Soup Time

[Roy_Lynne]

Love soup in the winter and found one that I really enjoy and it's so quick and versatile.
Dirty Little Secret Soup
5 or 6 cups of broth, (we use veggie, but chicken would be good also)
2 - 1 lb bags of mixed veggies, (we use the California mix but its what you like really)
1 can diced tomatoes
2 cans of beans, (Great Northern or what ever you have in the pantry)
4 cloves minced garlic, (actually I just smash it and skin it and toss it in)
1 teasp dried basil, 1/2 teasp dried oregano
A shake or two of Tabasco sauce.
Salt and Pepper, cant have to much pepper



Then check refrig for any leftovers, pasta, diced potatoes, corn, rice, chicken, zucchini, wrinkly cherry tomatoes, doesn't matter, toss it in.
Whoops, directions: open and dump in pan, heat and serve.
Quick, fast, low cal, tasty. Makes enough for family of 4 with some leftover for breakfast the next morning.

[jwduke]

Here's one we like, and can be made now, to enjoy later.

Easy Crock Pot Potato Soup

Ingredients:

1 30oz. bag of frozen diced hash browns
1 32 oz box of chicken broth
1 can of cream of chicken soup (10 oz)
1 pkg. cream cheese (8 oz, not fat free)
3 oz bacon bits
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste


Directions:

Put the potatoes in the Crockpot. Add in the chicken broth, cream of chicken soup and half of the bacon bits. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.

Cook on low for 8 hours or until the potatoes are tender.

An hour before serving, cut the cream cheese into small cubes. Place the cubes in the crock pot. Mix a few times throughout the hour before serving.

Once the cream cheese is completely mixed in, it's ready to serve.
Top with cheddar cheese and some additional bacon bits.

[Roy_Lynne]

Boy my mouth is squirting and I've copies all of the recipes for future use.

[SWMO]

Super_Dave wrote:

welove2drive wrote:
We've made some really tasty Chicken Soup using a rotisserie chicken.

Also my favorite for my chicken pot pie.

Many years ago we picked up a George Foreman whole chicken "cooker". It will produce a rotisserie chicken in an hour with very little prep. One advantage seems to be it's more consistent than what we have found in rotisserie chicken when it comes to moist meat..

[Wanderlost]

We like to make crockpot soups. Saw some prepackaged veggies for caldo in our local store, and decided we could do better.

Fried up some salt pork and dropped into the crockpot, then added:

1/4 green cabbage, chopped
2 large carrots, thinly sliced
1/2 yellow onion, diced
2 small zucchini, thinly sliced
1 celery stalk with top leaves, thinly sliced
3 small red potatoes, diced
1 corn on the cob, cut into thirds
1 can Rotel (tomatoes with chilis)
Chicken stock until it looked right
2 bay leaves

Cooked on high 6 hours or so, then added minced garlic and cooked another 30 minutes.

You can play with the seasonings to your own taste.

[Super_Dave]

welove2drive wrote:
We've made some really tasty Chicken Soup using a rotisserie chicken.

Also my favorite for my chicken pot pie.

[welove2drive]

We've made some really tasty Chicken Soup using a rotisserie chicken.

[Super_Dave]

Having a soup pot luck at work today so I might be able to taste test some new keeper recipes.

[SAR_Tracker]

GREEN CHILI CHICKEN SOUP

Ingredients:
4 - skinless & boneless chicken breasts (diced)
2 - potatoes (peeled (or not) & diced)
1 - cup sliced mushrooms (either fresh or canned)
1 - can cream of mushroom soup
1 - 8 oz can diced green chilis
1 – cup Herdez green chili salsa
1 1/2 cups yellow onion (diced)
2 - tbsp chicken base
2 - pints chicken stock (either canned or fresh)

Place all ingredients in a 10 qt stockpot, (at least); add water to cover; bring to a rolling boil; reduce heat to simmer for at least 1 1/2 hours; salt and pepper to taste and enjoy.

Quesadillas make a great accompaniment with this soup.

[billkaufmann]

My DW made butter squash soup yesterday. I am not a big fan of squash but I can't wait till she (or me) makes it again. It was FABULOUS!!!

[scrapnread]

We fix dinner every week (for the last 4 years) for our Bible study group. Since it is a large gathering (20-30 people) my husband usually makes a homemade soup. The favorite seems to be either Loaded Baked Potato or Pasta Beef. I was really surprised by how much I like the Pasta Beef, especially because I don't like tomato soup.
Tomato soup
Ground beef or turkey(browned)
Penne pasta (prepared as directed on package)
Heavy whipping cream
Onion (sauteed)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Add all these ingredients to a crockpot and let simmer until ready to serve.
Amounts of ingredients are dependent on how many you are feeding. We use a full size roasting pan to simmer our soup.

Hope someone tries this recipe. I have been reading this thread and getting hungry. Ready to try some.

[BigBlockTank]

BajaLinda wrote:

Roy&Lynne wrote:
Oh, I have the best pazole recipe but this is by memory. To a large soup pan, sauté a chopped onion and a couple cloves of minced garlic. When translucent, add 5 - 6 cups of chicken broth. Add two boneless chicken breasts, and two meaty ham hocks, and a large can of hominy (while or yellow) boil for about a half hour to 45 minutes until the hocks are falling apart. Add salt and pepper. Cool some, slice the chicken into bite size pieces and pull any meat off the hock.
While the chicken and hocks are boiling, fill bowls with condiments. You will need 1 bowl for each. Slice limes, cubed cream cheese, chopped red peppers, iceburg lettuce, fried tortilla chips, green onions - including the tops. (Don't let the lettuce turn you off, its great)
I think this recipe came from and old Sunset Mexican Food Recipe.

In Mexico we use raw cabbage instead of lettuce. sounds really good

Off the subject, but use cabbage on my burgers instead of lettuce

[BajaLinda]

Roy&Lynne wrote:
Oh, I have the best pazole recipe but this is by memory. To a large soup pan, sauté a chopped onion and a couple cloves of minced garlic. When translucent, add 5 - 6 cups of chicken broth. Add two boneless chicken breasts, and two meaty ham hocks, and a large can of hominy (while or yellow) boil for about a half hour to 45 minutes until the hocks are falling apart. Add salt and pepper. Cool some, slice the chicken into bite size pieces and pull any meat off the hock.
While the chicken and hocks are boiling, fill bowls with condiments. You will need 1 bowl for each. Slice limes, cubed cream cheese, chopped red peppers, iceburg lettuce, fried tortilla chips, green onions - including the tops. (Don't let the lettuce turn you off, its great)
I think this recipe came from and old Sunset Mexican Food Recipe.

In Mexico we use raw cabbage instead of lettuce. sounds really good

[Roy_Lynne]

Oh, I have the best pazole recipe but this is by memory. To a large soup pan, sauté a chopped onion and a couple cloves of minced garlic. When translucent, add 5 - 6 cups of chicken broth. Add two boneless chicken breasts, and two meaty ham hocks, and a large can of hominy (while or yellow) boil for about a half hour to 45 minutes until the hocks are falling apart. Add salt and pepper. Cool some, slice the chicken into bite size pieces and pull any meat off the hock.
While the chicken and hocks are boiling, fill bowls with condiments. You will need 1 bowl for each. Slice limes, cubed cream cheese, chopped red peppers, iceburg lettuce, fried tortilla chips, green onions - including the tops. (Don't let the lettuce turn you off, its great)
I think this recipe came from and old Sunset Mexican Food Recipe.

[Super_Dave]

SWMO wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:

Super_Dave wrote:
It must be in the air. I bought a bag of 15 bean soup beans yesterday and smoking off some ham today to put in the pot.

Was that Bob's Red Mill mix? I bought one recently and danggggg it's good:).

We have one here that is really good, but it isn't Bob's it's Hurst Hambeens. We've been acquainted with it for years. Good stuff.
My left over pulled pork goes in the freezer for beans. It's amazing how little it takes, about 1/2 cup, to pit a nice smoky flavor in a pot of beans.

Okay, you guys made me go dig through the trash to find the package. LOL! It was the one SWMO mentioned.

Here I smoke the ham scraps



Out of the smoke and ready to put in the pot



And like BBT's soup, a bowl of hearty soup