And the recipe variety is endless. You can experiment with soup recipes as you can with no other food. Use what you have on hand, try something different (leeks, anybody?), or make your mother's classic minestrone recipe. These recipes are really foolproof, and I have tried to cover the range of homemade stocks (freeze them!) to combining condensed soups for a quick treat. I even have a recipe for making your own condensed soup mix, so you can control fat and sodium as well. Any of these recipes can become vegetarian by using vegetable stock or water in place of meat stocks, and omitting the meat.
And what is soup without a hot, savory fresh bread as accompaniment? Bread may not seem like a Busy Cooks food, but there are some wonderful recipes that take hardly any time at all, and add immensely to your meals. Be sure to check out the Bread Machine Recipe discussions in the Busy Cooks Forum too!
Quick breads, refrigerated bread doughs, and even the occasional scratch yeast bread recipe are all featured here. Bread really has an undeserved reputation for being difficult and time-consuming. If you are puttering around the house, there is no better feeling than having bread rising and baking in your oven.
Most of the work in the recipe is accomplished by the bread itself - you just mix, form and let it rise and bake! And if you have a bread machine, it's even easier. Mix, set the machine, and come home to a fabulous aroma of baking bread. Browse through the following collection of soup and bread recipes, mix and match, and fill your own recipe box!
Feel free to experiment as much as you like with these recipes. Soup is meant to be changed! Also think about toppings for your wonderful soup. Crackers, popcorn, croutons, toasted bread, grated cheese, fresh herbs, sour cream, crisp crumbled bacon, toasted nuts, thin slices of lemon or lime, creme fraiche, and even toasted bread crumbs add a fabulous texture and contrast to your warm and soothing soup.
My Best Soup Recipes
- Easy Jambalaya
- Tangy Tomato Soup
- Lite Cheese Chowder
- Beer Cheese Soup
- Wild Rice Chowder
- Chicken Santa Fe Soup
- Leftover Chicken Soup
- Sweet and Sour Meatball Stew
- Pumpkin Soup With Cilantro Pesto
- Tomato Cabbage Bisque
Stocks
Make Your Own Mixes
- Low Sodium/Low Fat Cream Soup Mix
- Split Pea Soup Mix
- Onion Soup Mix
- Hearty Bean Soup Mix
- Condensed Cream of Soup Mixes
Crockpot Soup and Stew Recipes
- Vegetarian Crockpot Chili
- Meatball Corn Stew
- Crockpot Fish Chowder
- Crockpot Vegetable Minestrone
- Beef Barley Vegetable Soup
- Grandma's Chicken Soup
- Crockpot Sweet and Sour Chicken Stew
- Crockpot Jambalaya
- Crockpot Chili
Condensed Combos
- Improve Canned Broth
- Puree Mongol Soup
- Tomato Tortellini Soup
- Saucy Beef Crockpot
- Quick Black Bean Soup
- Stroganoff Soup
- Tuna Bisque
- Franks 'n Bean Soup
- Crab Bisque
Go to the next page to get the bread recipes!
