Post your favourite soup recipe here!

I'm a bit of a soup maniac. I will post my favourite one, but it's not exactly kid friendly, but great for freezing and pulling out when you just don't feel like another night of chicken nuggets and chips.

CURRY LENTIL SOUP

1 cup brown lentils
2 onions
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1 and 1/2 teaspoon hot curry powder
8 cups vegetable stock
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 stalks of celery (optional)
salt and pepper

Wash lentils and cover with cold water to soak.

Peel onions and chop finely. Crush and peel garlic.

Heat oil in large saucepan and saute onion and garlic on low for 5 minutes. Add chilli powder and curry powder. Cook for 30 seconds. Add vegetable stock and tomato paste.

Drain lentils and add to pan. Bring to the boil.

Cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Use blender to puree when cool. Wash and slice celery finely and stir through.

Serve with your favourite crusty chunky bread.

YUM!!!!!!

carrot soup

now i don't do quantities, make your own

Hunk of butter - add some chopped onion, and garlic. when soft add chopped carrots and put lid on. stir on a low heat til they're softish and then add schicken stock. when caroots are mushy, put through the whiz until smooth. Now add some cream and about 2T of chopped thyme. don't boil, but heat gently and serve.


my kids LOVE this soup

Mmmm soup! I never think about making soup! Now I am inspired!
I pumpkin soup, but I hate cutting raw pumpkin...

chop in half and put in the oven - you can then have "roasted pumpkin soup" - same taste, fancy new name.

I second that, Kobec! That's the best way to do pumpkin.

Alrighty, another kid friendly soup.

SPLIT PEA AND HAM

2 and 1/2 cups green split peas
4 rindless bacon rashers
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 carrots, sliced
1 celery stick, sliced
10 and 1/2 cups cold water
1 sprig fresh thyme
2 bay leaves
1 large potato, roughly diced
1 bacon hock
freshly ground black pepper

Put the split peas into a bowl, cover with cold water and leave to soak overnight.

Cut the bacon into small pieces. In a large saucepan dry fry the bacon for 4-5 minutes or until crisp. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon.

Add the chopped onion, carrots and celery to the fat in the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes until the onion is softened but not brown. Return the bacon to the pan with the water.

Drain the split peas and add to the pan with the thyme, bay leaves, potato and bacon hock. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and cook gently for 1 hour.

Remove the thyme, bay leaves and hock. Process the soup in a blender or food processor until smooth. Return to a clean pan. Cut the meat from the hock, add to the soup and heat through gently. Season with plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Ladle into warm soup bowls and serve.

Serves 4.

JD they are different but you can use either for soup.

my fave soup is bacon hock in the crockpot but i just throw it all in together

bacon hock
kings soup mix
potatoes
carrots
kumara
onion - dont need to dice just quarter
seasoned with pepper and worcester sauce

and it always seem to taste better the next day.

Bizzy, I may try your soup recipe tomorrow :)

I made a batch of leek & potato soup last week so i have some easy lunches for me in the freezer *yummy*

Mmmmmm yum, I'm going to try that roast vege soup tonight, maybe with homemade focaccia.

Pumpkin soup in the crockpot - peel and  cut into small pieces, stick in crockpot with 200ml of chicken stock and one onion. Cook for several hours. Add one sml tin of coconut cream / milk then blitz with hand blender and season. Its so simple but so yummy!