Recipes

[beach-mom]

I decided to start this year making a different soup every Monday. I'm excited to try new recipes, but might resort to some old favorites once I a while.

Does anyone else want to join me? It doesn't have to be on a Monday, but if you make a new, or older, soup recipe, post it here. Others of us can use these recipes to make for us!

@ciao_bella - Your thread inspired me!

(I'm making one tonight, but will post about it when I get home from my meeting!). 

[spumoni99]

I made a beef soup with potatoes yesterday, it turned out really good.  I rarely follow recipes though.

[Kachina624]

@beach-mom.  Sounds like fun if you like to cook.  When you get a grand champion winner, please post it.

[rockygems123]

@beach-mom 

Sure I'll join in!

Making chicken tortilla soup this week and also making a French Onion Pot Roast Soup.  Have never made it before, here's a recipe I believe it's not one particular recipe, I've constructed looking at several recipes:

- 2 lb chuck roast
- 3 sweet onions thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 2 tbsp worcestershire
- 4 cups beef stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 french baguette
- 8 oz gruyère cheese

Salt & Pepper & brown beef.   Remove.  Add butter & onions saute till brown.  Can take up to 1/2 hour to get golden deep brown.  Add garlic saute 1 min.  Add flour cook 1-2 mins add liquids.  Will probably add some fresh thyme.

Bake at 300 degrees for 3 hours

Take out & shred beef.  Put back in pot. Layer think slices of baguettes on top with shredded gruyere.  Back in oven till golden brown and bubbling.

[JeanLouiseFinch]

The other day, I came across a recipe for Crockpot Creamy Parmesan Chicken Soup that sounds really good.  I'm probably going to make it next week. 

[Carmie]

I usually make a pot of soup every week.  I don't use recipes for cooking, only baking.

This week I made ham and bean soup.  I used my ham bone from my free Christmas ham.  I popped it into the freezer in December. I stripped most, but not all of the meat off of the bone, but I saved it to use for soup.

[We rescue cats]

When we are in the camper I usually have the makings with me for a pot of soup or two, often starts with ground beef. I several pounds in the oven on a large sheet pan and then divide it into 1# bags and freeze it, I hate browning ground beef and this saves me that step for a lot of meals.

Fast veggie soup: 

1# Browned ground beef

Mixed veggies of your choice: canned green beans,         green peas, chopped carrots, tomatoes, chopped   cabbage, diced potato, fresh or frozen chopped okra,   whatever you and your family likes.

1 or 2 large cans/boxes beef broth

Seasonings and herbs to taste.

I like to make this in the camper on a travel day, I put it all in a hot pot and it cooks while we're on the road, when we settle in for the evening dinner is ready.

[LizzieInSRQ]

Thai Beef or Chicken Red Curry soup.

Savory, sweet, heat, creamy, with meat and vegatable texture, love it. Many recipes online.

I use unsweetened light coconut milk fo save calories and sugar.

I eat it without rice (use califlower rice) but regular jasmine rice is sublime. Ive eaten it without rice of any kind too.

I love Tom Yum and Tom Kha Gai soups too but ive never made them.

[beach-mom]

Thanks everyone! There are some recipes here I will definitely be trying!  @Kachina624 - we're ALL grand champions, because we all like soup!  

Here's what I made:

French Lentil Soup - from Le Chef's Wife

Serves 6

2 cloves garlic, chopped 

1 medium yellow onion, diced 

4 oz. Pancetta or lardons 

2 cups French green lentils (Lentils du Puy)

3 carrots, peeled and chopped in small pieces 

1 bouillon cube, chicken flavor 

1 bouquet garni (1 sprig rosemary, 2 sprigs thyme, 1 bay leaf- tied together with kitchen string)

8 cups water 

Place a stock pot on medium-high heat, no need to add oil.

Add the Pancetta and sear until the meat turns lightly brown.

Add the chopped onion and garlic while stirring.

Add the bouquet garni (By now your kitchen should smell amazing!)

Rinse the lentils using a fine strainer.

When the onions become translucent, add the lentils, the carrots, and the water.

Once soup has heated to a soft boil add in the bouillon cube. Give it a good stir.

Bring the heat down to a gentle simmer. Cover partially and let soup simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add more water, one cup at a time, if you need to.

After 45 minutes it is time to taste test! Because of the saltiness of the Pancetta and the bouillon cube, you don't need to add salt, but feel free if you wish to! 

Serve hot with a drizzle of olive oil or a grating of Parmesan cheese. 

Delicious with a freshly baked baguette of course! 

NOTES: I made this exactly as she said, with one exception. Instead of the bouillon cube I used 1 teaspoon of chicken flavored Better Than Bouillon. I did not add salt, and I did not need to add more water. I served it with a drizzle of olive oil, but I don't think that's necessary.

We had it with a baguette. I would have added a salad, but we've had those a lot recently!

We LOVED it! DH said it's the best lentil soup I've made, and wanted to know when we could have it again. It's not hard to make at all!  

[Hopein24]

@beach-mom @Sounds amazing! I am going to try it!