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soup maker recipes

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Dottygran59 Tue 07-Dec-21 12:22:23

Hello lovely Grans - I know there will almost certainly be a thread about this - but I wanted to start a new one so I can have a bit of a 'chat' - so blimmin lonely WFH - especially when it is freezing and raining and I can't get out for a lunch time walk.

Watching my weight - so had my usual meat sandwich in a warburtons thin - and decided to get the soup maker out. Made a smooth veggy soup which I am slurping as I type and it's not bad - but I am sure I can do better - with your help

My ingredients are what I found in the veg box and freezer - carrot, swede, onion, leeks and cauliflower and a chicken stock cube - threw in some dried mixed herbs for interest

So come on Grans, inspire me.........

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Chardy Wed 29-Dec-21 18:59:33

My best present ever was my soup maker. I made soup for decades in a saucepan, chopping the veg, watching the saucepan, constant stirring. And the washing up!
Once I was given a soup maker, these were things of the past.
I don't use meat or fish, and add cheese before serving.
I just throw any veg I have in, always preferring to make it thicker with potato or cauliflower.

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Elegran Thu 30-Dec-21 13:25:05

Potherbs are herbs, Blossoming (largely green) Soffrito is orange, grreen and white - finely chopped onion, carrot and celery, which are fried gently until they become a tasty mush that can be the base for a casserole or sauce. Tesco calls theirs "Chef's base" which describes it better to Brits than its Italian name.

To make it from scratch, recipe at www.greatbritishchefs.com/how-to-cook/how-to-make-soffritto but the preprepared bags are convenient.

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