Soups

Healthy Soups

All Recipes — Here are a few tricks for upping the flavor of your soups while lowering their fat content: If your recipe calls for pre-cooked vegetables--such as onions, celery, or carrots--use a very small quantity of oil or cooking spray. If the vegetables ...More…

Garnishing Soups

All Recipes — Some soups almost require a garnish, like sour cream in borscht, a Gruyère-topped crouton for French onion, or rouille-spread toasts with bouillabaisse. Try a sprinkling of freshly minced herbs (whichever kind you used in cooking the soup). For ...More…

Cold Summer Soups

All Recipes — The king of cold soups is gazpacho. This Spanish soup has multiple variations, but the famous tomato-based gazpacho that originated in Andalucia in southern Spain has its roots in Roman and Moorish cuisines. Made with stale bread, olive oil, ...More…

Carrot and Cilantro Soup

All Recipes — Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, and cook the onions, carrots, garlic, and chile pepper until tender. Mix in tomatoes, vegetable stock, 1/2 the cilantro, balsamic vinegar, sugar, brown sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Season ...More…

Cajun Shrimp Soup

All Recipes — Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Mix in onion, green onions, celery, and bell pepper. Cook and stir until tender. Pour cream of mushroom soup, cream of celery soup, 1 soup can of water, creamed corn, and frozen corn into pot. Cook ...More…

Wonton Soup without Ginger

All Recipes — Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, oyster sauce, and 1 tablespoon sesame oil in a large bowl; add the ground pork, shrimp, and 1 chopped green onion and mix to combine. Lay one wonton skin like a baseball diamond in front of you. Using your ...More…

Tomato Bisque III

All Recipes — Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic. Cook and stir until the vegetables are tender and beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook 1 minute longer, stirring ...More…

Ann's Shrimp Etouffee

All Recipes — In a large skillet, melt butter and saute onions, celery and garlic for about 45 minutes or until they are cooked down. Stir in flour and cook briefly, do not brown. Stir in chopped shrimp and cook for 20 minutes. Pour in 2 to 3 cups of water and ...More…

Carrot Soup with Potatoes and Cream

All Recipes — Melt the butter in a large pot over low heat. When the butter begins to foam, add the onion; cook until the onion begins to turn translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chicken broth, carrots, potatoes, herbes de Provence, thyme, and bay leaf; ...More…

Nikki's Creamy Crock Pot Potato Soup

All Recipes — Preheat a large slow cooker by turning it to the High setting and covering with the lid. Place the cut-up potatoes in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave on High for about 8 minutes, until the potatoes are cooked and steaming hot. While the ...More…

A Simple Seafood Bisque

All Recipes — Heat evaporated milk, half-and-half, white wine, roasted red pepper, butter, bay leaf, salt, and hot pepper sauce in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring often, until very hot but not simmering, about 5 minutes. Stir in the oysters, clams ...More…

Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Stew

All Recipes — Combine the chicken, potatoes, carrots, celery, chicken soup, chicken bouillon, garlic salt, celery salt, and black pepper in a slow cooker; cook on High for 5 hours. Stir the frozen mixed vegetables into the slow cooker, and cook 1 hour ...More…