Soup maker

Juney64.You still have to cook the veg first

So some enterprising wizard comes along thinking 'has no one thought of adding a heating element to a liquidiser/blender? I'll give it a go and call it a soup maker.
Apparently the guy is now a billionaire and spends life cruising the world in his multi billion pound yacht.

I'm convinced. Def going to get one now but they make different models. Which one would you recommend?

But where to put it? Any more gadgets and they will have to be stored under the kitchen table

I have a great soup maker - amongst other things - otherwise known as DH. I have to fight to get in the kitchen these days.

I've always made soup in large batches - three sons and OH get through a lot of food.

Since sons have flown the coop, having read this thread I'm now wondering if I should give it a go. I have a health condition which comes with a food aversion and find standing at the stove cooking for long periods very difficult. OH loves soup (I do too). This sounds really attractive.

Off to take a look on Amazon. Thanks for posting Shirleyw. This could solve a major problem for me.

Bought my Morphy Richards soup maker in July 2014 and was delighted with it.Didn't use it much last summer but when I came to use it this winter found it didn't work on the blend action. Rang the firm who had no helpful suggestions other than to offer me a new one at a discount whIch I declined
Not too happy!

A soup maker makes things even easier peasier !!!

I can't see why anyone would need a soup maker. A stockpot, a good hand whizer and you have soup for days and when the log burner is going just sit it on there to cook. Easy peasy.
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Greyduster, Charlie Chan?

Our Tefal soup maker is probably best Christmas present ever. Really quick and very little washing up

Greyduster, I started off using the recipe book but now just chuck stuff in and it always seems to work out fine. Same as when I make big pots actually ... all guess work!

Butternut squash soup in soup maker as I write!

I have one, it's called DH . He enjoys knocking up soup for lunch, who am I to spoil his fun?

felice, yes, fresh veg have to be chopped, but I have experimented, and found I can use huge chunks 2-3 inches square or halved onions and whole mushrooms. This is for a smooth soup. Chunky would leave large, but you have the option to pulse to blend to your required consistency at the end.
The MR soup maker makes a maximum quantity of 1800ml, which serves about 4-5 for a starter or 3 for a greedy guts like me as a lunch.
There are some good price reductions on Amazon and Groupon.

But surely no more peeling and chopping than you would do with a saucepan and a blender?

Actually, a few tins of carrots and so on in the store cupboard can be very useful as standbys for when you can't get to the nmarket.

Not sure if it would suit me as I tend to buy all my veg at the local markets so I would still be peeling and chopping.
I do not buy tinned food and not a lot of frozen veg except for fine diced mixed veg for couscous etc.

Brill invention! I buy from Asda frozen chopped red onions. Frozen mixed veg. Frozen Spinach. Bag Kale, bag Watercress, bag Parsley and bags of fresh herbs. The Kale, Watercress, Parsley and herbs which are not frozen I put them into small amounts into individual bags and pop them in the freezer. When I make soup in the machine I put some of the onions and mixed veg into the machine along with some boiling water this helps to defrost them. Then I put whatever I fancy, perhaps some Kale, Watercress, Parsley. A tin of chopped tomatoes, tin of green lentils, some tomato puree and four teaspoons of Marigold veg stock powder. Fill the machine up to the max mark with boiling water. When I use the Kale, Parsley, Watercress & herbs I make smooth soup as it would be stringy if I didn't. If I'm making chunky soup I leave these items out and can put a tin of chick peas in or tin of Kidney Beans or even a tin of corn. No need to stand and stir! Just plonk the lid on, switch on and the machine will do it's own thing. Delicious soup for about four days! I'm so glad someone mentioned soup making machines on here or I would never have known they existed. I have told family and friends about it and they are all delighted too!

In what way is a soup maker an improvement on just bunging it all in a saucepan?

I peel very little of the veg for my soup maker. Just onions really. One person I know actually makes the soup from the peelings of veg from other meals. I was dubious about whether it would be worth buying one until my daughter showed me hers. The best thing is being able to turn it on and forget it.

Yes, Felice you still have to peel and chop (but a tin of sliced carrots don't need chopping . . .) Then you put it into the soupmaker with the stock or whatever, switch on and it produces smooth soup 21 minutes later (time enough to get out bowls and spoons and cut the bread) I don't understand why it takes longer than that to make chunky soup without blending it - must be because it has several shots at the blending so the bits of veg are smaller and cook faster.

I just had a look on Amazon at these. Not sure as I find making soup very relaxing DD always knows if I am in a bad mood, I make soup, de-stresses me really well.
Sorry meant to ask a question, do you still have to prep the veg?????? I assume you need to peel root veg.

Greyduster If the Cuisenart is anything like the Morphy Richards, the choice of timings is either 21 minutes for smooth soup or 28 for chunky, so you don't have a lot of working out to do. The recipe book which came with my MR had a few good recipes, but I found a lot more at scottishmum.com/soup-maker-recipes/ Recommend carrot and coriander, tomato and basil, frozen garden pea with ham (don't bother with the one with pickled onions in, it was vile).

Ok, further to the above, I decided to dig this beast out of the garage and get it out of its box. Read the books and it all seems a bit of a faff, but I am going to give it a go tommorrow when Himself and No 1 Son (Ah So!) are at the footie. Thingamajig if you are not using the recipes in the book, how do you work the timings out for your own recipes? It may seem like a silly question but I am used to making soup the old fashioned way, on the hoof!

We bought the Salter Stainless Steel Soup Maker and really like it.

It is so simple to use, as it is simply a stainless steel container it is easy peasy to clean and a reasonable price.

What's not to like, you don't have to 'keep an eye' on it, push a button and go.

www.robertdyas.co.uk/salter-electric-soup-maker-jug-stainless-steel