Soup
 

Now that the weather is cooling off a bit, I'll be thinking about soup! I love soup. I fix a batch and eat on it for several days. I take it to school for lunch, it is so easy to just pop in the microwave.

Do any of you have a favorite soup recipe? I have a few and will post them later.

I eat soup 3 or 4 times a week! I make a potato soup with the sides you put on a baked potato that's probably my favorite. Harold makes a chicken tortilla soup that's yummy and probably my second choice. We don't really use a recipe, just make our own. There's an Italian cafe (Piazza) just outside my office building that has the best Tomato Basil.

I'm ready for homemade chili and enchiladas. For some weird reason, I only want chili when it's cool outside.

Mmmmmmm, soup sounds so good!! I like to make Taco Soup!!

That not weird!!! I ONLY eat chili when it's cool outside too!!! LOL!!

Yes, I love Taco soup too!!! I'm getting hungry!

I have a friend that makes the best potato soup. I really need to get her recipe because I just love it!! I'm not a big chili eater...got sick once on chili....not a good thing...lol.

I do like tomato soup and creme of broccolli. I should really look up some recipes for soup.

Don't know if it's considered a soup, but I love beef stew in the winter time with homemade bread.

Yum, beef stew and cornbread!

I love beef stew too! When I make roast, potatoes, carrots and onions, I save the leftovers, gravy included, cut everything up, throw in a can of V-8 juice and voila! you have beef stew and it is very very GOOD.

I like homemade bread with this, but cornbread is good too!

I make stew out of anything I cook :D When I'm cooking for just myself there's always leftovers, so if I roast a chicken or a beef roast or bison roast, I will make sandwiches for a few days and then cut up the rest and throw it in the slow cooker with some veggies and spices!
My mom makes delicious hamburger soup but I've never tried to make it. I always have enough in my freezer from her!

Well, now you must get the recipe from her and share it with us.

Yes, hamburger soup sounds like something we'd have often at my house! Post recipe, please.

I'll ask her for the recipe tonight :)

Potatoe soup sounds so good right now!!!
And yes I want your mom's recipe for hamburger soup too Lindsey! Sounds yummy.

My potato soup is really really simple. I cut up an onion and as much potato as I want and throw in the pan. I put in enough water to cover and boil till the potatoes are tender. I drain most of the water, but not quite all (for flavor). I fry a piece or two of bacon, cut it up and throw it and the grease into the potato pan. Next I add milk - 2% if I'm feeling fat, and whole milk if I'm not - or maybe even throw in a dollop of sour cream if I'm feeling very skinny. I like lots of potatoes in my soup so I only add enough milk to make it very potatoey. I heat till hot and bubbly around the edges, but do not boil the milk. Add salt/pepper to taste.

That's it. I put it in a bowl and sometimes add a tiny dollop of butter and then I break up toast into the soup and enjoy! Sounds kinda gross, but I grew up on this soup and I love it.

That sounds delicious Gayle! I love potatoes!

I asked my mom for the recipe for hamburger soup tonight, but she was really busy so she's calling me tomorrow night with the recipe!

Y'all are making me hungry!! Just the THOUGHT of cooler weather makes me want soup and chili. I only cook it in winter, too. Kinda crazy, considering we all have air conditioning here. lol!

Yeah Betsi - you'd think the way we can't eat soup/chili till winter, that we don't have air conditioning, swelter in our homes and only eat ice cold foods!!! LOL!!

I made buffalo meat sliders and potato soup for supper. Harold's not a soup slurper, but Laura and the g-kids loved it. I sliced cucumbers, and red and yellow bell peppers instead of fries!

Sandy! What is a buffalo meat slider???? :confused:

I agree this starts soup weather.. The potato soup sounds delicious. I am a big fan of chilli from Wendys lol. My speciality is chicken soup, lentil soup, and veggie soup aka minestrone and being italian we love pasta and fagoli.. aka pasta and beans... Really awesome they are all homemade.

Keep them coming ...

I'll keep them coming if you will - we need the recipes for your specialites: chicken soup, lentil soup, and veggie soup aka minestrone and being italian we love pasta and fagoli.. aka pasta and beans.

Come on now, part with the recipes - and don't say you don't have a recipe!!! If it isn't written down, make the soup, write it down and post it here! Got it? OK! :D

Oh and I LOVE chili from Wendy's too!!!

Ok! Ok ! Gayle I will get the receipes out later and write them on here... They are easy to make.. I can't help with the Wendy's chili for I don't have that receipe I just order it lol.. It is sooo good, do you have a Wendy's by you? Btw are you an italian girl ? lol being you mention that you are... lol

i make a pretty mean veggie soup if i say so my self and a pretty good chili, it nice and cool today i wish i had the stuff to make either one of them, gona have to go to the store.

i love potatoe soup but it dosen't love me, lactose intolerant here :o

my mom use to make oyster soup when i was younger and although i am not crazy about the oysters i loved the soup with the little oyster crackers. :D

Hamburger Soup

3 lbs ground beef
2 onions chopped
796mL diced tomato
2 envelopes (~2tbsp) beef bouillon
2 cups chopped celery
2 cups sliced carrots
1/2 cup barley
1 tsp thyme (optional... my mom doesn't use it)
2 tbsp parsley
4 bay leaves
2-3 cans tomato soup

Brown ground beef. Add all other ingredients with enough water to more than cover it all (barley will soak up a lot). Bring to a boil, and then cook on low for about 3 hours.

Thanks, Lindsay!!!

Sounds good Linds! I'll get my recipes together, too.

Buffalo meat sliders are bison meat ground into little patties on little rolls - tiny burgers - don't know why they're called sliders.

Ah Ha! Got it!!! I don't know why they are called "sliders" either. I always think of raw oysters when I hear the word "sliders"! LOL!

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's get some recipes going. Lindsey got the ball rolling. I'll get my recipes together too:) Love Soup anytime:p

This is so similar to my mom's hamburger soup.. one of my all time favorites!

Mmmmm I could eat soup every day, am DYiNG to try some of the ones you ladies have mentioned!

I had a yummy split pea soup for lunch yesterday from the cafe in my office building. It's not one of my favorites, but it was good a dreary first day of Autumn.

This is a great stew in the New Mexico tradition of cooking with green chiles. You can get green chiles in the canned goods section of the grocery store - they are usually the tiny little cans that are near the salsa. Some of you will be able to find the frozen Bueno green chiles.

Green Chile Stew
Oil
2 lbs of chicken - chopped
2 medium potatoes, diced
1/2 onion
2 cloves garlic - chopped
1/2 tsp cumin
4-6 cups water - can use 1/2 chicken broth
18 oz. chopped green chiles - use mild or hot, whichever you prefer
1 tsp salt
pepper to taste

Heat oil in dutch oven. Add chicken, potato and onion. Brown slightly. Add garlic and cumin and stir for one minute. Then add water/chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Add chiles and reduce to simmer. Simmer about an hour, longer if you want. It will taste better the next day. Serve with corn tortillas on the side.

I prefer beef or hamburger in my chili - but this is a lower fat alternative that is pretty good.


Chicken Chili
12 oz. boned/skinned chicken breasts diced
1 envelope chili seasoning
1 quart canned tomatoes
15 canned corn, undrained
15 oz canned kidney beans, drained
1 green pepper and 1 onion chopped
1/2 cup salsa

Sear chicken in non stick spray. Add to crockpot with remaining ingredients. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

This is a very rich, but very GOOD soup!!!

Tomato Basil Soup
4 cups of fresh tomatoes, cored, peeled and chopped or crushed canned tomatoes
4 cups tomato juice
12-14 fresh basil leaves
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 lb butter
salt and pepper to taste

Combine tomatoes and juice in pot and simmer for 30 mins. Puree tomatoes with basil leaves. Add cream and butter. Heat through. Serve with crusty french bread.

This is one of my favs! THanks for the recipes.

I know, I just adore it - but can't eat much due to calories - but a cup now and then is heavenly!!!

Your soup recipes look really yummy, Gayle!! I'm going to have to try them!!

That Tomato Basil soup sounds really good Gayle. I think there are fat free substitutes for the cream. We're at the end of tomatoes, so I have to pick up a bunch.

I used to make chicken soup with big, chunky pasta noodles. Yummy. That's an easy soup.

Onion, celery, carrots, salt, pepper, fresh parsley, dill, a couple of parsnips chopped, a turnip, a chicken, cut into pieces, and garlic if you want it.



Here's a cookbook recipe. It serves 8.

• 20 cups cold water
• 8 bottom chicken quarters
• 4 large carrots, cut to 2 . 5 "x. 5-inch pieces
• 3 stalks celery, cut like carrots
• 2 parsnips, cut like carrots
• 1 turnip, cubed (bite-sized)
• 2 large onions, cut in half
• 1 bunch parsley (tied up)
• 1 bunch dill (tied up)
• salt & pepper or chicken bouillon

1. Bring water to boil, add chicken, return to boil (covered).
2. Add all vegetables except for parsley & dill and allow to cook on medium to low heat, uncovered, until reduced by about half (2-3 hours). You may skim during the cooking or refrigerate the finished soup and remove the solidified fat.
3. Add parsley & dill and cook for 20 minutes, then remove the herbs and discard.
4. Season soup with salt & pepper or boullion powder to taste. If soup is too strong, add water. If it is too weak let it boil out longer (uncovered).
5. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

MMMM! Judy the chicken soup sounds wonderful - you mentioned pasta noodles, when do you add them?

This soup is delicious. I omit the avacado, not a huge fan of it. This recipe is by Rachel Ray, I make it several times in the fall and winter.

Chicken Fajita Tortilla Soup
2 tblsp. extra virgin olive oil
11/2 to 2 lbs chicken tenders
1 tblsp. coriander, a palm full
2 tblsp. chopped fresh thyme leaves, 5 to 6 sprigs
salt and pepper
1 large onion, quartered and thinly sliced
1 large bell pepper, quartered and thinly sliced
1 jalapeno, seeded and thinly sliced
1 (28 oz.) can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 quart chicken stock
1 bag white corn tortilla chips
1 cup shredded pepper jack or white cheddar cheese
1 ripe avacado, diced
1 lime, juiced
4 scallions, chopped
Handful of fresh cilantro leaves or parsley, chopped

Heat a large skillet with extra virgin olive oil, over medium heat. Add chicken, brown 4 min. Add coriander, thyme, salt and pepper, to taste, add onions, bell pepper and jalapeno. Cook 8 to 10 min. Add tomatoes and stock, heat through.

While the soup is cooking, lightly crush some tortilla chips, a couple of handfuls per bowl. Top the chips with cheese. Toss the avacado with the lime juice, scallions and cilantro or parsley.