to share. I know how some are about their 'special' recipes!!!

With Winter now, officially, here I am wanting to make more soups.
I have three more hearty, but basic, soups that I make.
But, I would love to try some that are lighter, and a little different.

My son is mentioning how he likes soups... And, will even enjoy a good tomato soup, even though he would never touch an actual tomato!

One of my all time favorite soup is tomato (Campbells). Growing up it was a staple in our house. A few years ago I found this recipe from Pioneer Woman and it takes plain old tomato soup to a whole new level. It is delicious. Try it if you have someone who likes tomato soup. I try to find low sodium tomato juice and diced tomatoes. It calls for heavy cream but you can add 1/2 and 1/2 if you find heavy cream, well, too heavy! The Sherry gives it a great flavor (but don't use Sherry vinegar by accident like my sister did. Use cooking Sherry).

https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/pioneer-woman-tomato-soup-with-sherry-326015?photo=155819

I like a smooth tomato soup so I use my immersion blender before I add the cream and basil but you can certainly leave it chunky if you want. If you don't have an immersion blender you can transfer soup to a regular blender when it cools a bit. I sprinkle some Durkee Fried onions on top when serving.

Enjoy!!

MJ

 

[Southernmiss]

https://damndelicious.net/2016/12/09/slow-cooker-chicken-wild-rice-soup/ A good chicken and wild rice soup

Ina Garten's tomato soup is delicious. That's the recipe I use. https://www.littlebroken.com/2014/10/05/ina-gartens-roasted-tomato-basil-soup/

My kids love broccoli and cheese soup and potato soup. Don't make it as often as it takes a lot of milk-and I am cutting back on my milk consumption.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/u-s-senate-bean-soup/ I will be making this one soon with a ham bone saved and frozen from Thanksgiving.

Speaking of beans this is my favorite red beans and rice recipe https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/crescent-city-red-beans-rice-crock-pot-373619 So Good and I live close to New Orleans and red beans and rice are a common dish in my region.



I love to keep a good chicken stock on hand from cooking chicken carcasses for several hours--In a pot put poultry bones, an onion, celery stalks-great way to use the leaves and stalks that are starting to turn, carrots, bay leaf, Italian seasoning, garlic, a splash of vinegar, salt, pepper.Let simmer all day--the longer the better. I freeze and keep on hand.

When I am ready to make a chicken soup, I cook chicken tenders about 10 or so or other chicken pieces or use a rotisserie chicken. Then I cook celery, onion, carrots, bay leaf, garlic and Italian seasonings in the pot until the onions are tender and almost translucent. Add in stock to cover the vegetables, add in water depending on number of servings I want, add in a little powdered chicken bullion. This is the base for many different chicken soups. Then I can make chicken noodle soup-just add wavy noodles, or then turn it into chicken wild rice soup with wild rice and cream or milk and butter, or chicken and dumplings with milk butter and frozen dumplings.

I was starting with a cold on Tuesday. Ran home cooked chicken tenders, dumped in frozen saved turkey drippings from the thanksgiving turkey and added the ingredients to make chicken and wild rice soup. So comforting and helped me to stunt the cold in it's tracks.

I could eat soup every day!

 

[RedAngie]

Italian Wedding Soup

Roll 1lb mild Italian sausage into very small balls (1/2" or so) and brown in a dutch oven.
Cover with 2 litres of boxed chicken broth and bring to a simmer.
Add 1/2 orzo c pasta and cook until the pasta is ad dente.
Add 1 c frozen spinach near the end of the cooking cycle and adjust seasonings with salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste.

Orzo in Italian Wedding Soup??!!!! I sorry to inform you that you're WRONG!!!

Ancini di pepe (or pastina) is the ONLY acceptable pasta for this soup.

 

[robinb]

We love Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana soup and I make the copy cat version (hot sausage, bacon, potatoes, etc) It is delicious, and a hearty soup to warm you in winter - just made it this week, still enjoying it!

I make this version:

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/143069/super-delicious-zuppa-toscana/?lnkid=usspnt

I use hot turkey Italian sausage to lighten it up a bit.

Someone mentioned Skinny Taste ... here are my three favorites from there:

https://www.skinnytaste.com/stuffed-pepper-soup/


https://www.skinnytaste.com/chicken-shiitake-and-wild-rice-soup/


https://www.skinnytaste.com/crock-pot-chicken-enchilada-soup/

 

[jormom1030]

Potato Corn Sausage Chowder
(Add garlic to the sausage and onions)
http://www.midwestliving.com/recipe/soups/corn-sausage-chowder

 

[ronandannette]

Orzo in Italian Wedding Soup??!!!! I sorry to inform you that you're WRONG!!!

Ancini di pepe (or pastina) is the ONLY acceptable pasta for this soup.

You're probably right but since that doesn't come in a generic, yellow-labeled box, concessions have to be made.

 

[Wishing on a star]

I had already printed off Ree Drumonds recipe, and made sure I have everything I need to make it.
it sounds delish. Homemade tomato soup and some kind of grilled cheese/toast might be a part of our Christmas or Christmas Eve!

I am kind of wanting the lighter soups, even though it is Winter.
But, some of these hearty soups sound SO good !

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I absolutely love soup! I will admit I am more into eating it than making it.

IIRC I have had good luck with that "easy" crockpot potato soup "recipe". I think there are variations, but I would add a bag of frozen hashbrowns, a couple cans of chicken broth, a can of cream of chicken soup. Cook that for like 5-6 hrs on low, then add a package of cream cheese for the last 30 minutes. Add some bacon, and stir in some shredded cheese to the bowl when serving along with plenty of pepper.

 

[Minnesota!]

I throw a box of veggie stock and half a box of it with water, half a bag of washed russets, some odds and ends veggies (carrots, broccoli, onion, celery, etc.) into a crockpot with garlic, salt, pepper, dill weed, etc. and cook all day.

Take out half of the potatoes, then use an immersion blender to blend up whatever is left in the crockpot. Rough chop the potatoes you took out, throw back in with a bag or two of frozen corn. Put lid back on.

On stove, I heat some sort of milk (half and half works best, I think) to just under boil. Add in chopped GOOD American cheese and some worchestershire. Stir until all melty and yum. Pour into crockpot. Stir. Taste and add more seasoning as needed. Serve with fresh dill, good buttered bread, and an empty stomach.

 

[arminnie]

I make a fair amount of soup as we like it and like having extra to freeze for quick meals. But I rarely use a recipe. My soups are different every time I make them.

The only recipe that I can remember using:
Soup - Spring
1 qt buttermilk Salt and pepper

1 bunch green onions

1/2 handful of parsley

1 6" cucumber, peeled

2 bouillon cubes

1/4 c hot water

Mix bouillon cubes with water. Mix all in food processor. Serve Cold

And as you can see it's not real precise. Doesn't even say what kind of bouillon to use. A friend was making this when I went to visit one day. The green onions, parsley and cucumber mixture looked yucky from the blender - but when I tasted it (and I am not a buttermilk fan usually) it was delicious. This is fairly light - but to me it is a summer soup.