Category Archives: Soups and Stews
Tomato Tortellini Florentine Soup
Turkey Frame Soup
That turkey carcass leftover from your holiday meal is treasure, not trash! The frame from your turkey (or chicken) makes the most delicious broth you have ever tasted. Simply put the bones (and skin if you have any) into your slow cooker and cover it with water. Let it simmer overnight and in the morning you will have the base for a delicious soup.
Baked Potato Soup
It is starting to cool off with pleasant days and chilly nights – the perfect time for hearty soups and stews. Baked Potato Soup is one of our most requested recipes – it’s creamy and rich with the perfect balance of flavors. It’s a good way to use planned leftovers as well; have baked potatoes during the week and simmer a pot of this satisfying soup on the weekend. Start with 4 large baked potatoes, cooled. The recipe calls for scooping out the insides and discarding the peels, but I have long since abandoned peeling potatoes for anything. The peels are healthy so I include them in mashed potatoes, soups, potato salads, and just about everything else. Feel free to use only the white insides if you wish.
Chicken and Gnocchi Soup
This soup, inspired by Olive Garden’s chicken and gnocchi soup, was a big hit at our house – I will definitely make it again. I served it with sliced whole grain bread and it was very filling. Ours ended up being a bit spicy and I can only deduce that when we chopped the onions and peppers for the freezer (I used sautéed onions and peppers from the freezer instead of chopping them when I made the soup), that we were also chopping jalapeno peppers with the same knife. Although unexpected, the extra kick was actually a nice addition to the soup.
Hash Brown Soup
Cheeseburger Soup
White Chicken Chili
This White Chicken Chili is delicious and a great way to use up leftover chicken. We are using cooked chicken from the freezer, but when I buy a rotisserie chicken, I make broth from the carcass (just simmer overnight with water in a crockpot) and use the broth and leftover chicken in soups like this.
Layered One Dish Supper
