SOUPS ON!! any good soup recipies??

[ichbinba]

looking for some good "from scratch" soup recipies for this winter season. any good'ns?

[castufari]

Winter squash soup is a favorite around my house, along with vegetarian chili, italian wedding soup, good old fashioned chicken soup and black bean soup. Another thing that I love in the winter is pho, it's a vietnamese soup that rocks.

[ODBSGIRL]

Here's one of ODB's favorites-you can substitute skim milk and no fat turkey sausage to lower the fat but it's just not the same without the CHEESE!

1 1/2 cups milk or use half cream for thicker soup
1 can cream style corn
1 cup cubed ham or smoked sausage
1 can new potatoes coarsly chopped
1 can whole kernel corn
1 cup shredded smoked cheddar, swiss or gouda. We like the gouda

Stir milk into cream corn, add sausage, potatoes and whole kernel corn. Heat thru. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese.

[ODBSGIRL]

I have a recipe for black bean soup that's a little longer and more complicated but is always a big hit if there's enough interest I'll post it.

[FishrCutB8]

I sheel a pound of shrimp. Use the shells, with some onions, celery and carrots, a splash of white wine and some water to make a broth. Strain.

Add fresh chopped celery, carrots, onions and minced garlic to the broth with a can of chopped tomatoes and some slices of (turkey) pepperoni. Simmer for a while, then turn the heat up, add the shrimp, some whitefish (cod, scrod, roughy, hake, whatever is on sale), clams (if you like) and/or whatever other seafood you like. Cook until seafood is done and serve with crusty bread.

Fishr Man's Stew.

[castufari]

If you want something hearty, try shrimp and grits. It's amazing.

[Jen2006]

sure, post it, odbsgirl. Is it vegetarian?

[castufari]

Black Bean and Macaroni Soup

1 cup dried black beans
8 cups chicken stock, approximately
2 small bay leaves
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
1 cup drained and chopped canned tomatoes (not in paste)
2 tablespoons red wine
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni
2 very large red bell peppers, roasted, peeled and
cut into medium dice
Garnish: finely chopped flat-leaf parsley and green onion

Wash and pick over beans. Cover with an inch of water and bring to a rapid boil. Boil for 2 minutes and turn off heat. Allow to sit, covered, for 1 hour.
Drain beans and cover with 3 cups of the chicken stock. Bring to a boil and turn heat down to a simmer. Add bay leaves. Simmer until the beans start
to get tender, about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil and sauté the onion until wilted and starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and continue to cook for another minute or so. Scrape the onion-garlic mixture into the beans and add the tomatoes. Continue cooking, adding more stock if necessary, until beans
are done. This can take up to another hour. Add wine, sugar, pepper and balance of the stock.
To serve, boil macaroni in very well salted water for 6 minutes. Drain and add to the bean mixture along with the diced red pepper. Simmer just long enough to completely cook the macaroni. Allow to sit for about 5 minutes before serving. This probably will not need salt, but correct seasoning if necessary.
If you have cooked the soup too rapidly you may have evaporated too much of the liquid. In that case, add a bit more stock. However, this
should be a very thick soup. Sprinkle with chopped flat-leaf parsley and green onion, if desired. Serves 6.


NOTE: When I make this I cook the pasta by itself then put some in a bowl then ladle the soup over it.

[FishrCutB8]

And I KNOW that it's whole wheat pasta...

[castufari]

I find most whole wheat pasta to be nasty, very pasta and unpasta like. Trader Joe's has some whole wheat pasta that tastes ok. I like Barilla for normal pasta.

PS I'm Italian and to me whole wheat is an abomination! [img]smile.gif[/img]