Soup Makers

My green pea recipe is a roald dhal one .its very quick and light but I generally fry some pancetta to sprinkle on top or if I'm a leisured lady I interweave them to look decorative and fry them that way.

Bit of a palaver though!

Yesterday I put a pack of lardons into a frying pan to cook, then put half a pack of frozen peas in a saucepan with boiling water (from the kettle), almost immediately tipped the water out (having defrosted the peas) and replaced it with more boiling water, put it onto the heat with a stock cube and brought it back up to the boil. After five minutes used a stick blender on the peas then added the cooked lardons. Ten minutes from starting I was eating my soup. Easy peasy.

Have fun with it mumofmadboys. I got mine from Amazon last week (all of 2p cheaper than yours, ). I'm just about to start researching which soup I'm going to make today for lunch. Possibly leek and potato. Also got broccoli, peppers, carrots and celery in the fridge, so I'm undecided as yet .
Do please let us know how you get on with it!

My soup maker, ordered from e bay( MR with sauté function) arrives today! I feel quite excited. How sad is that! Thanks girls for telling me about them. Hadn't even heard of them and we make a lot of soup. Price was £49.99

Yes, thanks from me too, Leticia, I wasn't sure about that either. At least it means I can make a smaller amount, which in turn means I can have a greater variety of 'spare' portions in the freezer!

Oh, thanks, Leticia. That is very good because it means I do not have to make so much each time and my freezer will not fill up so quickly!

No- they are just min and max for the whole contents.

Indinana - no, I don't work for them but I'm expecting a call any time to offer me a post as roving ambassador!

I, too, now have six portions of soup in the freezer and I had to go out and buy some new freezer containers. It would be better if we could make less, I think.

Indinana - am I right in thinking that the MIN marker inside the jug is where the veg or whatever must come up to, and then the liquid must come up to the MAX marker? I've read the booklet and I don't think it actually mentions those markers, unless I've missed a bit.

Glad you are happy with it.
I would hate to go back to a saucepan and blender.

I forgot to report back on my success today! Funnily enough, I too made a carrot soup, NotTooOld. But mine was spicy carrot and coriander. It was very very tasty - and very very spicy, . Think I might put only half a teaspoon of chilli flakes in next time, not a whole one.
But what a wonderful gadget, so much easier than the old pan and blender method. I used the sauté function to part-cook and soften the chopped carrot and onion, then added the liquid and spices and left it to it. Twenty-one minutes later I had loads of gorgeous, thick soup. I texted DD and said would she like some fresh home-made soup for lunch and her reply was 'I'm on my way' . So she and I had a very generous portion each and there were three more similar sized portions which went in the freezer (DH had had a meal at the golf club so he didn't have any).
I'm going to run out of takeaway containers (and freezer space) with all the soups I'll be making - or maybe I'll just give the excess away to DS and DD so I can keep trying out new recipes
BTW, NotTooOld, re claiming commission, I was going to ask you if you worked for the company

Right, tonight was my second go at soup making and I made carrot, lentil and coriander. Unfortunately I put in too many lentils and our spoons stood up in the bowls but the flavour was good so I will just water down the next batch. Lesson learned, 50g of lentils is probably enough. I think I put in 120g because 50g didn't look to be enough. You can just tell I am a brilliant cook (not), can't you?

mumofmadboys - good luck with your soup maker. I wonder if I can claim sales commission from the manufacturers?!!

Following reading this thread I am converted and think I'll get a soup maker too!

So glad you like it, NotTooOld! I'm waiting now with bated breath for Indinana's verdict....

Mine was delivered today but I haven't even had a chance to unpack it yet! Tomorrow I will be mostly making soup

I'm making potage bonne femme tomorrow with the remains of a Lancashire hotpot

Big success with the soup maker! The pea and mint soup was very good and there was LOADS of it, would probably have been enough for six if not too greedy. I've frozen the rest for another day.

Well, the machine did all it said it would do although I have not yet tried the sauteer. It makes quite a noise as it goes through the process but it does tell you in the instruction book what the noises mean, so it is not too scary. I would recommend rinsing it out as soon as you can. It is easy to clean the jug but the motor with the blades attached is a bit fiddly if you have let it dry on.

I wish you could make less soup but it tells you in the book that you must make it to full capacity or the rotor blade thingy won't work properly. It doesn't really matter as you can freeze what's left or reheat it later in a pan - not in the soup maker as it doesn't do reheat.

All in all, a very good buy and today I've bought the ingredients for carrot, lentil and coriander, so we'll see how that goes.

Greyduster - I think you could make the soup part of French Onion soup in the soupmaker if it has the sautee function but the bit where you float the cheese on toast on top you'd have to do under the grill, I suppose.

I spent two hours this morning making French onion soup, which is just about the most labour intensive soup you can make IMHO. Is it possible to make it in a soupmaker? Does it save all that standing over it, browning and caramelising? If it does, I will dig mine out of the garage at once!

Let us know how it goes........

Soup maker arrived today! Have just been to Lidl and bought ingredients for pea and mint soup. Can't wait to make it but it is a bit early yet....................

I am like you, Maggiemaybe and have been making soup for decades. I have had my soup maker for 12 months and wouldn't go back.
All those people who keep saying a saucepan and blender, or pressure cooker, are like my mother saying she couldn't see the point of a dishwasher because it took so long to load and empty- she was converted as soon as she saw mine in action!

We can have a soupathon! Or what about a Great British Gransnet Soup Off

Ooh, Indinana, we can compare notes.

Me too (gulp).

Temptation won. I knew it would . I've ordered the same one from Amazon as you NotTooOld
I hope you don't have to change your username, Maggiemaybe