Making soup is a simple way to create delicious meals using basic ingredients. Soup is also a great way to get vegetables into your children’s diet without them knowing it!
Making Soup At Home
To celebrate the beginning of fall, why dig out some of your favorite soup recipes? Whether it’s a classic chicken noodle soup, a warming beef and potato stew, or a hearty vegetable pot, knowing how to make the most of your ingredients will result in a delicious dish. Plus, there are tons of delicious ideas for the upcoming fall season. From traditional favorites like French Onion or a creamy butternut squash to more indulgent fare like golden sweet potato soup, you’ll find an amazing host of creative, healthy soup recipes for the coming autumn months. With soup comes variety, and variety is the spice of life.
While there are many ways to enjoy making soup, from the classic hot thick stews to wonderful broths, simmering your own ingredients offers many personal flavors and textures. Rich flavors from the seasonings add to the taste of the vegetables or meats that you may add. You can make soup that’s rich and hearty, or you can make it light and airy. It’s all about your preferences and the way your tastes change throughout the day. If you want to make a dish that has a creamy texture with strong overtones of cream and nutmeg, then think about blending in some milk and cooking for a few minutes to thicken. You can also puree potatoes in your blender or food processor to use as a thickener. Alternatively, if you’d rather have a soup that’s not creamy and has a clearer taste from the spices, don’t add thickeners and then simmer on low until the spices have released all of their flavors.
Be Creative With Ingredients
For making soup for the coming autumn, try blending in a combination of dried fruits, such as dates, raisins, figs, and prunes, along with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom for some delicious and unique fall-inspired flavors. For making meals for the winter, think about using smoked turkey, ham, pheasant, or beef rounds, along with root vegetables, carrots, and turnips to create some delicious hearty soups. If you’re looking for a rich yet flavorful soup to go with the chilly weather, think about using smoked turkey sausage, along with carrots, turnips, potatoes, and green beans to create some satisfying comfort food for the coming winter months. Consider making a delicious meal using leftover ham or pork loin, seasoned with allspice and dried oregano, along with a variety of fall vegetables including peas, onions, carrots, and parsnips.
If you’d like to create something that’s light and airy, but still contains the right amount of nutrients for good health, then begin with a clear fat free broth. You’ll find many different kinds of broths to use for this, but one of the best and healthiest are fat free vegetable broth. This is very high in nutrients, so you’ll be getting plenty of vitamins, as well as a great taste to base your recipe on. Chicken broth is also a great starting point for soup, although you need to watch the sodium content.
Do You Like Creamy Soups?
Some other great soup types for this time of year are creamy soups, like the chicken and dumpling soup above. You can also try using low-fat yogurt or sour cream to create creamy soups, and you’ll definitely get lots of benefits from them. They help to settle your stomach after a meal, and they offer some important nutrients like calcium, magnesium, and the B vitamins.
If you have leftovers in your refrigerator, but you don’t want to use them right away, don’t worry. Just add them to your soup and cook for a few minutes to let the flavors blend. This will keep most of the nutrients to your foods, and you won’t have to worry about wasting the ingredients. Making soup in a soup pot is an easy, quick way to prepare healthy and tasty leftovers. A good soup pot is an important piece of cookware that every kitchen should have.
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