Magic Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Add water and Broth to large Stock Pot over medium-high heat.
• Toss in all your chopped vegetables and other ingredients. Bring to a boil, then lower to simmer.
• Cook until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• SERVE and ENJOY!
• This recipe makes 16 1-1/2 cup servings.
• With the optional salt added, each serving has 70 calories with 0 calories from fat. It has 0 g fat, 4 g Fiber, 0 mg Cholesterol. 470 mg Sodium, 2 g Protein, 16 g Total Carbohydrates, and 10 g Sugar.
• Before experimenting with the soup, I suggest you make the first batch exactly to get the nutritional values, and to also see how you really will not need to improve on it. It is delicious, it has some bite from the spices, it is filling and has no annoying cabbage taste, It is really comforting and full of flavor.
• For the Soup mix, I use Lipton's Recipe Selects. They come in a box with two 10 ounce envelopes. For the cabbage, use a food processor or buy in a bag pre-shredded. 4 cups is about 1/2 head of a large cabbage. Where I live it is hard to find the Tomato Juice, but it is made by Campbell's. Sacramento brand has too much sodium. However, I find that the Vegetable Broth/Stock works just fine and is easier to get. For the canned tomatoes, you can also use canned Stewed tomatoes if they're available in low sodium.
• Perfect for Lunch or Dinner when dieting with Low-Fat wheat crackers or a sandwich, and some sliced fruit.

Steps:

• In a large frying pan sprayed with cooking spray, sauté garlic, onions, carrots, and mushrooms for about 5 minutes. In a large crockpot, combine sautéed garlic and vegetables with the remaining ingredients. Cook on high for 2-3 hours, or until vegetables are cooked. This makes a large batch of soup. If you would like to freeze portions of it to use later, undercook the vegetables just a little. Pour the soup into freezer Ziplock bags and let as much air out as you can. Lay the bags flat on a cookie sheet and freeze. Once the soup is frozen flat, it is easy to layer in your freezer and won't take up much room. To thaw, place the bag in the fridge for 24 hours and then reheat.

Steps:

• In a large frying pan sprayed with cooking spray, sauté garlic, onions, carrots, and mushrooms for about 5 minutes. In a large crockpot, combine sautéed garlic and vegetables with the remaining ingredients. Cook on high for 2-3 hours, or until vegetables are cooked.
• This makes a large batch of soup. If you would like to freeze portions of it to use later, undercook the vegetables just a little. Pour the soup into freezer Ziplock bags and let as much air out as you can. Lay the bags flat on a cookie sheet and freeze. Once the soup is frozen flat, it is easy to layer in your freezer and won't take up much room. To unthaw, place the bag in the fridge for 24 hours and then reheat.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat; cook mushrooms in butter with 1 pinch salt until the mushrooms give off their juices; reduce heat to low. Continue to cook, stirring often, until juices evaporate and the mushrooms are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside a few attractive mushroom slices for garnish later, if desired. Mix onion into mushrooms and cook until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 more minutes.
• Stir flour into mushroom mixture and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes to remove raw flour taste. Tie thyme sprigs into a small bundle with kitchen twine and add to mushroom mixture; add garlic cloves. Pour chicken stock and water into mushroom mixture. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove thyme bundle.
• Transfer soup to a blender in small batches and puree on high speed until smooth and thick.
• Return soup to pot and stir in cream. Season with salt and black pepper and serve in bowls, garnished with reserved mushroom slices and a few thyme leaves.

Steps:

• Place chicken in pot, cover with cold, good-tasting water.
• Rough chop 1 onion (including skin), 1 parsnip, 1 turnip, 2 carrots and add to stock pot.
• Add garlic, ginger and salt& pepper.
• Bring all ingredients to a boil then reduce to a simmer.
• Simmer stock for at least 2 hours, skimming any scum that rises to the top.
• The longer you cook this, the better it tastes.
• You can make the stock in a crockpot for 6-8 hours on low.
• Remove vegetables and discard.
• Remove chicken and debone.
• Strain stock and taste for seasoning.
• Add salt as necessary.
• Chop remaining parsnip, turnip, onion, and carrots into bite-size chunks and drop into simmering stock.
• Replace deboned chicken.
• You can reserve some for another recipe, but I usually use all of it.
• Add egg noodles.
• Cook for an additional 10 minutes or until egg noodles are tender.
• Add dill and parsley at the very end of the cooking process.

Steps:

• For the Cèpe Mushroom Powder:
• Coarsely chop the dried mushrooms or cut them into pieces with scissors. Working in batches, grind them to a fine powder in the spice mill. [Makes 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) powder.]
• For the soup:
• If time permits, combine the cream and 2 tablespoons mushroom powder in a jar, seal, and refrigerate for 24 hours to infuse the cream with the mushroom flavor and aroma. (Alternatively, combine the cream and mushroom powder in the heavy-duty saucepan, bring just to a simmer, cover, remove from the heat, and set aside for 30 minutes to infuse the cream.)
• At serving time, in heavy-duty saucepan, combine the infused cream, salt, and stock and bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat. Remove from the heat and taste for seasoning.
• Serve in the warmed soup bowls, garnished with chives and a drizzle of oil.
• Do Ahead
• The soup can be prepared up to 3 days in advance and stored in airtight containers in the refrigerator.
• Variations:
• Add sliced raw domestic or wild mushrooms to the soup and cook for several minutes; add grilled, sliced fresh cèpes or domestic mushrooms; add truffle matchsticks at serving time.