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I am not a soup liker, but my husband is.
Can anyone share some favorite soup recipes? I'm sure I will be appreciated as a very "good wife" if I can make more soups this winter. 
He especially likes Cream of Tomato soup. Anyone have a good one that they make from scratch (or at least not the Campbells canned kind)?
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it's not quite the same but I just take tomato sauce, season with salt pepper onion pwd (important) and parsley and serve with a bit of milk in it and it's pretty close to a canned tomato soup.
The fun thing is that then you can spice it up a bit and make it with italian spices or my favorite.. mexican spices.
Also I don't care for soups a lot but there are some that I really do like.. gumbo (I make it without file or okra so I joke and call it "un-gumbo") but that's good, also enchilada soup, minestrone, cream of broccoli (great with grilled cheese for a change from tomato soup) and if I ever could come up with a recipe to make it.. the Thai resturant in town makes a lovely curry that I really like.
You might also try serving the soups over rice, it'll give it a more hearty feel.. more casserole like rather than soupy and then people can choose to use it or not.. plus minestrone is great over croutons and mozzarella, enchilada soup over tortilla chips and a bit of cheddar on top.
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I made a Taco Soup the other night, for the very first time, and it was delicious! And EASY!
#1 ground beef
1 chopped onion
2 8oz tomato sauce
can corn (Green Giant Niblets the best!)-undrained
1 can pinto beans-undrained
1 packet taco seasoning
1 1/4-1/2 cups water
shredded cheddar cheese
Brown ground beef and chopped onion.
Drain.
add rest of ingredients except cheese.
Stir well and let simmer together for awhile.
(It can be served right away, but I like all of the ingredients/flavors to come out and get together. ; )
Serve into bowls and top with a some cheddar cheese.
That's it!! It was a HIT with my kids -- they want me to make it again already.
Now for some of you larger families, you may want to double (or triple...lol) the recipe.
For our family of 6, most of whom had seconds, all that was left was a bowl for lunch for me the next day.
ENJOY!
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Not a tomato soup, but we all love this potato cheese soup --
oil, butter or water for sauteing
1 large onion
red, yellow, and green peppers, chopped (frozen is fine)
1 cube bullion or canned soup stock (optional)
4 to 8 good size potatoes, diced
1 can (or small bag frozen) corn
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk (fat-free, soy, whatever)
1 8 oz package of cubed or shredded cheese
salt and pepper to taste
extra milk if you like a thinner chowder
In large soup pot, saute peppers and onions until soft in water or oil. Place potatoes in pot and cover with water one inch higher than potatoes. Add bullion if desired and boil potatoes for about 15 minutes (less for smaller pieces), until potatoes are soft enough to chew but not dissolving, and turn heat down low.
While potatoes are cooking, melt butter/margarine in separate small sauce pan and stir in flour, stirring constantly until mixture is smooth. Add milk and stir until mixture thickens (you're making a white sauce at this point.) Add cheese and stir until melted. Add undrained corn to soup pot (and a bit of water if using frozen corn), and heat through. Add cheese sauce to soup pot and stir thoroughly, adding milk if necessary to achieve desired consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve with oyster crackers.
I have also added shredded chicken to this soup and it's been a big hit. It goes together pretty fast, too!
You can make this with vegetable stock and it's a great Lenten soup.
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I love this creamy cauliflower soup
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cream-of-Cauliflower-Soup-II/De tail.aspx
It is thickened with potato, so there is a lot less fat than some other creamy soups. The carrot gives it a really pretty color, too. My whole family enjoys this. (I leave out the sherry)
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I can't get to it atm (nak), but my favorite tomato soup recipe uses crushed tomatoes and milk. You stir baking soda into the crushed tomatoes and let it sit while you get every thing else ready. This keeps the milk from curdling. It is a simple recipe from a kids cookbok, but I've tried lots of different, fancier recipes, and I always return to this one!
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Lindsay - I would love that recipe whenever you may not be nursing.  (I will be patient! )
We love the Taco Soup that Laura posted around here. I like to serve it with sour cream and cheese on top, and multigrain tortilla chips for scooping. And any of you with teenage boys - triple the recipe!
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Lindsay, I second what Lisa said -- I would love that tomato soup recipe too!
Thanks ladies for helping me with my soup deficiency problem!
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Cream of Tomato Soup
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 (28 oz can) tomato puree (I use "crushed tomato")
2 T butter
1 small onion finely chopped
1 1/2 c milk
1 1/2 c light cream
(I use raw milk which is really fatty--so I just use 3 cups whole milk)
1 bay leaf
1 tsp sal
3/4 tsp sugar
Stir the baking soda into the tomato and set aside to prevent the soup from curdling when you add the tomatoes to the milk.
In a pot, melt the butter, saute the onion, add the milk (and cream if using) and bay leaf and stir. When its warm, add the tomato, salt, and sugar. Bring just to a boil and remove from heat. Season further to taste.
This is from Look and Cook which is a sweet, heavily illustrated (with 1950s era vintage-like drawings). Mine aren't old enough to know if it is practically ideal for children, but they like looking at it a lot. Apparently there is a similar book on gardening and one on sewing.
Another tip I got from this cookbook that I use all the time is a hotdog in a thermos. Instead of one hotdog in a thermos, though, I use a couple of mason jars in a basket wrapped in a towel. I pour boiling water from the tea kettle over the hotdogs and seal. Then, we have them hot later in the car or at a bring your own lunch event. It is a litle nicer than pbj and much cheaper and healthier than a drive through.
Oh, and I didn't type the instructions as is. They are written in a more basic and detailed way for children.
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