Soup ideas

[Summerdreamss]

Started the year going self employed so need to keep costs down. Will be working at home during day and as I like making soup I'm planning to stock up the fridge with it. Any different suggestions of recipes?
I usually make carrot and lentil or roasted vegetable so looking for more inspiration

Potato and leek, corn chowder, cullen skink, minestone...I love soup!

I did one today. It was great. Courgette, sweet potato, ginger, garlic, onion, lemon & soy sauce.

It was on a vegan site.

Made this the other day, was lovely;

1 carrot
1 courgette
1 yellow pepper
1 leek
1 onion
3 tomatoes
Garlic to taste
Olive oil
Can of chickpeas (drained)
Two vegetable stock cubes
1 tsp each of cumin, oregano, paprika
Salt, pepper and chill powder to taste
Cream (optional)

Chop all veg roughly, fry in olive oil, garlic and spices for around 10 mins until golden. Cover with vegetable stock. Simmer for 10 minutes, add chickpeas and simmer for another 15 minutes or so. Blend and add cream if necessary.

Google a recipe for sweet potato and spinach yellow curry soup. Some very delicious recipes for this online.

Leftover chicken carcass - strip it, chop the meat finely. You can boil the bones for a stock with a whole carrot, onion and stick of celery. When the stock is prepared (I boil/simmer it on a Sunday evening for a few hours) strain it and pour over a chopped/sweated onion, chopped celery stick, chopped large potato and some garlic cloves, bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 mins. Then I blend it and add the finely chopped chicken, parsley, seasoning and a splash of milk or cream.

A stick blender is a very handy thing to have if you are a soup lover.

I love bacon and broccoli and add in some chilli for a wee hint.

Courgette and Parmesan soup is delicious. It's a bbc recipe if you want to google it

There was a thread about soup making very recently with loads of good ideas. My suggestion is Nana’s Magic Soup and Delia’s Leek, onion and potato soup.

Ooh loving the ideas. I wouldn't have thought of using courgette in soup so will definitely try that. Yellow curry one sounds yum too

Courgette makes soup surprisingly creamy!

Roasted tomato and basil shop is cheap and tasty.

Fry some onion and 1clove diced garlic up with a little oil. Roast about 500g tomatoes and 1 clove unpeeled garlic (optional) in the oven for about 45 mins-1hr (drizzled with oil, salt, pepper and some dried basil).

Add the onion, garlic, roasted tomatoes, & squeezed out garlic, if used, and 500ml stock to a pan. Adjust seasoning to taste and bring to boil then simmer gently for a few minutes. Can then blend it (all or some), or leave as it is and serve.

Should provide 2 servings.

Could make it even cheaper by using tinned tomatoes and/or not roasting them (so cutting down on oven usage).

Sw do an amazing bacon, lentil and tomato. I buy cooking bacon (mishapes) from the butcher and use that. Its a really filling, cheap and tasty. I usually make a pot a week.

I'm making pea and ham soup today, so when I know exactly what I'm putting in it and how I'm making it, I'll post the recipe.

Butternut squash, sage and chilli. Minestrone, mushroom.

Cauliflower cheese soup. It's a bbc good food recipe and delicious

I very often empty the contents of the veg drawer into the saucepan. Can be hit or miss!

< goes off to examine fridge....>

I’ve recently made a celeriac, pancetta and thyme soup, it was gorgeous.

So, I've finished making it. I don't really follow a recipe as such, as it really depends what I've got in the fridge/cupboards. Today's was:

~300g leftover ham, ~150g leftover smoked bacon pieces, 500g dried green split peas, ~ 700g diced potatoes, 1 chopped leek, 1 diced onion, 2 diced carrots, 1500ml stock, salt, pepper and oil.

I fried the diced leek, onion, and bacon, them added the carrots and fried for another minute. I then added the cubed ham, and the stock, which I'd saved (& kept frozen) from when I boiled the ham originally, although any meaty stock would do.
I seasoned with pepper and then brought it to the boil and let it simmer for about 50 mins, m until the peas were fully cooked and softened. About 15 mins in, I added the diced potatoes, and then I checked the seasoning again at the end, just before serving.

HTH.

Great ideas and thanks for the recipes, like the sound of the split pea and ham. After the Christmas indulgence it's nice to actually eat some vitamins!

I have just made a carrot and coriander soup as I had a glut of carrots. i also make a shrek soup which is brocoli, peas and courgette which my daughter always loves.

If you're trying to economise, , then using whatever you have is the way to go. It's the basis of the many thick, main-course soups I still make in winter.

My essentials are first, onion and celery, chopped small and sweated in a little oil.
Good stock cubes, or homemade chicken stock from a carcass, or ham stock.
Plus, handful of red lentils or pearl barley or some of each, added with stock and simmered for at least 30 mins.
And/or a handful of orzo (rice shaped) pasta, added and simmered for as long as necessary. Or any other small pasta.

Any root veg - potato, carrot, swede, turnip, celeriac, etc. chopped small and simmered for at least 15 mins.

If I have any, a little bacon chopped small and fried with the onion. A good way to use up one lonely rasher that's getting a wee bit dried up.

Whatever green veg I have - cabbage, leeks, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, etc. chopped or shredded small and added for the last few minutes only.
Any bits of leftover ham or scraps of cooked chicken, also added last few minutes, just enough to heat through properly.

Ditto any leftover veg, mash, etc. from the fridge.

Plenty of black pepper.
Usually served with bread and plenty of grated cheese.

I started making these during our very broke years - we virtually lived on them for a while - dh still loves them.

My favourites from the Goodfood site are broccoli and Stilton, and butternut squash, lentil and coconut.

Chicken and macaroni.

Any bits of chicken you fancy, cooked and chopped. Fried off one small chopped onion. Add a can of chopped tomatoes, some chicken or veg stock, and as much macaroni (I use small pasta shells) as you like, and leave to cook until the pasta is really swollen and well cooked. It's so simple but delicious.

Not soup but very delicious! Moroccan spiced casserole.
2x courgette 1x aubergine 1x large onion chip and fry with spice mix and harissa paste. Add to slow cooker with Tim of tomato, chick peas, butter beans and lentils. Season to taste with salt pepper and Lennon juice. Cook for 6-8 hours.
Or simmer in a saucepan for about 30-40 min.
Serve with couscous and yogurt mixed with fresh garlic.
It's a stable in my house and freezes very well!

Summerdreamss- I quite often make a courgette soup with courgettes, onion and maybe a teaspoon of curry powder and veg stock. Simple and tasty.

But this week I made courgette and basil soup from vegetariangastronomy.com/velvety-zucchini-basil-soup and it was out of this world

These sound yum. I have a sauté soup maker which I love but getting bit bored of vegetable soup.