How often do you have homemade soup?

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Just curious. I am always thoroughly impressed with myself when I make soup instead of buying it. Feel like Martha Stewart especially if I have whacked the bread maker out.

Just curious how often people make soup? Growing up my parents literally never once made it.

2 or 3 times a week. I never understand why people buy soup rather than make it, it's the easiest thing to do and tastes so much better. I also make my own stock and always have a stash of it in the freezer.
I make all kinds of soup and have a "cleaning the fridge" soup which uses up all of the wilting veg in the fridge, left over cream or anything else suitable that I make before my next big shop.

Never. Just me at home, now. I have soup and a sandwich two or three times a week. The rest is just sandwiches and fruit, plus biscuits and tea.

I eat home-made soup daily through the winter but batch cook it for a month so only technically cook it once a month.
I have a bread maker as well so between the two, it's a cheap way to do lunch

Is there a reason you don’t cook for just you? I live alone and I cook properly every night (or use something I batch cooked another night). I can’t imagine not eating proper, tasty meals.

I don’t think any of them have recipes other than the bean soup - i can give you that.

1 tin butter beans
1 tin flageolet beans
1 tin tomatoes chopped
stock (half a litre maybe?)
garlic
onions
finely sliced celery
finely sliced carrots
fresh sage leaves (you can add fresh rosemary too)
Bay leaf
fresh spinach small leaves or shredded

Fry onions and garlic, throw in everything, cook for about 20-30 mins on a low heat until vegetables are soft and herbs infused. Add spinach to cook for the last 5 mins.

I only eat home made soup as I don’t like the ones sold. That said, I make a batch maybe once a month and freeze half or more to defrost as I go so that batch lasts the month.

Dinner tonight, for example - labelled as a result of a few freezer surprise dinners.

Thank you, will definitely give than one a go. 😋

Same

When I was losing weight I’d have soup for dinner. No potatoes just whatever veg I had, some chicken stock and put in the soup maker.

Same here. I can't understand people who don't cook proper meals for themselves if they live alone. I used to cook family meals when my children lived with me and I carried on, except halving the ingredients and saving some for another meal. I also have more expensive things like fillet steak more often as it's just me.
My dad died 3 years ago and my 88 year old mum still cooks a proper meal from scratch for herself every evening too.

About twice a week, I batch cook and then defrost a portion when I want a quick healthy lunch.

Made roast carrot and parsnip yesterday but DS (4) called it horrible and tantrummed before eating maybe half a cup. It's been one of those weekends.

I make celery soup with blue cheese very often as it’s so easy - one celery head, one onion, one potato, marigold bouillon, left over Stilton. Bit of parsley if you have it. Whizz it up, what’s not to like.

Why not cook for yourself? I've always lived alone and would miss nice food if I didn't!

I make a big pot of soup at least once a week unless the weather is hot!
My teens both love soup as does dh. It's a lunch time stable when WFH.
I made French onion this morning!

I love soup, cheap to make and so easy!

Love soup, tinned and homemade. I have a roasted root veg soup in the freezer, (parsnip carrot and swede in a vegetable and chicken stock). Appalled at the price of some tinned soup now (Baxters, wtf?) so more likely I'll be making more of my own in future. I'll be adding chicken pieces and maybe cooked lentils when I defrost the next lot.

I make a big 9l pot of soup every week from October to March. My teens love homemade soup and it's the best way to get goodness into them.
My mums & grans houses were the same there was always soup when we were growing up, usually ham and lentil or chicken and rice, I think it's a scottish thing!

I make a soup most weekends for taking to work for lunch, all year round. I can happily eat the same thing for a few days on the bounce. This week's is carrot, cannellini beans and ginger, I've left a couple of tubs in the fridge as extras for DH. He's generally suspicious of soup that's not pea and ham or lentil but felt reassured at the amount of carrots that went into it.

This is the recipe book I use - a WI one I found in a charity shop for about £2. Plenty of cheap old copies available on ebay and Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Womans-Institute-Soups-Seasons-Womens/dp/1847371795/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

In the Winter it's almost every week - soups and stews are the bedrock of Winter cooking in my house.

At least once a week, usually more.

It is a great way of using up vegetables, it is hydrating, full of vitamins and great for your immune system. Perfect for a work day lunch and much nicer than a shop sandwich.

There is endless variety too.

Once a week but not always the same soup. I have 2-3 I rotate often and a few others I do every 2-3 months. Usually serve with french or Italian bread/roll and possibly a salad.

Love soup. I have it for at least 1 dinner and 2 lunches a week at a minimum (I have Fibro and CFS so sometimes sitting and eating a meal is a bit much for me). I used to get the New Covent Garden or Sully & Scully (?) but it gets pricy.

Treated myself to a Ninja Soup Maker/Blender a few weeks ago. Gamechanger.
Absolute gamechanger. Chops, sautes, cooks. Even has a cleaning function.

Now I know exactly whats going in my soup, apart from the initial outlay, its cheaper and its fantastic for smoothies as well.

My favorite so far is Mulligatawny.

Dd is coming home for a few days from uni... her contact hours are end of the week... and she has a cold, so has asked for mum's magic soup.
Carrots, yellow/orange/red peppers, onions, and potato to thicken. With a veg stock cube. Then stick blender.

It is magic... or it could be that they always ask for it 3 days into a cold and their colds last 4 days or so 😁 shhhhhhhhhhh!

Sounds amazing, never tried peppers in soup. Going to try this thanks. Hope the magic works 💞