to think soup is underated but amazing!

I do - I use chicken necks or boiled carcasses from a roast or rotisserie seasoned with onion, garlic, rosemary, and parsley stalks. I always have several small pots of stock in the freezer.

I love it and always have some in the fridge, homemade.

My favourite is a lentil and veg soup seasoned with cumin and paprika, made with puy lentils, onion, lots of garlic, celery, and potato.

I also love carrot and ginger soup. Great for a very cold day.

Plus of course minestrone, and I love split pea soup too.

I love soup and stews, and I also regularly make my own stock, so I always have some on standby in the freezer.

Recently, I've made turkey, potato and veg soup and pea, lentil and gammon soup.
I'm planning to make a broccoli and Stilton soup this weekend, and will also make one with sweet potato and coconut as that sounds delicious.

My go-to recipes are:

Roasted tomato soup
Spicy Red pepper soup
Creamy chicken soup
Chicken and pearl barley broth
Pea and ham soup
Lentil soup
My "Anything Goes" veg soup, which makes use of any peelings or veg going soft/limp. May also contain meat if there's any leftovers that need using up.
Roasted, Spiced Cauliflower soup

We had Jamie's chickpea and chorizo tonight, packed with spinach and fresh tomatoes so makes me feel healthy. With crusty baguette and butter - lovely!
Delias black bean soup with black bean salsa is a favourite here, and her bacon cabbage and lentil. Just wish the kids would eat it too!

Our family love soup - we have started Soup Mondays. A demand from the 16 year olds. Soup and garlic bread. Favourites are:

Blue cheese & Stilton
Leek & Potato
Turkish lentil
Spicy tomato & lentil
Taco soup

This week I made the Mary Berry tomato soup made with sun dried tomatoes. It was so quick and delicious.

I find soup a great way to get those veggies in during the colder months. I usually always have soup for one of my meals or snacks from October- marchish

Made leek and potato yesterday (and had it again today) super quick and it was absolutely delicious - so good. I love soup - I should make it more often! Not keen on minestrone or any pasta bits - other than that I'm all in!

I used to love soup but I have really gone off it recently!
I do love this one thoughhttps://cookieandkate.com/west-african-peanut-soup/ and that's the second thread I've mentioned it on today!

Great thread. I have chicken and vegetable soup for breakfast every single day.

I like a pho, laksa or similar. If I did eg a tomato soup for dinner there would be a riot in this house. It's ok for lunch.

What an inspiring thread!!
I must have had home made soup as part of most of my lunch meals as a child. 15 years of bloody soup! Yes it was very tasty and different varieties but not an event to my mind. I then went through a 10 years phase of complete refusal of soup consumption because I was sick of it.

But, as any mum will tell you, you just can't beat a good soup! And I do really like soup.
I always make chicken soup if I get a cold and am convinced it is like medicine. I very rarely get a cold so I miss my chicken soup. I'm going to make some this weekend!
I often drink warm broth from a cup because I'm convinced it has some magic youth promoting qualities (well, there's collagen).
But my repertoire is rather limited otherwise to potato & leek or ham & peas soups.

This thread gave me some really good ideas on expanding my soup repertoire. Hopefully the kids will like them (DH will eat anything and everything luckily).

I wasn’t sure what I wa making for dinner tomorrow but I know it’s soup now! Just have to decide from all the lovely recipes here!

minestrone might be top choice!

Great thread, I've found my people!

Another freezing day forecast so I made a special shopping trip earlier to buy leeks and potatoes to make soup tomorrow. Herby dumplings will also be thrown in! 🍲

The best soup for me is carrot and coconut.
Had it in a hotel once, demanded the recipe🤣
Its just stock, onion, carrot,couple of potatoes and coconut milk. Devine. Roast the carrots first of you have time. Otherwise slow cooker makes a decent version.

Roasted red pepper and red lentil is another favourite.

https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/super-lentil-and-vegetable-soup.html

I made this last week at work, it went down very well with tenants.

I made my chicken soup yesterday. It’s a main meal soup with pots and veg. Virtually a stove top casserole. I think I cook it like my great grandma might have done in a cold Ukrainian winter, but I probably have better access to good veg.

Any leftovers get blitzed for a lunchtime soup or stock to freeze.

At this time of year I love spicy parsnip soup or anything with beans and pulses

i love soup, going to try a few recipes mentioned here.

Minestrone. So thick your spoon can stand upright, made with pancetta, onions, garlic, carrot snd celery all diced small, then sauteed in a large pan in olive oil. Add a jar of cannelini beans, tin of Cirio timatoes, lots of water or stock. Simmer for an hour then add finely sliced cabbage, when soft add 'soup pasta' like stellini and cook until done. Serve with grated parmesan and homemade pesto. A complete meal.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spicy-roasted-parsnip-soup

Try this one

I love soup!
My favourites are potato-and leek soup, and asparagus soup.

Or "whatever is in the fridge and freezer"-soup.

I make chicken noodle soup.

I use homemade chicken stock. Add left over shredded chicken, tin of sweetcorn, couple of handfuls of frozen peas, rice noodles, lots of spring onion, splash of soy sauce. Also add pak choi sometimes.

Butternut squash, chilli and creme fraiche.
I never make stock - vegan Bouollion is my got to powdered stock, never veggie oxo.
I also have a lot of retro-based love for Heinz cream of tomato soup, which was given to me whenever I was sick as a child.

Cauliflower cheese soup with crispy bacon on top is my favourite

Pea & ham for the win. Lentil a close 2nd.

I love soup. DH makes an amazing minestrone and a gorgeous soup of green veg with fresh pesto. I make chicken and barley or lentil and bacon or carrot and ginger, and love jerusalem artichoke soup in season.

I make my own stock often. Proper MN chicken badge of honour, boiling up the carcass and stripping it to make chicken noodle soup.