to think soup is underated but amazing!

If I've got a delicious roasted spiced cauli, I can't imagine thinking it's better in liquid form!
I'm glad people enjoy soup though so I'm not here to be snarky.

I'm clearly in the minority but I really don't enjoy eating soup. I find it really boring and tedious to eat.

I cannot stomach lumpy soups, they would have to be blended within an inch of their life to be silky smooth

That said, i dont make soups from scratch anyway 😂

Love my soup maker! Wanted something warming yesterday for a quick lunch so bunged in some Stilton hanging around from Xmas (!), broccoli that was going over, veg stock and knob of butter - it was delicious!

Soup is wonderful!

fish chowder
minestrone
hot and sour lentil soup with mushrooms
vegetable soup
roasted carrot and chickpea
broccoli soup with goats cheese floating on top
leek and potato
French onion

I keep portions in the freezer for Can’t Be Arsed nights

I didn’t know that, I love that idea.

Love Cockaleekie - the prunes are genius.

I make soup weekly and ladle into coffee cup portions for my teens to grab and heat in the microwave when they get in from school.

I’m going off it myself though! I’m completely into warm salads now.

😂 What an odd question.

Me. Soup is a huge thing here in Scotland. Every newsagent, balers and butchers that has a takeaway service sells soup to go with filled rolls. My cousin has a little takeaway that is really popular with the trades, she goes through gallons of soup every week. Lentil is the best seller. My favourites are curried marrow and carrot & orange.

How do you all blend your soups? Best blender recommendations please as I fancy giving it another go!

I used to use my Magimix but now I just use a handblender in the saucepan - much easier. For a really smooth texture Vitamix is good.

Love a good soup, make them every week.

Currently in my fridge are:
Jerusalem artichoke
Leek and watercress
Mushroom and chestnut

Not a soup fan I'm afraid. It seems it was something I ate a LOT of growing up with my mum making loads and every time I went to either granny it was always soup for lunch.

Nowadays I'd MUCH rather have something else, anything else for lunch. Would never choose soup as a starter in a restaurant and never make it for myself. DH likes a can of soup with toast but the kids aren't fans either.

I rember trying courgettes creamy soup once after a good walk in the Gower with a ramblers type of thing i used to be involved with...

I adore soup. My fave is mushroom soup which is so easy to make & so tasty.
I also love courgette & almond soup kevindundon.com/recipe/wprm-courgette-almond-soup/
Absolutely delicious.
There's also nothing nicer than dipping a cheese toastie into tomato soup!

I love soup. DF used to make Sunday Soup and it was different every week!

It’s my go to food in the winter.

There was some guy on Insta a few months ago talking about minimising food waste. He suggested that every time you’re about to chuck onion skin in the recycling, to chuck it in the freezer instead.

So any carrot, celery, leek, onion that’s still on my chopping board- end bits - tough leaves- gets chucked in a bag in the freezer. If I have any chicken bones they go in too.

When the bag is full, I chuck it (still frozen) all in my pressure cooker ( but you could use stovetop method). Fling in bay leaves and a few peppercorns and top with water.

I can get away with using simpler soup recipes as the base stock tastes so good 😊… and it makes me feel dead smug too 🤣🤣🤣

Absolutely love soup, it's so comforting and delicious. A firm family favourite is Finnish Salmon Soup, which I got from another mumsnetter on a different thread about soup for dinner.

https://skinnyspatula.com/salmon-soup-lohikeitto/

@cardibach i think it was proven that soup stays in your stomach longer , keeping you full for longer which isn’t what you would think and I agree but obviously doesn’t work for you.

I have a stainless steel blending stick off Amazon. Detachable whizzing end is important. Also keep the whizzing below the surface to avoid mess. I tilt the saucepan if it’s not full.

I’ve had soup everyday over these past few weeks for lunch at work, all Heinz tinned, so I’m following this thread as your recipes sound delicious!

I did make soup when DS was weaning, red lentil always a favourite, frozen in ice cube trays of course😆 first time I used the stick blender got a bit messy! I’m not a domestic goddess!

How do you all blend your soups? Best blender recommendations please as I fancy giving it another go! I LOVE garlic and although I like chilli I don’t like spicy soups, prefer hearty veg/lentil/tomato/pea with a huge sprinkling of black pepper to serve!

Roasted chilli, pepper and tomato
Tuscan bean
Leek, broccoli and Stilton
Chicken noodle

Lamb broth is a bit of a thing where I live….like that when out for lunch. Never managed a decent one at home.

like a chunky soup and often make bottom of the fridge lentil soup at the weekend.

also love a ramen, pho or udon soup.

but it’s a lunch thing…and never for a starter in a restaurant.

Blue cheese & Stilton

So isn't that just blue cheese soup?

I love soup but don't have it often because nobody else likes it in our house. Don't have a big enough freezer to store much either.

I'm pretty plain with the ones I make though - all veg / scotch broth/ potato and leek type things and they have to be chunky apart from fresh tomato soup which can be smooth.

I like soup, but I’m starving again 20 mins later even if it’s full of protein and eaten with a stack of bread and butter. It’s like it turns everything to air.

The lentil soup also has carrots...