Nutritious home soups -hmmmm!

[carlotta]

I love making soups! Especially when I have all day around the house and I can take my time and build flavors in it...there's nothing like a pot of stock simmering away and making the apartment smell good

I made one yesterday that's sort of an Italian-ish soup. Started with the chicken stock--chicken carcass/bones, celery, onion, garlic, carrot, parsnip trimmings, fennel tops, pepper corns, bay leaf.

Once that was done, I sauteed some good pancetta with onions, red bell pepper, fennel, carrots and parsnips until everything was a little carmelized, then added a can of diced tomatoes, a can of cannelini beans (wish I would've taken the time to cook those from dry...the canned ones were lacking in the texture department), and all the stock, simmered for 30 minutes or so, then added a big pile of shredded kale.

Made some pesto with the end of my basil, some parsley, cheese, walnuts, garlic and olive oil and stirred a spoonful of that into my bowl....mmmmm! And I have a massive container of leftovers for us to eat this week

[jahnin24f]

I love soup out of veggies and minimal spices. Just a plain sweet, little salt and without creamy taste is the best for me.

[itself]

I have a Vitamix, and tried their version of butternut squash soup and it didn't come out so good. Looking forward to hearing more recipes.