5 creamy cheese vegetable soup easy Recipes

dry fusilli or 2 1/2 cups rotini pasta, california-blend frozen vegetables (mixed broccoli, cauliflower and carrots), cream of mushroom soup (or your favourite creamed soup), milk, freshly grated parmesan cheese, mustard (preferably dijon ), cream cheese, softened, salt and black pepper

white button mushrooms, diced, portabella mushroom, diced (baby bellas are good or use a mix of portobello and shitake), butter, scallions, sliced thin, roasted garlic cloves, minced (roast whole bulb of garlic wrapped in foil in 350*f. oven 1 hr), thyme, bay leaf, lemon , juice of, lemon zest, finely grated, salt, fresh ground black pepper, heavy cream, whole milk (or half and half), cream cheese, softened (low fat-neufchatel is good), vegetable stock (or chicken stock), cornstarch , dissolved in 1 tbsp. water, parsley, chopped, to garnish, smoked paprika (optional), dry sherry (optional)

frozen mashed potatoes, whole milk, chicken broth or 1 (14 oz) can vegetable broth, butter, grated cheddar cheese (optional), chopped scallion (optional), cooked crumbled bacon (optional)

fresh ginger, peeled (the size of a walnut), carrots, chopped, vegetable broth, cream cheese (low-fat ), cayenne pepper, salt and pepper, apple, chopped finely (optional)