Warm My Belly | Your Favorite Soup Recipes

I find a lot of my soup recipes on the BBC Good Food website. I also post images of all my meals, and links to recipes, on my food diary blog - ameliasfooddiary.wordpress.com I tend to have soup a lot for lunch so it might give you some ideas.

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One of my favorite soups I just call "Pantry Soup" because it's great for using up whatever you have in your cupboards, although you can make a fresh version of it as well (see parentheses below for subs).

1 can diced tomatoes (or two fresh, chopped)
1 can beans: kidney, black, garbanzo, whatever you have on hand
2 cans any kind of broth (or the equivalent of fresh broth/stock--can also use bouillon cubes or packets with enough water to make up about a quart)
1 or 2 cups frozen veggies (or fresh, chopped)
seasonings
Optional: rice, pasta, or other grain

Open cans, drain and rinse beans, throw into pot and bring to a boil. When boiling, add veggies and simmer until cooked. If using pasta, bring liquid back to boil and add to soup, cook until pasta is done. Can use other grains, but those that absorb a lot of liquid should probably be cooked separately first (again, great way to use up leftover rice, couscous, quinoa, bulgar, etc.).

Seasoning depends on what beans and veggies you use. For instance, with black beans and corn try some chili powder; with garbanzos and mixed veggies curry powder is nice; or go Mediterranean instead with cannellini beans and add a spoonful of pesto. Very versatile!

Easy to adapt to vegetarian or vegan by using vegetable broth, or with strongly-flavored seasonings like pesto you can skip the broth entirely and just add a couple of cans of water to up the liquid content. And omnivores can add chopped up leftover meat or fish if they like.

Calorie count will vary according to what you add, so run your version through the recipe maker.

My absolute favourite soup is Jamie Oliver's spicy butternut squash soup:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jamie-oliver/superb-squash-soup-with-the-best-parmesan-croutons-recipe/index.html

I don't bother with the croutons though. I could eat this every day and never get bored of it!

i made this the other day it was delish

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912297-creamy-broccoli-soup-yum

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Thank You OP for asking this question. I love soup it is one of my favorite foods. :drinker:

Any pea soup recipe. Derp derp.
(Or the Silver Palate cookbook's Carrot and orange soup recipe. It is easy, hearty, but not [super] high calorie.
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups chopped onions
12 large carrots
4 cups chicken stock
1 cup fresh orange juice
salt and black pepper
grated orange zest to taste

1. Melt the butter in the soup pot and saute the saute the onions until clear (25 minutes or so).
2. Add the carrots and the stock, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook until the carrots are soft.
3. Strain the contents of the pot, saving the stock. Puree the solids in a food processor -- with just enough of the reserved stock to make it process smoothly.
4. Return the puree to the pot and add the orange juice. Add as much of the stock as you want to get the thickness you want.
5. Season with the salt and pepper and orange zest . . . and reheat and serve.

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