Making soup

Stilton? Broccoli and stilton soup is yummy. I know that it's not a veg though. Sprouts might work if you boil them well and then bash them a bit.

Hey Anne18 All I can tell you is how I make my soup! haha I put all the veggies I can find that are left over and stick them in a saucepan with enough water to cover them. I then add a couple of veggie stock cubes and a few pinches of mixed herbs. Boil it all up till all the veggies are soft and then wait for it to cool a bit before I set the handblender to work. I add salt and pepper to taste and then throw in chopped chicken (or rather turkey, in this case). You must add potatoes to make a lovely thick 'farmhouse' type soup. If you prefer it thinner then add water until you get it to the consistancey you like or don't blend it! Hope this helps!

If it wasn't winter, I'd tell you to just go out and pick weeds. Lamb's Quarters, pig weed, or amaranth supposedly are all good. I hate cooked greens so I wouldn't know. I know I love lamb's quarters fresh. Amaranth seeds add lots to cooking. If you lived near me, I would suggest going out and tasting Canadian pine needles, blue spruce needles, or black spruce needles if you lived in the Adirondacks to see if you liked any of those for soup. The first two are more valley trees although they can be in the mountains. You wouldn't need very much of either, they're strong like rosemary, but have a different distinctive taste all their own. Like I said, I hate cooking greens plus I don't know what you have in your kitchen. Swiss chard is popular amoung some cooks. Precooked/crisped bacon is always a hit with me. The bacon with canned clams or shrimp or anything go good with potatoes. I would put corn in, creamed if you want a closer consistancy, regular corn if you like the taste or if creamed seemed slimy to you. Let us know what you come up with.

You should go and buy spinach.

I would say...close enough. Maybe you could add some potatoes or something. Some of the best soups I have had have been the ones that were improvised. Be creative..lol.

hey, their are many ways to making soups and i too fond of different varities and tastes of soup i personally life the soup with garlic flavour in it. i have made the soup so many times, and if you are laking some of the major ingradients for making soup then apart from adding those thing you should have to try green vegetables, like spanich , that make you soup healty and tasty and try boiled food its is rish of vitamins.

Hello Anne/ By now you have probably already made your soup. But I want to put in my two cents worth any way. I usually use this type of recipe as a guide line and change them to fit my circumstances. If I don't have one ingredient I will substitute another. Since broccoli and brussel s[routs are in the same family I would use them along with the other vegetables you mentioned. The thing about soups and stews that I find amazing is the no matter how hard you try to keep them with in reason of servings they just seem to grow and grow until you have enough for an army.

I don't see why a Broccoli soup has to have spinach in it,though I do like spinach too..I'd suggest that you just go with what you have available in the cupboard to use those items up,rather than go out shopping for more so as to stick precisely to someone else's interpretation..A recipe is simply a list of ingredients someone put together..you can experiment with your own ingredients and see how that goes and maybe come up with an improvement!

I'd make it without the spinach, but then, of course, I never follow recipes anyway.

I don't think you need spinach for that soup. Well, I put cheese in mine. I love broccoli cheese soup. My secret ingredient is mustard, but just a little tiny bit. I use cheddar but also some cream cheese. If you have cooked carrots you could slice a few and put in near the end, but I would not cream the carrots in the broccoli soup because that could change the color from green to brown. You could do the same thing with the potatoes. I tried pureeing some potatoes in with the broccoli once and did not like the result, but a few diced cooked potatoes go well if put in toward the end. Mmmmm. U R making me hungry!

I love broccoli and cheese soup! My mouth waters just thinking about it. Not sure if you can substitute for the spinach but I don't see why not! How did the soup ccme out? Yummy I hope.

I have a cream of broccoli soup at that link I sent you. I take and put carrots in it while the broccoli is cooking. I boil potatoes in a separate kettle and then add them to the soup when they are tender. I don't put spinach in mine. Not sure about the sprouts. If they don't take long to cook, I would throw them in last and only cook for a few minutes.

Hi Anne18. Do you know how to cook beef brocolli? It is quite easy. What you need are onions, garlic, beef meat, brocolli and oyster sauce. Saute the garlic and onion on oil. When cooked, include the broiled beef meet cut in pieces. Add the brocolli then add the oyster sauce. Add a dash of pepper and add a glass of water. Simmer until water is thick. Taste it and you'll love it. To get a more detailed recipe, just search for beef brocolli. Have a great day!

you should have to put all the green vegetable into it and do not forget only smooth vegetables.

I'd just make it without the spinach. Any combination of veggies if fine in soups. I throw in whatever I have on hand and it's good but different every time.

Carrots and celery are always good in soup.