Soups

[alijangra]

I am stuck in a rut making the same old soup (carrot and lentil) it is delicious but I need some inspiration to try new ones. Nothing too fancy, nothing too fattening please :o)

[Dingoeater]

I like a chickpea, leek and chicken soup that's nice and chunky. But while kale is in season try a caldo verde. Chop an onion and fry until soft then fry off some chorizo (do it in the leftover oil from the onion because it has fat content naturally). Place in a pan with enough chicken stock and a diced potato. Then, bring to the boil and simmer. Add curly kale and simmer until it reaches the desired consistency. In some parts of Portugal they cook it until the liquid and potato form a creamy emulsion, in other parts they like it chunky and more broth-like. Season and serve. The only fat (bar the bit for frying) comes from the chorizo. Amounts are really up to you but I like a lot of chorizo and kale...

[alijangra]

Never eaten kale. What does it taste like?

[brawburd]

Tin tomatoes, herbs, garlic, onions and basically any kind of veg you want (e.g. celery, carrots, green beans, cabbage, turnip, spinach ....). You could also add beans and/ or small pasta shapes or rice. Tasty and low fat.

[bellasasha]

broccoli and almond is gorgeous

carrot and coriander is a cheapy which is yum!!

or slow roasted tomato and basil...easy

[harleyman]

Smoked bacon and sweet potato. Just those two ingredients, stock and a bit of celery, bung it in a liquidiser, simmer and serve.

different, and not too bad for your waistline either.

[Lollyhoney]

Brocolli and stilton- and I don't usually like stilton!!

[WendyS]

• Parsnip, apple & onion soup. Fry chopped ingredients together until soft, add a teaspoon of curry paste and vegetable or chicken stock. Cook for 20 minutes then whizz with a hand-held blender.
  


• Leek, Onion & Potato soup. Fry chopped leeks & onions until soft. Add finely chopped potatoes and chicken or vegetable stock. Cook for 20 minutes and either eat like this or whizz with a blender for a smoother soup.

[Bohne]

My alltime favourite is crab and sweetcorn soup.
Another one I love is pumpkin soup with cheese dumplins.

Sweetcorn Soup:

450g tinned sweetcorn
2 tbs dry Sherry
5 tbs cornflour
600ml chicken stock
100g crab sticks flaked
2 eggs
soy sauce

Set aside 8 tbs sweetcorn.
Lightly pur�e teh remaining sweetcorn with a little liquid from the tin. Mix sherry with cornflour and add to a pan with the chicken stock and pur�ed sweetcorn.
Heat gradually, stirring all the time until the soup thickens. Add crab sticks and remaining sweetcorn.
Trun down the heat so the soup is at a gentle simmer.
Beat the etts togetzer in a small bowl, then pour into the soup over the prongs of a fork.
Move the fork in a curcular motion while pouring.
Finally sprinkle a few drops of soy sauce over the soup.

Pumpkin Soup:

1,25kg pumpkin
250g leek
75g onions
30g butter
salt/pepper
1/2l chicken stock
1/8l white wine
70ml creme
100g creme fraiche

1/4l milk
10g butter
1/2 ts salt
65g semolina
marjoram
65g cheese
1 egg yolk

Put aside 150g dices pumpkin.
Lightly fry onions, add pumpkin, stock and wine, cook for 15-20 minutes.
Dumplins: boil milk, butter and salt.
take away from heat, slowly add semolina. Stir constantly.
Add marjoram, cheese, and egg yolk, leave to cool.
Form dumplins and cook in salted water for 5 minutes.
Pur�e the soup.
Add remaining pumpkin and leek.
Cook for 8 minutes.
Add cream, creme fraiche, salt and pepper.
Put in dumplins, serve.

[Champagne]

Italian Fish Soup:-

1 x onion, chopped
2 x garlic cloves, finely chopped
9 x chopped, seeded tomatoes
Selection of fish/seafood
White wine
Plenty of finely chopped fresh basil & parsley

Heat loads of olive oil in a saucepan. Add 1 chopped onion, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 9 chopped and seeded tomatoes and fry until the onions are transparent. Add a glass of white wine and 1 litre water, as well as loads of chopped fresh basil and parsley. Stir, then add fish of your choice (salmon, tuna & seafood works well). Cover and simmer for 45 minutes (add more water if required). Serve hot with a garnish of fresh basil, parsley and warm bread.

Serves approx. 4-5 portions.

[Eeeek]

Butternut Squash and Chilli, yum yum & very low fat

[BBWCHATT]

Taco Soup

1 Pound Hamburger (I think you call it minced beef) � Browned & Drained

1 Pack Taco Seasoning

1 Can Rotel Tomatoes (has jalapeno peppers in it)

1 Can Dark Red Kidney Beans

1 Can Corn � Whole Kernel

1 Can of Water

Mix together & cook until it looks done - although everything is already cooked when you put it in.


After you put it in your bowl � taste it, it is great that way and less fattening � then put a big blob of sour cream in it and mix it up � then taste it again.

Garnish with black olives, cheese, onions, chives � whatever makes you happy.

I always double the recipe and freeze some containers so all I have to do is thaw (or not) and microwave.