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to think soup is underated but amazing!

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BudgetFoodie · 17/01/2024 21:13

I love soup and it's a staple in my home particularly in the winter. Today I made a thick root veg soup and we had it with crusty bread. It's just so quick and cheap to make and there are so many different options - thin, thick, meat, veg, spicy, creamy.............

Do you make/eat a lot of soup?
What are your favourites?

Our family staples are veg, minestrone, tomato, chicken and sweetcorn and leek and potato.

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sprigatito · 17/01/2024 21:25

I make industrial quantities of soup, as DH and I basically live on it when the adult dc aren't here. I batch cook and freeze it in portions... have 62 pots of soup in my freezer right now 😂

The ones I make on autopilot are:

Tarka dahl
Pea and ham
Chicken tom yum
Chicken and mushroom
Potato, chicken and leek
Mulligatawny
Sweet potato, squash, coconut and chilli
Tuscan bean
Broccoli and Stilton
Red Devil (tomato with 4 different types of fresh chilli and smoked paprika)
Scotch broth

I bloody love soup. We take big flasks of it when we go out as well.

Whattobakeiwonder · 17/01/2024 21:25

Every one in this house loves cock a leekie but we also have a thing called Friday Soup. This is everything left in the veg drawer with fresh garlic and ginger, plus a hefty amount of cayenne pepper 😂. Frugal and delicious!

Daisymay2 · 17/01/2024 21:24

My absolute favourite is minestrone ( Delia's version) Also like Spiced carrot with lentils, beetroot and ginger, cauliflower and blue cheese, brocholi and blue cheese and recent new one, sweet potato with coconut milk.
I hate mushroom soup, and not keen on meaty soups.

dudsville · 17/01/2024 21:22

I like soup but it always seems to me like I'm just slurping sauce. I rarely have bread with soup, but when i do then it feels like I'm having essentially really, really nice deconstructed pizza before the toppings get added. As a result i have soup at odd times, like when I fancy a comforting warm drink.

DanceMoveGrooveAndShoutIt · 17/01/2024 21:17

Parsnip almost guarantees a good soup though, I'll give you that.

DanceMoveGrooveAndShoutIt · 17/01/2024 21:16

Counterpoint: it's boring and I hate it

Grin

kidding ... sort of. Unless it's almost a stew I get bored of eating it halfway through. I have a few I make and a few bought ones I'll tolerate but is it as good as a sausage baguette? No.

QuitMoaning · 17/01/2024 21:16

I have to stop myself making spiced parsnip soup too much as I absolutely love it. My second favourite is Jerusalem artichoke.

not a fan of meat soups much.

WishesPromises · 17/01/2024 21:15

YANBU soups is for the soul.