What's Your Favorite Soup Recipe?

[NoGMO!]

there are so many soup recipes... can you recommend any favorites? I will definitely have to try the recently posted Pineapple-Cucumber Gazpacho one next!

ps... simple is best! :)

also... specifically looking for a great tomato soup. thanks.

[exurb]

one favorite is corn chowder, I just put a bunch of corn in the cuisinart or blender, then strain out the remaining chunkies if company is coming or leave them in if it's just me. Then I add a little hot peppers, sweet red peppers, whole fresh corn kernels, green onions, cilantro, pink peppercorns ground, paprika, etc. celtic salt and pepper. you can add a little finely chopped tomato too if you want, or whatever else you like.

for tomato soup, there's a decent one in Charlie Trotter and Roxanne Klein's book "Raw," made with heirloom tomatoes and arbequina olives. it's basically heirloom tomatoes, jalapeno, cucumber, sherry vinegar, and garnished with baby fennel, olives, tomato, olive brine, etc. If you're after a cream of tomato I've seen them where they make a cream of pine nuts or macadamias and blend that with the soup, blending in some sundried tomatoes with the tomatoes to give it a richer taste.

Actually that book "Raw" has a really nice section on soups, if you want to get it out of the library or ask Santa or something.

[joy]

My favorite simple soup:

Combine in a blender (ideal!) or food processor until nearly smooth:
-1 clove garlic
-1/2 jalapeno pepper (optional)
-1 rib celery
-juice of one lemon or lime
-1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil (optional)
-sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Add, and pulse to combine:
-2-3 ripe tomatoes
-1/2 a red or white onion, roughly chopped
The texture will be chunky. Stir in:
-kernels cut from one cob of corn
Serve topped with fresh cilantro and corn kernels.

Very lovely and fresh tasting! For a more "cooked" flavor, add 5 or so sundried tomatoes with the first round of ingredients.

[Punky]

Well I don't know if it's my favorite, but I really enjoy Alissa's Broccoli Soup
on page 355 (this is what I am eating for lunch as I type).
It only took my 5 min. to whip up (I already had soaked almonds in the fridge
and cut up broccoli). If you like broccoli than you should try it.
It is very creamy and rich.

In the summer I LOVE her Easy Cucumber Soup on p.359

[tracyinfo]

I have two favorite soups.

One is cauliflower soup: a head of cauliflower, avocado, water, 1 lemon, salt/pepper.

Second is carrot soup: juiced carrots(about a dozen), avocado, salt/pepper, a little ginger(juiced with carrots).

Both of above - my kids love!

Blessings.

[SamuelWilson]

If you like tomato soups, then you would like the watermelon tomato gazpacho, however, I have renamed it to the "Raw Soup with a never ending list of ingredients". Actually, it is not that many, but the name of the soup sounds simple. You would think it would just be watermelon and tomato, but it has other spices added.

My favorite soup is the world famous "Samuel Wilson's Avocado Chutney Soup". I like to call it "Avocado Corn Gazpacho". My secret ingredient is habanero peppers (not recommended for anyone under the age of 18). You just make the avocado chutney per Alissa's recipe and then you take 1/3 of the completed recipe and puree it adding a little spring water if necessary until is a smooth liquid. You then add the other 2/3 of the avocado chutney and stir to mix. There you have it, "Avocado Corn Gazpacho".

[NoGMO!]

nice replies! thanks... btw, I've never combined tomatoes with watermelon before - neat! Samuel, can you tell me if you juice them first? - I'll use my imagination from there... (well- when watermelon is back in season that is :p )

and tracy info, cauliflower with avocado - I've not tried that combo before...

well it all sounds great -

thanks for the refreshing new ideas - this thread is a gem, I'll print it and take it to the market for next week's dinner and lunch. :)

[SamuelWilson]

The "Watermelon Tomato Gazpacho" calls for 3 cups of pureed watermelon with 1 cup of diced watermelon.

The habanero peppers are my new favorite. I liked them before, but just left them alone for a while. Now I am using them again. A habanero will put a jalapeno to shame. Guaranteed to require a kidney transplant if you eat enough of them :)

[Autumn]

<<My favorite soup is the world famous "Samuel Wilson's Avocado Chutney Soup". >>

Hahaha! :D

[Guydiane]

This is my favorite soup
Raw Sweet Potato Pear Soup
1 Medium Sweet Potato (with hull)
1 Pear
1/2 Banana
1/4 Teas. Cinnamon
1 Cup Rice Milk or other Non-Dairy Milk (Not Soy)
1 Cup water distilled Water
Blend 3-4 minutes in Vita Mix machine for smoothness. Serve hot. Garnish with a dash of cinnamon.

[RawTruth]

1 Cup Rice Milk or other Non-Dairy Milk (Not Soy)
. . .
Serve hot.. . . Huh????

[ReneeSC]

The only soup I've eaten raw - yet - is raw nori sheets torn into small pieces ..mixed with some green onion, miso, and warm water.

Oh.. how good.

I dreamed last night of how to make a V-8 type ( but better ) soup or cold drink.. because my husband just loved V-8 with lots of pepper in it. I taught him how. Now I have to teach him how to love the other.

If I ever get that recipe down ( and I think Alissa has something sort of similar in her book ).. I'll write it down here. Yeah.. and I'll actually have measurements! You'll be so proud!

Watermelon soup looks absolutely grotesque to me. But, I keep visualizing it. Maybe it's time to make some and see why my mind keeps gravitating to it... but.. it's a melon..and aren't we supposed to only eat melons mono?

[ReneeSC]

The "Watermelon Tomato Gazpacho" calls for 3 cups of pureed watermelon with 1 cup of diced watermelon.

The habanero peppers are my new favorite. I liked them before, but just left them alone for a while. Now I am using them again. A habanero will put a jalapeno to shame. Guaranteed to require a kidney transplant if you eat enough of them :)


Hmm.. medical advice, eh? LOL ( j/k ).

I just put in a heaping teaspoon of 90,000 BTU cayenne in my lemon water.
I've found my winter fire!

BTW: my comments on the watermelon: had nothing to do with your recipe, Samuel; it was some other that I saw. I'm still trying to think of how a cold..and yet water/sweet watermelon soup would taste like. I dunno why I'm fretting over it.. ya know? I mean.. I can smoothy like the next person.. it's just the same.. isn't it?

[Autumn]

Well I don't know if it's my favorite, but I really enjoy Alissa's Broccoli Soup
on page 355 (this is what I am eating for lunch as I type).
It only took my 5 min. to whip up (I already had soaked almonds in the fridge
and cut up broccoli). If you like broccoli than you should try it.
It is very creamy and rich.

In the summer I LOVE her Easy Cucumber Soup on p.359

I love these two as well, and also butternut squash soup, and simple tomato soup.

[SamuelWilson]

ReneeSC, I understand what your saying about the watermelon being an ingredient in a soup. However, you must work on trying to migrate away from the thinking of SAD foodist. A watermelon is a fruit and a tomato is a fruit. Just think of it as a raw fruit soup. I like it because it is a fruitarian soup.

[ReneeSC]

ReneeSC, I understand what your saying about the watermelon being an ingredient in a soup. However, you must work on trying to migrate away from the thinking of SAD foodist. A watermelon is a fruit and a tomato is a fruit. Just think of it as a raw fruit soup. I like it because it is a fruitarian soup.

How is it I'm in SAD mode when it was HERE that I learned not to mix melons with anything? Prior to that.. I hadn't a clue.

You bring up a good point about the tomatoe, though. I'm currently drinking a fruit smoothy ( kiwi, orange, plum, apple - with protein ).... and I guess you would, instead, just use a spoon.

[SamuelWilson]

ReneeSC, you are not in SAD mode. You are doing fine. The Watermelon Soup is not a traditional style soup. Just keep inquiring and doing what your doing. I want to be encouragement to you, sorry if I seemed to bundle you in with "SAD" people. I only meant well.

[ReneeSC]

S'okay, Samuel. No harm done. I just didn't know fruitarians ( are you one?..working on it??) considered mellon combining a SAD thought process.

YOu're right on the traditionalism of that soup... it's off the chain! I'll probably love it

[RawTruth]

Renee --

I'm sure you know this, but I thought I'd clarify for others' benefit:

Eating melon separately has nothing to do with being a raw fooder. I did this when I still ate cooked food. The difference is in food combining.

If you're trying to eat according to food combining rules, you would be sure to eat melon before and separately from any other foods whether they're fruit or not.

If you're not following food combining rules, eat it whenever and with whatever you choose!!

Easy peasy!

[ReneeSC]

I like Easy Peasy! It's taken too much thought to food combine with me right now.

I had an idea of food combining before - but it was the SAD version of it.. I dunno.. sometimes I get a bit confused about it all, ya know?

I'm just gonna eat until my body doesn't like something!

thank you both!

Watermelon.. here we come!

[RawTruth]

Food combining isn't actually hard -- it's just a few very basic concepts. I think it's just the charts that are often used that make it seem so difficult.

I feel al little sheepish to admit I learned a bunch about it from Suzanne Somers' books, then consulted older, more complete books on it from the 1970's and 1980's -- though it goes back much earlier. My friend was into food combining because it was the one way she could lose lots of weight. I did it to be supportive of her and because I was dealing with digestive problems that I thought it would help.

Anyway -- what you're doing is obviously working. How cool is that! I agree - just keep doing it!!

And -- not to start a drawn-out discussion, but fruitarians -- at least those in the Doug Graham mold -- wouldn't combine the two fruits anyway. The optimum way of eating would be to eat one food at a time -- and in the original whole state.

Here's to great winter-time soups (glass raised)!

[SamuelWilson]

I lean towards fruitarianism, but I have accepted many root vegetables and leave vegetables into my diet as well. I am still undecided and I may remain undecided on the fruitarian issue. There was a period of time when I was a strict fruitarian and I only consumed fruits.