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(More customer reviews)I am a big fan of soups, even year-round in spite of living in Texas. I never understood saving soups for winter but eating all other hot meals, and drinking coffee, year round. I have the air conditioner on, grow fresh summer veggies, so I love this kind of comfort food all year!
I am a lover of good food but being able to love good food that makes my waistband smaller is even better.
I would estimate the book contains about 400 recipes simply because it's 200 pages and seems to have approximately 2 recipes per page. The recipes are all easy-to-follow with no tricky steps or unusual equiptment needed. The ingredients are all easy-to-locate in the average grocery.
Regardless of what style of soup you wanna slurp, there is a wide-range here. Everything from creamy to broth based to cold soups to hearty stews to fruit soups. It makes it an easy way to sneak in your "five a day" to family members who simply enjoy a good meal. I typically cook a batch on the weekend and enjoy leftovers with half a sandwich, or salad, or just on its own during the week.
Here are some favorites:
Hungarian Goulash (a hearty potato and meat stew, good even without the meat by the way.)
Tex Mex Black Bean Soup
Greenhouse Lentil Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
Dragon Fire Chili
Beef and Beer Vegetable Soup
Swedish Chicken and Dumplings
Cajun Chicken and Rice Gumbo
Yankee Doodle Chicken and Noodle
Cheesy Broccoli and Noodle
Tortilla Sunset Soup
French Onion Soup
You get the idea...
The cold soups are a great start to a dinner party. You can serve what is called, in catering, as "soup shooters". I make the soup ahead of time to make the dinner party easier on me, and serve a good chilled soup in shot glasses that can be slowly sipped alongside a salad. Elegant and very tasty and easy on the cook. This is also great for a brunch gathering on the deck.
Far from labor-intensive, here is an example of the kind of easy instructions I found on the soups:
"Saute onion in margarine. Add broth, water, salt, and pepper. Over medium heat bring mixture to a boil. Add broccoli and garlic powder; lower heat and cook 5 minutes. Add noodles and boil 6-8 minutes. Reduce heat and add cheese and milk. Stir until cheese melts. Serves 6-8"
I give this example because I like that most recipes are summed up in a paragraph for really quick and easy-to-prepare dinners.
Know going in: There are no photographs which, for me personally, isn't a problem but you can decide. Soups are pretty easy to visualize but I also know some cooks want photos in their books and this is without, but it does use the space well for lots of recipes packed into the book. There is all the nutritional information I personally need with calories, fat, and cholesterol...but if you are also looking for sodium info or carbs, for example, it does not list those.
How skinny is it? Many recipes are under 100 calories, but there is a good caloric range. Looks like about an average of 250 calories per serving but you can find many far lighter and a few a little above 300 calories too.
Conclusion: A great way to utilize our garden year round, but also full of some meat and potatoes recipes too. I am all for good, solid, comfort food that makes me skinny and isn't hard to prepare and this is a fave on my diet cookbook shelf because of it.
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