More Soups

 

It is definitely still soup season here.  Usually, by now, temperatures are warm.  But not this year.  It is cold and rainy.  Nothing sounds better than a nice bowl of soup on a rainy day.  Here are two soups we have had recently:

Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Hungry Hintons: Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Hungry Hintons: Loaded Baked Potato Soup

More Soups

We have had two delicious soups recently.  They were both new recipes and both got thumbs up votes around here!

 Cream Cheese Chicken Soup- this was a new recipe that we tried.  It was so delicious!  The recipe link:  Hungry Hintons: Cream Cheese Chicken Soup

Kristen's Broccoli Cheese Soup- this is Kristen's version of this classic.  She has made it very kid friendly and her whole family loves it.  It has not posted on our hungry hintons blog yet, so I will publish the recipe here.

This is in Kristen's regular dinner rotation because most of her children will eat it and most love it.  She has made the recipe her own.  Some of her kids don't like carrot, onion, and celery chunks so she immersible blends it before adding the broccoli and cheese.   It makes a beautiful and delicious soup.  She triples this recipe for her family of 8.

Broccoli/ Cheese Soup

4 T. butter

1 onion, chopped

2 stalks celery, chopped

1 large carrot, chopped

1/4 cup flour

2 cups chicken stock

Salt and pepper to taste

1 large head of broccoli, chopped  or broken into small Florettes and cooked in the microwave

2 cups whole milk or half and half

3 cups shredded cheddar cheese

In a large pot, melt butter and saute the onions until soft.  Add the celery and carrots and cook until soft.  Whisk in the flour and cook for  5 minutes.  Add the stock and salt and pepper and whisk until smooth.  Use an immersible blender to blend all until smooth.  Add the cheese and milk and whisk until smooth.  Add the broccoli and mix well.  Add more salt and pepper if needed.  Serve with crusty bread.

More Soup

 As stated in this post, we eat soups.  These are the soups we have made recently.

Probably my favorite soup of all that I make is this Ham and Bean Soup with this recipe.  The recipe calls for bacon, but I nearly always make it with ham.  I used leftover Christmas ham to make it.  I love this soup.

Hungry Hintons: Bean with Bacon Soup

This week we made Olive Garden Copycat of Zupa Toscano.  It is one of Ken's two favorite soups.

Hungry Hintons: Zuppa Toscana, (Copycat Olive Garden recipe)

Soups!

During the winter, Ken and I make a soup almost every week.  On our Hungryhintons blog, there are nearly 50 soup recipes. I thought I would post the recipes for the soups we are eating, just in case you need some ideas.  Here are the soups we have made so far this autumn/winter:

Green Enchilada Chicken Soup.  We love this soup.  It is easy to make and delicious.

 Hungry Hintons: Green Enchilada Chicken Soup

Halloween Soup is a tradition for many years.  We always make it for Halloween.  It is a recipe I've been making for almost 50 years, so it's tried and true.  It is a hamburger/vegetable soup.

Hungry Hintons: Halloween Soup

Autumn Chicken Stew is newer to our repertoire.  We've been making it every fall for about five years.  Sad story.  Ken cut up all the vegetables for this soup on a day he wasn't feeling well.  It was the first day of his diverticulitis attack.  He never ate a bite of it.  He really didn't eat anything for about a week and spent several days in the hospital.  I ate it and served it to house guests but ended up throwing out the rest after about a week.  It is delicious and nutritious.

Hungry Hintons: Autumn Chicken Stew

Andelin's Gable House Cheese and Broccoli Soup  Our town used to be known by a lot of people for a restaurant called Andelin's Gable House.  Their food was delicious.  Out of town visitors discovered it and word spread.  I have their cookbook and this delicious cheese broccoli soup is one we make every year.

Hungry Hintons: Andelin's Gable House Cheese Broccoli Soup

Wisconsin Cheese and Potato Soup.  Kristen's family lived in Wisconsin for several years.  She introduced us to this delicious soup recipe.  All of us in the family make it, and it is a favorite of the grandkids.  In fact, Audrey lists it as her favorite food.  

Hungry Hintons: Wisconsin Cheese and Potato Soup

I will post more soup recipes as we make them.  Let us know if you try any of them!

November's Soups

As I wrote last month, I am trying to make a different soup each week for four months.  Here are November's soups with links to the recipes.

Creamy Potato Bacon Soup (this has such delicious flavor!)

Turkey Noodle Soup  I always make this soup after Thanksgiving using the turkey carcass.

Wisconsin Cheese and Potato Soup   Kristen is coming to visit next week.  She is from Wisconsin, and makes this soup very often as her family loves it.  I'm hoping she will make it for us while she is here.

White Chicken Tortilla Soup  Also one of Kristen's delicious recipes

A Different Soup Each Week for Four Months

Do you think I can do it?  My daughters and I do a food blog, and I noticed that we have a lot of soup recipes on there.  Through the autumn and winter, soup sounds so delicious.  I decided to set a goal to make a different soup each week for four months. Do you think I can do it?  In case you want to play along, I will post the recipes on here.
October's Soups
Halloween Soup-  this is probably my favorite soup recipe, though there are a lot of really good ones.
Zuppa Toscano- This is on of Ken's two favorite soups.  He loves this soups!
Chicken Gnocchi Soup- I love this soup.  We are kind of going back and forth- Ken's favorite, my favorite, etc.
Wendy's Copycat Chili- our ward has a chili cook-off for the Halloween party.  Maybe I'll win this year with this delicious recipe?

Watch for November's Soup post!