Favorite Soup

All we usually buy are Progresso soups and bean soup mixes. They're reasonably high quality and decent tasting, but other than getting the low sodium version, we don't base purchases on whether they're healthy(ier) or not...

I think I'd say my wife's 12 bean soup is the best though. She doctors her own spices into it, good stuff.

This Canadian Campbell's offering:

http://www.campbellsoup.ca/en-ca/products/everyday-gourmet/campbells-everyday-gourmet-red-pepper-black-bean

Canned: Campbell's chicken noodle and cream of mushroom or Progresso split pea and lentil.

Homemade: Lentil/kake and butternut squash, cauliflower or any other soup that can be made by sauteeing onions and boiling a veggie that can be pureed and blended in the same pot.

I made THE BEST black bean and vegetable soup last night. It was sooooo easy, really good, and SUPER healthy. I'm on a high-protein diet so I added an extra can of beans.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/12999/black-bean-vegetable-soup/?internalSource=hub recipe&referringContentType=search results&clickId=cardslot 2

I am not fond of any of the canned soups anymore. If I am feeling soup, I either make some or I go to Pho-Le for their amazing chicken pho. It's my most favorite soup - hands down.

I made a pot of this chunky sweet potato and fennel soup, and am finishing up the pot today with lunch. It's fantastic - not too sweet, hearty, savory. I made it with a can of Progresso vegetable broth which is probably the best store-bought vegetable broth I've used. The posters in the thread who say it's bland don't know what they're talking about -- or they don't have a palate.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chunky-sweet-potato-soup-239215

This is my family favorite:

GRANDPA RV’S GREAT NORTHERN BEAN SOUP

Ingredients:

• 1 pound Great Northern beans
• 1 large diced onion
• 2 sliced celery stalks
• 3 sliced carrots
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 T McKay’s vegan chix powder (this brand is not strong flavored or salty – you might need less, depending on your brand)
• 1 T liquid Hickory smoke
• Salt & Pepper to taste (when serving)

Directions:

Soak the Great Northern beans overnight, rinse them, then put in a 4-qt slow cooker.

Add the remaining ingredients. Heat water in a tea kettle on the stove and pour it over everything, filling to the top of the cooker.

Set it on low for about 9 hours.

Salt & Pepper to taste.

My grandpa grew up very poor in Arkansas (he was born in 1908), so they had beans a lot. This soup is the only meal I ever saw my grandfather make – because it was his favorite from childhood and evoked memories of his family. He used ham in his soup, so since I’m vegan, I use liquid Hickory smoke to achieve the smokiness without the meat. If you want it like how he made it back then, dice a ham steak and add it to the crock pot (including the bone).

I find the Progresso soups so disappointing. I like the Amy's tomato bisque, and the spanish rice and red bean (the latter is a meal soup, very filling). I home make too, a broth soup with chicken breast, carrot, celery and onion, comes out at about 110 cals a cup so you can have two and something on the side without going crazy. Lentil soup is also the best for a full on meal soup, I make it in my pressure cooker, probably 200ish a serving depending if I add meat or whatever.

https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=395530

I think this is interchangeable with whatever veggies you want. Currently making some and the last batch was pretty good with extra chicken broth and no v8

I've recently started making Harira, which is a Moroccan soup with lentils and chickpeas. It's fresh and mildly spiced and tastes super-healthy to me. If I believed in detoxes, this would be my detox soup It's not that hard to make, but does take time. I make a big batch and freeze it in individual containers. I love it!
I also don't like canned soup.

Homemade potato soup or Panera tomato soup.

I like soup!

My favourites are: French onion, mushroom, carrot, pumpkin, curried cauliflower, cream of chicken, cream of asparagus, chicken soup with knegle, paprikas, goulas, lentil soup, bean soup, miso, ramen, Croatian flour soup, just to name a few.

My go to is a free form kind of thing. 2 cups of vegetable broth, 2 cups of water, add a can of beans, rinsed and drained, any type. I love tomatoes so usually in goes a can of diced tomatoes. Then whatever vegetables you want or have laying around till the soup looks as thick as you like it. Add salt, pepper, other spices, bayleaf is good, my family likes allspice in theirs. The fun is in the fact that it never comes out exactly the same. It's good in the crock pot and feeds my family of six and leaves leftovers.

Butternut squash soup (made with onion, ginger, curry powder, a chopped up apple & a bit of molasses).
Black bean soup (onion, jalapeno, cumin, a can of spanish style tomato sauce and a packet of Sazon seasoning)
Red lentil soup (onion, ginger, garlic, sweet potato, red curry paste and coconut milk)