Soup maker

jenni123

i use mine weekly, then have a mug of soup every day for lunch. I have favourites, ie Mushroom, leek and potato and this week I made cauliflower cheese soup. I am not so successful with tomato and I don't know why. I am so glad I got this soup maker.

There’s a good tomato soup recipe on the soup making Facebook page, the key ingredient seems to be using a pickled onion and ( I think) some baked beans.

Daisymae

I have a bread maker too, pop everything in the night before and wake up to fresh bread. It must take more than 5 mins by hand as you obviously have to knead, prove and knead again?

I borrowed my daughter’s bread maker a couple of years ago but it left a hole in the bottom of the loaf from the paddle. Do they all do that or can you remove the paddle before baking? That, and the size of the things puts me off.

I have a King Pro electric pressure cooker which also has a soup/stew function. I wouldn’t be without it as it’s wonderful for rice and pasta dishes as well as being a slow cooker.

I also use my bread maker a lot as I have a gluten free diet and gf bread is so expensive to buy.

I’ve just bought a halogen oven/air fryer so I’m becoming a gadget freak in my old age. ??

I bought a Lakeland one about a year ago, and love it. Use it often, it's quick simple and self cleaning.

I do both. I’ve got a Cuisinart soup maker that I use for smaller amounts but if doing a large batch I use a saucepan and then my blender.

I use a pan and then put the contents through the blender. Works very well.

I had a soup maker but did not get on with it having always made soup the old way.
I have always made my own bread and in the past won many WI competitions with it. Now being unable to stand for long I use a breadmaker to make dough and shape and bake loaves and rolls. On the rare occasions have had to buy bread because of illness I have not enjoyed it especially after reading the list of ingredients in it.

I’ve just made soup in a jug in the microwave (as I always do).
Works for me!!

Nope, nor would I consider it.

I make soup and bread the old fashioned way. It works well for me.

I have mr soup maker which I use regularly. My favourite is curried butternut squash soup. I use frozen butternut squash - 500gms, 200gms frozen carrots and 100gms frozen onions, 2 stock cubes and curry powder to taste. I put all the ingredients still frozen into the soup maker and add boiling water. The soup is ready in 21 minutes.

I keep lots of frozen veg in the freezer so that I have ingredients to make soup all the time for lunch.

Tattooedfidelma

My soup maker and slow cooker are used constantly in our house. I look back and wonder how I ever managed without them. Chuck everything in and turn on. Fantastic!!!

Yes, definitely, Tattooedfidelma. Throw anything or everything in and that's it, with a minute amount of washing up.

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I also have the Lakeland one with a glass goblet, I notice they now have a metal goblet. Not sure why you feel you have to measure everything, Monica, apart from the liquid which shouldn’t go above the mark or it boils over. I certainly just chuck any available veg in after chopping it a bit, including peeled broccoli stalks. Broccoli and Stilton with a teaspoon of turmeric, nutmeg and salt is a particular favourite. I don’t make meat soups, so browning isn’t an issue.
This is the second one we have had, bought the first for DD when she was a student as she was spending a lot on Pret soups, it came home one holiday and for some reason didn’t go back, maybe she was sick of soup (remember the old rhyme?:
“What’s for supper” , Mum?
“Thloup my dear, thloup”.
“Oh bother thloup, I’m thick of thloup,
There’s always thloup for thupper ”)

Reheating a thick soup is a problem, though there is a reheat function, as it seems to burn on, so I reheat in the microwave. Otherwise there is a self-cleaning function which works well. Certainly easier washing up than using a couple of pans and a blender, and smooth soups are smoother than with my stick blender, an ancient Bamix, which leaves lumps. Seldom eat bread, but keep a sliced loaf in the freezer which toasts a treat from frozen in case I fancy a toastie

I don’t understand what the grease paper cartouche is?

Hubby bought me one as an extra Christmas present. It does just enough for 2 - 3 servings. Once you've used it a couple of times you understand how much you can put in etc so don't need to measure. I am very impressed as I use soup to help me lose weight and eat enough veg. Omelettes for breakfast, soups for lunch and whatever I want for dinner and I can still have a G&T (or another small treat) and still lose weight!
When I made soup the traditional way I made loads and it took up so much room in my freezer (as I needed to have a variety pf flavours) it was a pain. Now I just make it fresh - bung ingredients in - go and do something else for 20 mins and hey presto! - lunch! I never knew I wanted one until I got it - good surprise prezzy!

Well I have purchased a multicooker and now have alot of redundant appliances in my kitchen. It's fantastic and saves me having the oven, pots and pans, breadmaker, frying pan, slow cooker as it does it all. I now only need my mixer and away to go with multicooker. Cakes come out light and fluffy, bread so tasty. I find temperature control so much easier and accurate. I can cook things so much quicker with it too.

My bread making tends to go in patches and is definitely a guide to my emotional state!! How very satisfying it is to think of Boris Johnson as I knead and punch the dough at the moment! At times of stress it is the best thing to diminish the fury about the tax bill or some conflict , whilst also getting something lovely to eat and the great smell of baking in the kitchen. What a great difference it can be. When my son was at school and came home ravenous the difference between a slice of home made bread with home made strawberry jam and the shop bought stuff made something quite different. Only the other day when speaking to my son on the phone he said he had been walking past a bakery and it made him remember those homecomings with pleasure. He once brought a friend home with him , who looked with great suspicion at my wholemeal bread , but once he tried it , he loved it .

I've had a soup maker for years now that I got as a Christmas present too and I love it. I throw all sorts in it some days and hope for the best with flavours. My friends all have them now too, they are so handy.

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i use mine weekly, then have a mug of soup every day for lunch. I have favourites, ie Mushroom, leek and potato and this week I made cauliflower cheese soup. I am not so successful with tomato and I don't know why. I am so glad I got this soup maker.

I’d be very tempted to get one, except for the ‘another gadget to make room for’ factor. I don’t have acres of worktop or cupboard space.

I make a lot of soups in winter, usually very thick, substantial ones, not smooth, so it’ll still be the good old pan and stick blender, when I do occasionally make a smooth one. Most recently it was 8 litres of tomato and roasted red pepper, for Gdcs’ school Christmas fair!

Kangaroo In terms of the finished result it's the same.

However for me - it means I can turn it on and leave it - I don't have to keep popping back into the kitchen to check that it's still simmering nicely. When it beeps it's ready and if I have chosen smooth, then it's blended it as well.

You can't cook meat in from raw in my model but that's not something I'd do often anyway. And just like in a pan if I've forgotten to put something in or want to pop say fresh herbs in towards the end I can lift the lid and do so.

I have one and use it for lunch time soup it’s also great for using up left over potatoes to thicken the soup

I did consider buying now, but I usually just use my huge soup pot (and stick blender if I want a smooth soup), or use the PC function in my Ninja Foodi.

I use a pressure cooker or a very large stockpot. I couldn't make soup without sautéeing an onion (or leek) and sweating other vegetables before adding stock. If I want a smooth soup I use my hand blender.

Had one for years and love it. Used at least a couple of times a week in winter. I throw in veg, water and then put my stock cubes (I don't crumble) and any flavourings and turn on.

A bit broke off my old one so we have downsized to the compact version which is 19 minutes for blended soup!!

Less faff and washing up than doing it in a pan, although there are some soups I do still use a pan for.