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To think soup isn’t a real meal?

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FunLimeOrca · 13/02/2025 12:27

It’s just flavoured water. If you need bread to make it filling, then it wasn’t a meal to begin with.

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mondaytosunday · 13/02/2025 12:58

Flavoured water? What kind of soup are you eating?
I make two soups regularly and both are filling - though they are always nicer with bread (what meal isn't) they are also filling in themselves. One is a thick butternut squash soup and the other is cabbage soup. Full of flavour and keeps me satisfied until dinner.
It sure is gave it for dinner though - I want something more robust in the evening.

arethereanyleftatall · 13/02/2025 12:58

Bizarre post.
Kinda depends what you put in it op!

meatyryvita · 13/02/2025 12:56

you're making the wrong types of soups! Pumpkin soup (we do a one with Thai-style flavouring) and lentil soups can be incredibly filling.

Coconutter24 · 13/02/2025 12:55

I don’t have soup as my main evening meal but I would have it for lunch

BusySittingDown · 13/02/2025 12:54

I bloody love soup. Food of the Gods!

YABU

Stresshead84x · 13/02/2025 12:54

I think a good chicken and veg or minestrone with nice bread is definitely a meal. Some soups are just snacks/starters.

Printedword · 13/02/2025 12:53

It's lunch and comes with bread. I do occasionally do a stove top chunky soup that's a main meal stew/soup and doesn't come with bread or on the side veggies, but I consider most soups to be lunch

MyDogsLoveCafes · 13/02/2025 12:52

I make thick chunky soups that are like stews so they’re definitely a meal. We put carbs with other meals though without saying they’re not a meal, so not sure why it matters if a soup does need bread to be a meal. Weird post.

wherearemypastnames · 13/02/2025 12:52

Snoopysimaginaryfriend · 13/02/2025 12:46

I think you’re confusing soup with broth.

Well you can make soup by over blending broth

IDontLikePinaColadas · 13/02/2025 12:51

You know you're meant add other ingredients to the stock, right?

NancyBellaDonna · 13/02/2025 12:50

Some splendid soup recipes on that skinnyspatular.com website. @Carvello Nothing watery at all.

Goatinthegarden · 13/02/2025 12:50

I cannot stand soup…and I’m really not a fussy eater. I’ll eat anything, even soup if someone else makes it.

But it’s a pain to eat, I’d rather have something I can eat with a knife and fork (or my hands!). All that hot liquid makes me feel overly full and too warm. I’d never make, or order, soup.

The only bit I really enjoy is the bread part.

Lemonade2011 · 13/02/2025 12:49

I agree, I don’t really enjoy a lot of soups and they don’t feel like I’ve eaten. Never known anyone else think that though
occasionally I’ll fancy a really nice soup from a place we go but generally I don’t have soup

Eightdayz · 13/02/2025 12:48

Peeps on MN get het up over the strangest things.

pointythings · 13/02/2025 12:47

Soup can be many things. Don't knock it til you have had a proper hearty one.

IBloodyLoveMyBlanket · 13/02/2025 12:47

As a starter it's the worst of both worlds, not enjoyable to eat but so filling you don't want anything else afterwards.

Colacubegirl · 13/02/2025 12:47

Your logic doesn’t make any sense.

Would you say a chicken breast isn’t a meal becuase you have a to add a side of potatos and veg?

Would you say a bolognaise isn’t a meal because you have to add pasta?

So why say a soup isn’t a meal because you most likely have it with bread.

YABU

But… cup a soups… they’re a snack imo.

Snoopysimaginaryfriend · 13/02/2025 12:46

I think you’re confusing soup with broth.

thistimelastweek · 13/02/2025 12:45

I've just had a brimming bowl of homemade minestrone soup and it was definitely a meal.

JudgeJ · 13/02/2025 12:43

Meadowfinch · 13/02/2025 12:34

Try pea and ham, or leek and potato, or broccoli and stilton. Or a chunky chicken and veg soup.

My favourite is Cajun Bean Soup, which has celery, onion, green pepper, cannellini beans, tomatoes and bacon. With a little Tabasco sauce.

Filling, hydrating, packed with vitamins, delicious, great for using up veggies on a weekend. 😊 And the most effective thing I've found for seeing off a cold.

I make a spicy bean soup with most of those ingredients but I also use a can or two of spicy mixed beans from Lidl/Aldi for more bulk and it's lovely.

Cavello · 13/02/2025 12:43

You are being very unreasonable, nothing nicer than a bowl of soup. In fact I came across my favourite soup from a Mumsnet post about soup wasn't a meal for dinner.

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

Finnish Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto) – Skinny Spatula

Warming, filling and utterly delicious — these are the adjectives I'd use to describe this Finnish salmon soup (lohikeitto).

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

vodkaredbullgirl · 13/02/2025 12:42

RedRosie · 13/02/2025 12:34

Tomato soup and a cheese toastie. Food of the Gods.

Can't beat it yummy.

OP make your own, much nicer.

Runnersandtoms · 13/02/2025 12:42

I would consider it a small meal/lunch if I was having a 'proper meal' later in the,day but not as the main meal of the day unless it contained lots of noodles/pasta/potatoes.

MrsSkylerWhite · 13/02/2025 12:42

My homemade soups are delicious and nutritionally excellent.

Packet, dehydrated chicken noodle, not so much. If other people enjoy them though, non of my business.

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 13/02/2025 12:42

You are eating the wrong soup.