When preparing vegetables for cooking, always prepare the celery last. WHY?...Because the celery will eliminate the odor of the other vegetables such as garlic and onions from your hands.

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Mexican Bean Soup

  • 1/2 pound Ground beef
  • 1 med onion (chopped)
  • 14 1/2 ounces Can whole tomatoes (chopped)
  • 15 oz can red kidney beans
  • 7 oz can kernel corn
  • 8 oz can tomato sauce
  • 2 t Chili powder
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • Crushed tortilla chips (topping)

    In large saucepan, brown beef with onion. Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer about 30 minutes.

    Serve topped with crushed tortilla chips.

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    Pasta and Bean Soup

  • 1/2 pound dried kidney beans (soaked overnight)
  • 1 ham bone
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • pinch cinnamon
  • cayenne pepper (to taste)
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1/4 pound tagliatelle (plain or spinach broken up)

    Drain and rinse beans, cover with cold water in saucepan and bring to the boil. Stir then boil for 15 minutes.

    LDrain beans and transfer to a large pot with ham bone, onion, cinnamon, pinch of cayenne, olive oil and stock. Add cold water to cover. Cover pot well and simmer until beans are cooked and have begun to thicken the stock. Remove bone and cut off any meat from it. Flake this and return to the pot; discard bone.

    Taste for seasoning; salt may be needed, depending on the bone used. Bring the soup back to the boil, add pasta and cook until it is al dente. Let rest off heat for 1 to 2 minutes before serving.

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    Creamy Onion Soup

  • 5 large onions
  • 4 Tbs. butter
  • 2 Tbs. flour
  • 6 cups consomme or warm water
  • 1 tsp. coarse salt
  • 4-6 slices bread
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 2 cups boiling milk

    Peel and halve the onions. Place each half cut side down and slice into thin slices. Heat the butter in a large pan, add the onions and cook over medium heat until onions are golden brown. Add the flour and cook until flour is also golden brown.

    Add the consomme and the sal to the onions, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes. While the soup simmers, toast the bread, and place in the bottom of serving bowls, spinkle with pepper.

    Add boiling milk to the soup mixture, adjust the seasonings to taste, and pour over the bread. Sprinkle the top with grated gruyere cheese and serve. Or if you prefer you can place each bread slice on top as with regular French onion, sprinkle heavily with gruyere, drizzle with a bit of melted butter and place under broiled until it melts.

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    Zucchini Vegetable Chowder

  • 1 large zuccini (cut in small chunks)
  • 3 carrots (sliced)
  • 2 stalks celery (thinly sliced)
  • 1 t salt
  • 1-1/2 cups water
  • 1 can creamed corn
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 4 T butter
  • 4 T flour
  • 1-1/2 cups milk
  • 8oz shredded sharp cheese

    Cook vegetables in salted water for 10 minutes. Do not drain. Add corn and set to one side. Melt butter and blend in flour untill smooth. Add milk gradually and stir untill thickened. Add vegetable mixture and cheese. Heat untill hot. DO NOT BOIL!!!

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    Cheddar Chowder

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups diced potatoes
  • 1/2 cup diced carrots
  • 1/2 cup diced celery
  • 1/4 cup chopped onion
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper

    White Sauce

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1 cup cubed ham

    Combine water, potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, salt and pepper in a large pot. Boil 10-12 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, make white sauce by melting the butter. Add flour and stir until smooth (about 1 minute). Slowly add milk; cook until thickened. Add grated cheese to white sauce; stir until melted. Add white sauce and cubed ham to vegetables that have not been drained. Heat through. 6 Servings.

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    Golden Beef Stew

  • 1 pound stew meat, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
  • 1 can Campbells Golden Mushroom soup
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1 clove garlic chopped (you could use dried minced garlic)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried cumin powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 3 carrots, sliced

    Brown the stew meat and onion in the oil in a large pot or dutch oven. Add the Golden Mushroom soup, seasonings, wine and enough water to generously cover the meat. Cover and simmer on low heat for several hours, stirring often and adding more liquid if necessary. About an hour before serving, add the potatoes and carrots. When they are soft, and the stew thick and golden brown in color, it's ready. Serve over rice or with thick slices of sourdough bread.

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    Dolly Parton's Fat Burning Soup

  • 6 lg Onions
  • 2 Green peppers
  • 2 Whole tomatoes
  • 1 lg Cabbage
  • 1 bunch Celery
    Seasoning packet (any type dry soup you prefer, vegetarians should choose a vegetable-based seasoning)

    Cut vegetables in medium pieces and boil, covered with water, for 10 minutes. Turn heat low and simmer until vegetables are soft. This soup can be eaten any time you feel hungry. Eat as much as you wish and as often as you like, any time of the day. The soup will not add calories. To be used as a supplement with the Dolly Parton/Fat Burning Diet program. If eaten alone for indefinite periods, one might suffer from malnutrition. Variation: Strain out the vegies and puree them in the blender, returning them to the liquid, for a creamy version.

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    Minestrone Soup

  • 1 cup dry beans
  • 2 quarts chichen or vegetable stock
  • 2 large cloves garlic, mined
  • 1 large bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
  • 2 stalds celery, coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup diced zucchini
  • 2 cupes peeled and coarsely chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup diced zucchini
  • 1 cup sliced green beans
  • 2 cups coarsely chopped cabbage or Swiss chard
  • 2 tablespoons freshly chopped oregano
  • 3/4 cup uncooked small macaroni
  • Salt and pepper to taste
    Garnish with Pesto sauce and grated parmesan cheese

    Place beans in a large pot and cover with water. Soak at least 2 hours or overnight. Drain beans, add stock, garlic, and bay leaf and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered until beans are almost tender, about 45 minutes. While beans are cooking, heat oil in a medium skillet; add onion, garlic, celery, and carrots, saute for 5 to7 minutes until softened. Rinse out skillet with 1 cup water and add to soup along with tomatoes and simmer together for 20 minutes. Add zucchini, green beans, cabbage or chard, and oregano and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in macaroni and cook until pasta is tender, about 10 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Add salt and pepper to taste. Top each serving with a spoonful of pesto sauce and Parmesan.

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    Dry Soup Mix

  • 1 pound black beans
  • 1 pound red beans
  • 1 pound navy beans
  • 1 pound pinto beans
  • 1 pound great northern beans
  • 1 pound split peas
  • 1 pound lentils
  • 1 pound black-eyed peas

    (All of those are dried beans that come in 1 pound bags) Mix together in a large bowl. Fill pint jars with the bean mixture and attach the following instructions:

    Mixed Bean Soup

  • 1 pint bean mixture
  • 1 large chopped onion
  • 1 (14 1/2 oz) can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 pod hot pepper
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 2 minced garlic cloves
  • Smoked Kielbasa (cut up)

    Wash bean mixture. Cover with water and soak overnight. Drain water, and place beans in kettle or crockpot. Add remaining ingredients, and enough water to cover the beans. Cook all day on low in crockpot, or simmer about 3 1/2 hours on stove. Add more water if necessary.

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    Potato Soup

  • 4 medium potatoes
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 3 slices of bacon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • Salt

    Cut the bacon into strips and cook slowly in a saucepan over low/medium heat. Don't crisp it. Stir in the chopped onion and the finely chopped garlic and cook slowly, stirring occasionally. Dice the unpeeled potatoes and when the onions are transparent stir in the potatoes, add four cups of hot water and simmer for 20 minutes. Add salt, pepper and ground nutmeg, cook for a further 10 minutes and serve.

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    Pumpkin Soup

  • 3 green onions, finely sliced
  • 2 Tbsps butter
  • 1 cup grated carrot
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 cups cooked, mashed pumpkin or 1 can
  • 1 can creamed corn
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • freshly ground pepper
  • 3 cups water, stock, or apple juice

    Melt the butter in a saucepan and put in the carrot, corn and pumpkin. Stir in the remaining ingredients and simmer for 8-10 minutes. Serve garnished with chopped green onion and croutons.

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    Cream of Tomato Soup

  • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
  • 2 onions, thinly slices
  • 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 35-ounce cans plum tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil (or 8 fresh leaves)
  • pinch of sugar
  • salt and pepper
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 2 cups whipping cream

    Melt butter in soup pot. Add onions, carrot, and garlic. Cook over medium heat until the vegetables have wilted, about 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and their juice, basil, sugar, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes. Add stock and allspice and slowly bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 50 minutes. Puree the soup; return it to the pot, and add whipping cream.

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    Chicken Gumbo

  • 1/2 cup olive oil or peanut oil
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 2 cups diced onion
  • 1 1/2 cups diced celery
  • 1 1/2 cups diced green pepper
  • 1 diced carrot
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen okra, sliced (see comments)
  • 1 cup chopped green onions
  • 2 tablespoon Prudhomme Poultry Magic Seasoning Blend
  • 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce (your call on this)
  • 1 cup chopped parsley
  • 3 small cans Chicken Broth
  • 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast (cut in bite-size pieces)
  • Cooked rice

    In two quart saucepan, heat oil over medium high heat. Once oil is hot,gradually add flour and using a wire whisk, stir constantly until the color of the roux is peanut butter brown or darker. The darker the roux the "nuttier" the flavor. Note: To avoid burning/scorching the roux, maintain low heat and stir constantly! If black specks appear in the roux, its burnt; discard and begin again. At low heat, it may take up to forty-five minutes to prepare the roux.

    To prevent okra from becoming slimy/stringy, saute the okra in oil until all of the stringy texture is removed and the vegetable is lightly browned. Drain okra in paper towels.

    When the roux is prepared, reduce the heat and add onion, celery, bell pepper and garlic; saute approximately five minutes or until vegetables are wilted. Add chicken broth, one ladle at a time, stirring constantly until all of the liquid is incorporated into the roux. Add chicken pieces, okra and seasonings. Return to medium high heat, bring to a low boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Add green onions and parsley and season to taste with salt and pepper. Allow to cook an additional five minutes. Serve over cooked rice.

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    Dried Tomato Soup

  • 20-25 slices or 3/4 cup crumbled tomatoes
  • 1 cup Chicken Broth
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 green onion (sliced)
  • 1 table spoon Olive oil
  • Red Chili Pepper Flakes to taste

    Add everything except the Olive oil to a sauce pan, all at once. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and let stand for a couple minutes. Pour into warm soup bowl and spoon the Extra Virgin Olive oil over the soup and serve. (serves one. For more just multiply it times the number of people being served.)

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    Vegetable Beef Soup

  • 1 lb beef soup bones (Neck or cross-cut shank bones)
  • 12 cups water
  • 1 onion (large, quartered)...Don't use instant
  • 2 lb peeled whole cooking tomatoes (2 large cans)
  • 1/4 lb fresh green beans
  • 2 small carrots
  • 1/2 lb unshelled green peas
  • 1 ear fresh corn
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 4-5 Tbsp dried basil (or 1/2 chopped fresh basil)
  • 1-2 Tbsp dried oregano (or 2-4 Tbsp fresh oregano)
  • 1 Tbsp dried thyme (or 2 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

    (1) In a large heavy pot, bring 12 cups of water to boil.
    (2) Add beef bones, cover and bring back to full boil.
    (3) Reduce heat to low simmer. Skim occasionally during first 30 minutes to remove scum. Cook for 3-4 hours until meat is tender and nearly falls off of bones.
    (4) Remove bones from broth. Remove all meat and marrow from bones and return to the pot.
    (5) Add tomatoes (including juice) onion, and herbs. Simmer for 20 minutes.
    (6) Remove tomatoes, break up into quarters or smaller, and return to the pot. Continue to simmer during next step.
    (7) Clean green beans and break into pieces. Clean carrots and slice into thin slices. Slice kernels from ear of corn. Shell peas. Add vegetables to pot. Simmer for 30 minutes.
    (8) Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.

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