I'm somewhat ashamed to admit it but. . . . .

Exactly Luckgirl... It's all so healthy. I've made two pans since Thursday. All family come and help themselves, Ds always calling round and first place he looks is in the fridge.

Prep veg, chuck in pan with water and stock, cook for a bit, eat. Not such a faff and better than the MSG ridden rubbish that comes in tins.

Newquay! You must have a go! Soups are sooo easy and if you make a big pan full, as I always do, you can always freeze some.
I've never used a recipe but I always start with a basic onion and celery for any soup I make.

So: chop onion or two, throw in large pan with tiny bit of oil. As soon as pan is hot, I then turn it down to lowest setting while I chop about two or three celery sticks, chuck em in with onion and stir. From now on throw in mostly whatever you want. Carrots if you want ☺, knorr veg cube, then throw a kettle of boiling water over. Simmer about 40mins, add salt and pepper to taste and coriander for last five mins.
Ladle into liquidiser and return to pan. Or get a hand held liquidizer thingy. Serve with blob cream or cremefresh ontop.

Or after onion/celery stage chuck in tin chopped tomatoes and do the same, or throw loads a veg in. It's all fine!
Basically, no rules, just experiment with ingredients and enjoy.

Morphy Richards soup maker. Put ingredients in, switch on, walk dog and 21 minutes later pour soup. Brilliant! Wouldn't be without it!

I havent made soup often either and when I did it seemed like a lot of trouble for a dubious result !

No need to be ashamed Newquay. I haven’t made it either, not since the ‘tomato soup’ made in DS at school. God, it was revolting, put me off for life. Good luck with your new venture.

Meant to add season to taste and serve.

Carrot and coriander soup is divine (if you like the flavour of coriander).
1 lb carrots (more or fewer as required)
1 lg onion
1-2 teaspns ground coriander
1. teaspn ground cumin.
1 tablespoon fresh coriander leaves chopped.
1 tablespoon of rapeseed oil (or 1oz butter)
1 vegetable stock cube.

Heat oil and fry the onions until translucent and softened but not browned.
Add ground spices to the onions and fry for 30 seconds or so.
Add sliced carrots and one pint vegetable stock.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until the carrots are soft.
Use a stick blender or put into a blender and whiz until smooth.
Return to pan and add fresh chopped coriander leaves.
Heat until hot but not boiling.
Serve with a dollop of plain yogurt (optional).

Bung chopped veg and stock cubes in a saucepan. Simmer for 30 minutes. Liquidize or not, depending on whether you like smooth soup or lumpy. Smooth soup usually benefits from stirring in a spoonful of cream, yoghourt or Quark.

Made soup on Friday with a mixed veg pack from Tesco (carrots, broccoli and cauliflower), added an onion, and 2 chicken stock cubes. We like soup lumpy. DGD made cheese scones. Supper sorted.

Its called 'filling soups'. Is this a thread about a thread now?

I got a Salter Soup Maker a couple of months ago and it’s fabulous!!

You chop up your veggies , stock, whatever , throw it in , 25 mins later =soup!!

I got a Covent Garden Soup Book , a Soup a day . We’ve tried minestrone, pea and ham, tomato, vegetable , chicken mulligatawny etc. Easy, tasty and cheap.

Can’t recommend it too highly!

There is a little thread on here, made recently, with some nice, simple recipes. I love soup!