I need suggestions for soup

[lilpunkprincess]

I don't do onions or peppers but I am wanting to make a home made soup of some sort. Any great recipes would be great. Thanks

[Maureen]

No onions or peppers huh. Do you just not like them or do you hate the flavors too? How long has it been since you've tried stuff with them in it? How have you eaten them (like how have them been prepared) all that makes a huge difference. You're so limiting yourself on some awesome flavors! Even different onions have different flavors.

However, you could try loaded baked potato soup, broccoli cheese soup and different veggie soups just don't include the onions and peppers.

Here is one of my favorites:

Slow cooked veggie barley soup- makes 8 servings

3/4 quick cooking barley
4 garlic cloves
6 oz white mushrooms- quartered
2 carrots - chopped
1 large zucchini (about 12oz) chopped 1/4 inch cubes
1 medium yellow squash (about 8 oz) cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1 celery stalk - chopped
1 onion- chopped (you can either use onion powder instead or just take it completely out)
1 small fennel bulb, core removed and chopped
1 cup frozen lima beans (I used green beans instead)
1 can (14.5 oz) Italian seasoned diced tomatoes (I couldn't find these so I just used regular ones and through in some Italian seasoning)
1 tsp dried basil
4 cups fat free low sodium vegetable or chicken broth. (I used 2 cups of each.)

In a slow cooker (highly recommend a liner) place the barley, garlic, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, squash, celery, onion, fennel, lima beans, tomatoes, and basil. Pour in the broth; cover and cook on low 8-10 hours.

1 serving- 1.5cups: 134 calories, 1gfat, 0g sat fat, 0 g trans fat, 0mg Chol, 588 mg sodium, 29 g Carbs, 6 g fiber, 5 g protein, 87 mg calcium.


All the other ones I like really need the onion to be good.

[susie]

Potato soup! This is a copycat recipe for Panera Bread's soup, and so yummy.

Ingredients

4 cups chicken broth
4 cups peeled and cubed potatoes
1/4 cup minced onions
1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, cut into chunks

Directions

Combine broth, potatoes, onion, and spices.
Boil on medium heat until potatoes are tender.
Smash a few of the potatoes to release their starch for thickening.
Reduce to low heat.
Add cream cheese.
Heat, stirring frequently, until cheese melts.



Julia Child's Potage Parmentier is good too, and so easy.

Ingredients

1 lb potatoes, peeled and diced ( I leave skins on)
3 cups leeks, thinly sliced ( white and tender green parts only)
2 quarts water
1 tablespoon salt
4 -6 tablespoons whipping cream or 2 -3 tablespoons softened butter
2 -3 tablespoons minced parsley or 2 -3 tablespoons chives

Directions

Simmer vegetables, water and salt together, partially covered, 40-50 minutes until vegetables are tender.
Mash the vegetables in the soup with a fork, or puree in blender. Correct seasoning.
Off heat and just before serving, stir in cream or butter by spoonfuls. Pour into a tureen or soup cups and decorate with the herbs.


ETA: I've left onion out of the first recipe, and it's tasted fine. Leeks are kind of like onions, but more like the green ones and milder. It doesn't have that oniony taste, at least it doesn't to me. You could probably used something other than leeks too, if you wanted.

[Maureen]

I'm so in love with onions and peppers. I used to hate them but now I could eat carmeled onions by the spoonful if I were trying to have a heart attack.

[lilpunkprincess]

Sept 18, 2011 11:12:44 GMT -5 Maureen said:

No onions or peppers huh. Do you just not like them or do you hate the flavors too? How long has it been since you've tried stuff with them in it? How have you eaten them (like how have them been prepared) all that makes a huge difference. You're so limiting yourself on some awesome flavors! Even different onions have different flavors.

However, you could try loaded baked potato soup, broccoli cheese soup and different veggie soups just don't include the onions and peppers.

Here is one of my favorites:

Slow cooked veggie barley soup- makes 8 servings

3/4 quick cooking barley
4 garlic cloves
6 oz white mushrooms- quartered
2 carrots - chopped
1 large zucchini (about 12oz) chopped 1/4 inch cubes
1 medium yellow squash (about 8 oz) cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1 celery stalk - chopped
1 onion- chopped (you can either use onion powder instead or just take it completely out)
1 small fennel bulb, core removed and chopped
1 cup frozen lima beans (I used green beans instead)
1 can (14.5 oz) Italian seasoned diced tomatoes (I couldn't find these so I just used regular ones and through in some Italian seasoning)
1 tsp dried basil
4 cups fat free low sodium vegetable or chicken broth. (I used 2 cups of each.)

In a slow cooker (highly recommend a liner) place the barley, garlic, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, squash, celery, onion, fennel, lima beans, tomatoes, and basil. Pour in the broth; cover and cook on low 8-10 hours.

1 serving- 1.5cups: 134 calories, 1gfat, 0g sat fat, 0 g trans fat, 0mg Chol, 588 mg sodium, 29 g Carbs, 6 g fiber, 5 g protein, 87 mg calcium.


All the other ones I like really need the onion to be good.

No I really dont like onions and peppers. Every once in a blue moon I will eat something with onions if there big enough to take out but only if I can't taste the onion. I don't cook at all with onions and peppers. It was the biggest issue I had living with my b/f and his parents at first because I would never eat what they cooked. Thats when I started cooking for myself every night.


AND THANKS FOR ALL THE IDEAS. I am ready for some potatoe soup