Food Talk - Soups and Stews

[ChickenOnSunday]

So many folks are dealing with snow so give us your best recipes for soups and stews.


Someone on Parenting shared this recipe for Baked Potato Soup and I'm going to have my mom whip up a batch when she arrives to help by baby time.


**My apologies for being a day late to talk about food. I was in a funk yesterday.

[michelle142]

Baked Potato Soup is amazeballs.

I have nothing else to share.

[mishka29]

I love creamy soups but don't make them that often bc they never actually turn out creamy or thick. However, one I made recently had me make a roux (butter and floor whisked together over heat) which is something I've never made before. It worked!

[seamonster]

I love green chile stew. I don't have a recipe because I just toss stuff in.

Same thing with making chicken and dumplings. It's one of my favorites, by DH isn't so into chicken so I make it sans chicken a lot of times for an extra vegetarian dinner during the week.

[michelle142]

I keep meaning to make this: www.cookingclassy.com/2013/05/white-chicken-chili/

I hear it's delicious.

[krispy83]

I made this Lasagna Soup last night and it was DELISH! Tweaked it a little bit based on what I had (ground turkey with Italian seasoning instead of chicken sausage, etc) but it was so good! I make a lot of hearty soups during the winter because they're fairly healthy, easy to make and involve enough leftovers for at least one more dinner, usually more.

www.skinnytaste.com/2015/01/lasagna-soup.html

[cougarette]

Jan 27, 2015 12:54:17 GMT -5 michelle142 said:

I keep meaning to make this: www.cookingclassy.com/2013/05/white-chicken-chili/

I hear it's delicious.

Here is the chicken chili recipe I use. We're making it tonight in fact (swapping ground turkey for the chicken this time).

m.allrecipes.com/recipe/22302/cha-chas-white-chicken-chili/

[misshart00]

Jan 27, 2015 17:53:10 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Oh and when I make potato soups, I love to just use the frozen shredded hash brown potatoes. I'm lazy and actually prefer the shredded to diced, as it gives the soup a thicker overall texture.

I feel like you just made my life so much easier. I love potato soup but never make it because I hate peeling all the potatoes.

[agm04]

I made this Monday night, even though we have highs in the 70s here right now. It's awesome. www.averiecooks.com/2015/01/best-broccoli-cheese-soup-better-panera-copycat.html

[Rarity]

This was my grandma's recipe she gave me. My husband goes crazy for it. I use my judgement as to how many potatoes and how much pork to use depending on how many I am serving.

Cubed and boiled potatoes (you want them soft, but not mushy), small pieces of cute up boneless pork chops- cooked,(obviously), a can of petite diced tomatoes, and green chile, (the real stuff, not the green chile sauce crap). But everything in a big pot, add water, salt and garlic to taste and BAM, best green chile stew ever!

I make this when I make a crock pot of pinto beans and corn bread. Best New Mexican comfort food for cold days.

[modernfairytale8709]

I love all the soup. DH hates it. He says soup is never a meal, so if I make it, it's always in conjunction with something else.

I think I could live off of soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. DH being lactose intolerant voids that strategy.

My favorite soup is creamy chicken and wild rice, followed very closely by broccoli and cheese soup. But I also love a good chicken corn noodle.

I want soup.

Yum.

[mels823]

My husband makes a great Fricot (Acadian chicken soup/stew). So easy to make and very yummy! Pretty low calorie actually, just can get to be high in sodium depending on how it's made and if extra salt is added. (I try to never weigh myself the day after I eat it!) We usually make a huge batch and freeze some so I can heat it up whenever I need some.

1 or 2 large cans of chicken broth (we usually do one can of reduced sodium and then one cans worth of water)
3 boiled, shredded chicken breasts
5 or 6 cut up carrots, 3 or 4 cut up potatoes, a few stalks of cut up celery. (he has started taking away a regular potato or two and adding a sweet potato to make it healthier)
The key is to add (a lot of) ground savory to the soup for the flavor. If you are just using water and no chicken broth it will look like a green soup.

It makes a ton of servings. SO simple and delicious!!!

[duckker]

I love this minestrone from Ellie Krieger. It's pretty healthy, until you start looking closely at the absurd amount of cheese and pasta I add. Also, I usually replace the green beans w kale or chard, and add more spices.

Also, Jamie Oliver won my heart with his chickpea and leek soup. If you don't use dried chickpeas, then just make sure you leave out the potato or cook it (I microwave it usually for expediency) prior to adding. This is one of those soups that is way better the next day, and I also highly recommend stirring in lemon juice and/or Greek yogurt if that's your kind of thing.

Making a big ass stock pot of beef bone broth to freeze today for pp, as well as turkey chili for tomorrow. I really think I like making soups and stews almost as much as I like eating them. There's just something so big warm sweater-y comforting about them. And it's been rainy and cold for the past few days in Phoenix, so I'm in the mood more than ever.

[Mom2Ms]

I am NOT a cook. Not good at it. However, I made this last week and it was amazing and incredibly easy.

12tomatoes.com/2014/11/slow-cooker-recipe-chicken-and-white-bean-chili.html
The only change I would make with making it later on is more beans. I used a can of regular white beans from Bush's and a can of cannellini white beans from Bush's. I would add an additional can, or two, to make it more "chunky" rather than "soupy." I garnished with a shredded mexican cheese blend and cilantro.

It couldn't have been easier and it was really good. Even picky DD liked it.