So, Santa brought me a soup maker...

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And apart from chopped veg I am not sure what to do with it. Am diabetic, low carbing so veg is good, but could do with protein and fat as well. Recipe book is limited to say the least.

How would you make a creamy chicken soup or similar in one of these beasties? Or am I over thinking it?

Anyone else got one and can share tips? It is a Russell Hobbs if that makes a difference?

I got one too! Was a bit to say the least. But DH (accountant) reckons that it will pay for itself in a year if used once a week. I now have no excuse to throw veg out. Haven't had a chance to use it yet and am going away tomorrow but will be using next weekend.

Just made really nice chicken soup!

Thanks again Hobbit, gave me the idea, it was a bit of a bottom of the fridge effort though..
1 leftover cooked chicken breast
2 medium spuds
2 rather limp and depressed leeks
2 small onions
3 jelly stock cubes, herb, veg, chicken
Salt, dried random herbs and pepper
Chopped it, chucked it in the soup maker then served with a swirl of double cream. Five mins prep, twenty mins sitting with my feet up while the machine did its stuff.
Am under orders to Make That Again so they must have liked it..

Bottom of the fridge efforts make the best soups! My husband always comments we are having vegetable peelings soup again... one day he will be right :D

Sorry for the delay!
Potato, Bean and Chorizo

1 carrot, cubed
1 potato, cubed
1 onion
50g chorizo/sliced
400g tin Kidney Beans (in chilli sauce?)
1 chicken stock cube
Salt & Pepper
2 tbsp Coriander roughly chopped

Brown the onion then add carrot, potato, chorizo and stock cube.
Add approx 600ml water. 7 mins high 25 mins low/simmer.
Heat the kidney beans and stir in. (though i just chuck them in at the end)
Garnish with coriander.

Hobbit you are a star! Do you have the smoked bacon and lentil recipe pretty please :)

I have just googled this and wow I want one...! But before I try to justify it to my bank manager, is it really so different from cooking it on a pan? Apart from the stirring? I mean, things like chicken or raw things that need cooking, they still need to be fried/cooked right before chucking them in the soup maker? Or can we stick them raw things in together with the onions and veg etc??

Mine has the hotplate at the bottom that i use to brown off before i add all the veg and stock. Mainly i use leftover chicken from a roast or something though so not an issue. What i love about it is that i no longer end up with soup up the walls from blending (i am a very messy cook!)

Will post smoked bacon and lentil later :)

Mine requires meat to be pre cooked, no hot plate in there.

Total bomb on beef and veg yesterday, came out like brown thick sludge, tasted like stew purée so probably won't bother with that again.

Just purchased my first soup maker ... can't wait to use it!!!

Santa bought me one this year. Want to start on my Atkins diet again 1st Feb so looking for Atkiins friendly recipes please. Have copied Hobbits recipes but looking for any more.