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Soup is a comfort food that can be found all over the world. Soup can cheer you up when you’re feeling under the weather, or help you fight the chill on a brisk day. Soup helps us to keep from overeating, but we are careful not to take too much soup. Soups are an excellent way to use leftover grains and beans. Soup is deliciously simple to prepare, quite a cheap meal idea, very nutritious and easy to digest. Soup makes a wonderful meal, and once you make a pot or two, you’ll discover it isn’t really that hard to make. Soups can serve as a main dish when they are hearty and filled with meats and vegetables. Soup can be transferred to a large bowl and kept covered in cling wrap in the refrigerator for up to 4 days, or frozen for future use. Soup helps you include lots of vegetables in your family’s diet.

Soup recipes are always popular but they seem to become even more so when the weather starts to cool down. Soup recipes are versatile enough for any situation, on any day. Soup recipes are actually among the most forgiving of all when it comes to measurements, substitutions, etc. Soup recipes can be made for an appetizer, a lunch or dinner. Soup recipes are not necessarily used just for the winter time, or when you are sick. Soup recipes are warming, good for you and simple to make.

Soup recipes are usually stock or broth-based, like chicken noodle soup, or they can be creamy, like creamy mushroom soup. Chicken noodle soup is warming and pleasing and many of us have fond memories of the homemade chicken noodle soup we enjoyed as children.

Chicken soup can be enjoyed as an appetizer, as a meal in itself or as a comforting drink at any time of the day or night. Chicken soup comes in many varieties, including Asian, Mexican, Japanese, and Thai style soups and there are plenty of international stew recipes also. Chicken soup recipes are low in fat, even more so if you skim the fat from the top of the soup before serving. Chicken soup is cheap and easy to prepare, nutritious and easily digestible, making it a very good food for convalescing people. Chicken soup has been prescribed to cure colds, by draining nasal passages and through the blend of nutrients and vitamins that slow the growth of certain white cells. Cooking a bone in a chicken soup recipe can increase the amount of calcium in the soup recipe too.

Chicken Noodle Soup:

Ingredients:

2 cans chicken broth

2 cans water

1/4 tsp. poultry seasoning

1/2 tsp. crushed dried thyme leaves

1 medium onion, finely chopped

1 large carrot, peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick

1 stalk celery, sliced 1/4 inch thick

3 cups cooked diced chicken

2 cups wide egg noodles

1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley

ground black pepper

Directions:

1. In a large stockpot combine the broth, water, poultry seasoning, thyme, celery, carrot, and onion.

2. Over medium heat, heat to boiling, stirring occasionally then reduce the heat to low. Add the cooked chicken.

3. Cover and cook 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.

4. Add the noodles, cook until just tender (about 5 minutes). Stir in the parsley and pepper to taste and serve.

Who doesn’t like to have soup as a starter or as a dessert? Delicious soup can very well compliment your main course. You can make your children happy by serving them various kinds of soup. It fulfills the nutritional requirements of your children. Not only the children, the adults also prefer soup along with the main dish or separately.

If you want taste and health together soup is the right option for you. You can follow our easy soup recipes to get ideas how to prepare various soups with simple and healthy ingredients in no time.

Soup as Starter

Serving soup as a starter is an age old tradition. Tomato soup recipes, tortilla soup recipes, chicken soup recipes etc are most common recipes. Everyone prepares that at home. In fact these are also very popular soups that are served in different restaurants.

Soup as Dessert

How about preparing something unique? How will it be if you prepare a dessert soup recipe and give your family a surprise? Have you ever given it a thought? Sweet dish is an inseparable part of a good menu. Instead of serving sweets, milk shade, chocolates you can serve ice cream soup.

Unique Soup Recipes

With our unique soup recipes you can prepare tasty ice cream soups. This unique sweet dish will surely bring a smile on the faces of your children. You can also delight other family members with this delicious delicacy.

Ice Cream Soup Recipes

One of our most mouth watering ice cream soup recipes is Choco Carpet Delight. Preparing this soup is absolutely easy. You don’t even need to spend a lot on the ingredients. The ingredients are simple and they are easily available in the market.

The ingredients that you need to prepare Choco Carpet Delight include:



Vanilla ice cream – 3 scoops

Chocolate sauce – 2 table spoon

Chocolate cake crumbs – 1/2 cup

Plain chocolate – 1 small bar

Ice cream wafer – 1

Sliced strawberries – 8

Cherries – 2



Making a food item tasty is the first condition of successful cooking but the decoration and the aroma add more charm to a preparation. Use an oval shaped dish for this preparation. First you should spread cake crumbs on the dish. Now take the wafer and cut it into 2 triangles.

Next you should scrape chocolate. Scrape it with a vegetable peeler. This will give the chocolate a curled shape. Remember you have bought 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream. Now place the scoops at the center of the plate. Put them in a line.

Once you put them on the plate pour chocolate sauce over the scoops. The main preparation is done. You can now garnish the ice cream. You have cut the wafer in 2 triangles. Now put them on the center scoop. Put the cherries on top of the two outer scoops.

The decoration is not yet finished. Arrange the strawberries all around the plate. The chocolate you scrapped is the next ingredient to be used. Sprinkle the curls all over the ice cream balls. This will add more taste to your favorite dish.

Soup is one of the foods that can comfort us humans like nothing else can. Many times we think of soup as a cold weather food but it is actually good anytime. From chicken soup for a cold to just needing a good comfort food, soup is often what is called for. Delicious soups that simmer for hours are wonderful but sometimes we need something quick. You can have soup quickly without giving up the comfort. Try this In-a-Hurry Meatball Pasta Soup for a good bowl of soup without a lot of time or fuss involved. For a completely different style soup try Quick and Easy Texas Hill Country Cabbage Soup. This soup is simple, tasty, and uses a can of cream of potato soup for creaminess.

IN A HURRY MEATBALL-PASTA SOUP

1 cup uncooked whole-wheat spiral pasta

1 lb frozen Italian meatballs, thawed

2 cans (14 1/2 oz each) chicken broth

1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained

1 1/2 cups frozen sliced carrots, thawed

1 can (16 oz) kidney beans, rinsed and drained

1 jar (14 oz) meatless spaghetti sauce

1 jar (4 1/2 oz) sliced mushrooms, drained

1 cup frozen peas

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, combine the remaining ingredients in a soup pot or Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain pasta and add to the soup; heat through. Approximately 10 servings.

QUICK AND EASY TEXAS HILL COUNTRY CABBAGE SOUP

1 1/2 cups shredded green cabbage

1/2 cup water

2 tbsps chopped onion

1/4 tsp caraway seeds

2 tbsps butter or margarine

1 can (10 3.4 oz) condensed cream of potato soup

Generous dash fresh ground black pepper

1 soup can of milk

In a saucepan, cook cabbage, water, and onion with caraway seeds in melted butter until tender, about 10 minutes. Add soup and pepper. Mix well. Pour cabbage mixture into electric blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Return the mixture to the saucepan and gradually add in milk. Heat and stir occasionally. Thin to desired consistency by adding more milk if desired. Garnish with fresh parsley.

Enjoy!