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Ah yes hummus… I should eat more of that! Originally Posted by Glory87
For beans, do you like hummus?
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That sounds like something I should try!Originally Posted by Glory87
For beans, do you like hummus?
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Hope, Sugarlove has some good advice about making your own stock. That is important to the base of a soup.. it can really make or break it. Many soups I eat might seem very strange to you but I can think of one in particular that I make you might like. Chicken soup…Originally Posted by olivia627
I have been wanting to make a soup full of SuperFoods. What do you suggest?
I cook a whole chicken, 2 large whole onions, 2-3 whole carrots, 1 whole bulb of peeled garlic (keep the cloves whole), 1 whole potato, and a few whole turnips together in a mixture of chicken stock, a little salt and water. When the chicken is cooked I remove it to cool but keep cooking the vegetables. After the vegetables are cooked through I put the whole vegetables through a blender with the soup liquid. Return to the pot. Add some parsley, basil, and fresh ground pepper. Cook again.
Meanwhile debone the chicken. And rip it into large strips. Add some raw linguine or rice to some of the soup in a small pan. When it is almost cooked add strips of breast meat back. Garnish with a little more fresh ground pepper just before serving.
I freeze the extra soup base (sans chicken, sans past of course). I freeze a little of the chicken meat separately so its available to add back later. The rest of the chicken I use in a chicken salad or stir fry or whatever. I take the chicken carcass and boil the heck out of it for several hours making a new stock to use next time.. then freeze it.
I realize that I probably am loosing a lot of nutrients by cooking the vegetables for such a long time.. but this is such a hearty soup that my family loves.
I make a lot of other soups that don’t cook the ingredients this long. I use a lot of tofu, soybean paste, chili paste, seaweeds and fresh greens. Let me know if any of that interests you.
EEEgads! I'm going to be late for work!