|
||||||||
Vegetable soup - help please? |
![]() |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#1 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: I AM FEMALE!
Posts: 3,027
|
Vegetable soup - help please?
hi,
i'm looking to get my daughter to eat more vegetables. she'll only really eat them on a roast dinner with gravy. i've made vegetable soup before and she has enjoyed it, but it's been very boring for us adults. just a load of veg and stock cubes, it's a little bit tasteless. any recipes for a decent vegetable soup that we can all eat? a spicy one, a creamy one... anything really. with autumn coming in i'd like to do a veg soup a couple of times a week. |
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#2 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Up North
Posts: 58,791
|
This is what I made last night Quote:
Lamb Pepperpot style stew Fry off lamb (454g carrerole pack) Add to pot with 1 chopped onion and fry gently. Add two big squirts of tomato puree and a teaspoon each of allspice, thyme, pepper, garam masala/curry powder and all purpose seasoning Stir and get the lamb and onions coated in the spices. Add one lamb stock cube and a vegetable stock pot and add enough water to half - 2/3 fill the pot. Add a chopped carrot or two and half a swede (diced). Add 1 sachet of Creamed Coconut. Simmer for 30-40 mins. Stir every once in a while. Add diced potato. Simmer for another 30 mins. Add diced peppers (1/2 each of red, yellow and green). Cook for 15 mins. Add frozen peas. If you want a thicker stew then combine flour, butter and a little water to make a paste and stir it though and cook it out (you don't want a raw flour taste). When cooked through adjust the seasoning with lemon jiuce/vinegar, worcestershire, soy and hot sauce (I used Encona West Indian). Obviously this is not veggie. Leave out the lamb and lamb stock cube and add another veg stock pot or cube. The coconut is optional. It acts as a slight thickener aswell as giving a different flavour. Combined with the curry herbs it makes it different to a standard stew. If you have celery and leeks then they would be a good addition. Also, to give it more depth you may was to sweat the onions, celery, leek etc to give it a bit of colour instead of throwing it straight into the pot. Basically, raid the fridge, add hebs, spices and condiments and see what comes out. |
|
|
|
|
|
#3 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sitting at my PC
Posts: 9,434
|
Get some Marigold Organic Vegetable Stock. A couple of teaspoonfuls added to vegetable soup lifts the flavour.
Also make a basic vegetable soup with onions, carrots, and potatoes plus any other veg in the veg rack and add a tin of Tesco spiced mixed beans at the end of cooking time. It makes a wholesome wintry spicy soup that is a meal in itself. Make a clear soup with diced vegetables and beef stock and add some pasta 10 minutes before the end of cooking time. Vary the consistency of the soup from time to time: [LIST][*]Dice the veg small and serve without blending, [*]Add plenty of potatoes to the soup and liquidise. It will be lovely and thick and creamy. [*]Part liquidise so that there a few lumps in the soup[/LIST] |
|
|
|
|
|
#4 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7,610
|
Another quick way is to get children to eat veg is to blitz either homemade or a good make tin of ratatouille and use it as a pasta sauce - you could stir it into a casserole or soup too.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#5 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 421
|
Make a veggie soup how you'd normally make it, but leave it chunky, make the vegetable pieces bigger than normal, and add a quarter pot of single cream at the end, it'll make the dish into a delicious treat.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#6 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 5,111
|
Quote:
Another quick way is to get children to eat veg is to blitz either homemade or a good make tin of ratatouille and use it as a pasta sauce - you could stir it into a casserole or soup too.
![]()
|
|
|
|
|
|
#7 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: I AM FEMALE!
Posts: 3,027
|
thanks for the replies so far, will be having a go at them all!
![]() Utopian - great idea, daughter loves pasta with a tomato sauce so this would work great, but... how do you make ratatouille?
|
|
|
|
|
|
#8 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 7,801
|
Here's our current fav veg soup: http://southernfood.about.com/od/che...r/bl30222v.htm and we both normally hate broccoli! The mustard and the cheese really give a lovely flavour, you have to try it to believe it
|
|
|
|
|
|
#9 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Up North
Posts: 58,791
|
Quote:
how do you make ratatouille?
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|
#10 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 76,851
|
Agree with the poster above - Marigold Vegetable Stock powder makes a huge difference
I went off making soup for a couple of years but I've started again now In the past I always liked 'one thing soups'............ie soup made with one thing and maybe a clove of garlic and a half a of chilli.........like tomato soup, celery soup, pea soup, lentil soup etc But this time round I'm having the veg soup as my main meal of the day trying to lose some weight so I'm making big chunky veg soups with lots of chunks of different veg So if you want chunky soups but want to really thicken them up just stick a couple of ladel fulls of the soup into the blender, blend it then pour back in to the pan Another good idea is to have a big stock of tins of different beans...........most supermarkets seem to sell tins of various beans in their cheapo ranges which are great for filling out a soup. A little moan............my local sainsbury is very bad for buying single veg, I mean I want one carrot, one leek, one parsnip etc..........they're all bagged up in kilograms or something........I don't want a bag of 5 leeks......... ![]() So I have to walk a bit to Waitrose where they seem to sell everything in ones if you want them |
|
|
|
|
|
#11 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Up North
Posts: 58,791
|
Just on the Supermarket veg point - around here they're ok as you can buy items in singular but Morrison's actually have a stew/casserole pack which is something like 1 onion, 1 carrot, celery , leek and 1/2 swede and it only coast something like 65p.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#12 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: here, there and everywhere
Posts: 593
|
My version of ratatouille. Each to their own it's not traditional as I'll throw in what I have available but I eat it quite a bit
tin of chopped tomatoes Finely diced onion 1 veg stock cube or stock pot. I use those new knorr stock pots that look like jelly 1 medium courgette sliced about 1cm thick or less but not too thin 1 medium Aubergine cut into cubes about 1 inch Handful of mushrooms A pepper. Red or yellow work better. Cut into chunks Teaspoon of mixed herbs Squirt of tomato purée Squirt of garlic purée or clove of garlic Generous glug of olive oil* Pepper to taste TO MAKE put a bit of oil in frying pan and fry onion till clear Throw a splash more in and throw courgette, Aubergine, peppers and mushrooms and fry them for about a min Put in everything else. Shove a lid on it and simmer till its soft I serve with pasta or rice or ciabatta* |
|
|
|
|
|
#13 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 76,851
|
Quote:
Just on the Supermarket veg point - around here they're ok as you can buy items in singular but Morrison's actually have a stew/casserole pack which is something like 1 onion, 1 carrot, celery , leek and 1/2 swede and it only coast something like 65p.
![]() I like to get a leek that has lots of the tough thick green bits on top and a like a carrot of a certain size etc.............. One pre-pack I do like is sainsbury ...........it;'s broccoli, peas and two kinds of green beans..........that's good for soup (and stir fries) |
|
|
|
|
|
#14 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 17,247
|
I love lentil soup. A fistful of red lentils, a couple of carrots, a large onion and a few stock cubes. So quick and tasty. You can jazz it up with red pepper, ham or curry powder depending on your mood.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#15 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 5,947
|
I sneak veg into pastas, stews, chilli, bolognese etc by grating finely and letting it cook out or you could just puree a bunch of cooked veg and add it to whatever sauce you're making.
Another vote for lentil soup, or tomato and lentil. Minestrone is simple to make and tasty. |
|
|
|
|
|
#16 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7,610
|
Quote:
That's a really good idea. I think I will be using this method to encourage certain adults in my household to eat more veg.
![]() ![]() Grating carrots or courgettes/beetroot into cakes are good too. |
|
|
|
|
|
#17 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Close to the Toon
Posts: 1,465
|
Some of you folks will probably hate this but i like a tin of Heinz or Baxters, i know they do not taste as good as the home-made but they are still good and have obvious benefits.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#18 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Up North
Posts: 58,791
|
Quote:
Some of you folks will probably hate this but i like a tin of Heinz or Baxters, i know they do not taste as good as the home-made but they are still good and have obvious benefits.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#19 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 57
|
Spicy butternut squash soup is good (you can put less chilli in if you don't like it) you can also use a variation of this for pumpkin soup.
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/16166...uash-soup.aspx This is a nice soup, roasted red pepper and tomato, you can also use less chilli in this one too. http://www.food.com/recipe/tomato-an...er-soup-145074 A simple leek and potato soup is good. Saute some sliced onions and some leeks, add some finely chopped potatoes, some chicken or vegetable stock, simmer until veg are soft, season, blitz and add a little cream and finely chopped parsley. Curried/spiced parsnip soup can be as spicy as you like http://www.deliaonline.com/community...snip_soup.html Carrot and lentil soup http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/12908...ntil-soup.aspx Are there any special vegetables you want her to eat? |
|
|
|
|
|
#20 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 76,851
|
Quote:
Some of you folks will probably hate this but i like a tin of Heinz or Baxters, i know they do not taste as good as the home-made but they are still good and have obvious benefits.
Heinz Tomato seems to have stayed the same and that's the only tinned one I ever have now, usually stock up when it's on special offer Used to have mostly Baxters..........Cock-a-Leekie and Potato and Leek, alas they too got 'improved'............ ![]() That was the last straw which decided me to start making my own |
|
|
|
|
|
#21 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7,610
|
Quote:
Here's our current fav veg soup: http://southernfood.about.com/od/che...r/bl30222v.htm and we both normally hate broccoli! The mustard and the cheese really give a lovely flavour, you have to try it to believe it
![]() Tbh, I usually use the tinned one as it's quick and can be stored ready to go if you need a quick meal. ![]() SORRY, I MEANT TO QUOTE 'JOHNOR' - ![]() ![]() Specktater, I love that soup to btw as I'm veggie.Obviously I change the stock to a vegetable stockpot by Knorr. |
|
|
|
|
|
#22 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 9,286
|
Quote:
My version of ratatouille. Each to their own it's not traditional as I'll throw in what I have available but I eat it quite a bit
tin of chopped tomatoes Finely diced onion 1 veg stock cube or stock pot. I use those new knorr stock pots that look like jelly 1 medium courgette sliced about 1cm thick or less but not too thin 1 medium Aubergine cut into cubes about 1 inch Handful of mushrooms A pepper. Red or yellow work better. Cut into chunks Teaspoon of mixed herbs Squirt of tomato purée Squirt of garlic purée or clove of garlic Generous glug of olive oil* Pepper to taste TO MAKE put a bit of oil in frying pan and fry onion till clear Throw a splash more in and throw courgette, Aubergine, peppers and mushrooms and fry them for about a min Put in everything else. Shove a lid on it and simmer till its soft I serve with pasta or rice or ciabatta* |
|
|
|
|
|
#23 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 7,801
|
Quote:
>%...
SORRY, I MEANT TO QUOTE 'JOHNOR' - ![]() ![]() Specktater, I love that soup to btw as I'm veggie.Obviously I change the stock to a vegetable stockpot by Knorr. we're not veggie, but I also like to use the veggie stock cube, has a nicer flavour I find. I think what I like best about this soup, is the shock of finding an edible medium for broccoli (the most alien looking of veg!)
|
|
|
|
|
|
#24 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Up North
Posts: 58,791
|
Quote:
broccoli (the most alien looking of veg!)
![]() https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Br...w=1123&bih=671 |
|
|
|
|
|
#25 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 7,801
|
Quote:
)
|
|
|
|
![]() |
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 17:47.




