8 terrific soup Recipes

canned tuna, drained, cream of celery soup, cream of mushroom soup, peas, tri-colored pasta, milk (more or less ), shredded cheddar cheese, cracker

potatoes, garlic, minced, onion, red bell pepper, thyme or 1 tbsp fresh, dry onion soup mix (more or less, to your taste ), butter or 4 tbsp margarine, salt and pepper

cannellini beans, olive oil, onion, diced (about 1 cup), carrot, diced (about 1/2 cup), stalks celery, diced (about 1/2 cup), zucchini, diced (about 1/2 lb), garlic clove, minced (about 1 tsp.), chopped fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme, chopped fresh sage or 1/2 tsp dried sage, salt , plus more to taste, fresh ground black pepper , plus more to taste, low sodium chicken or 4 cups vegetable broth, no-salt-added tomatoes , with their juices, baby spinach leaves, chopped (2 cups lightly packed), freshly grated parmesan cheese (optional)

cannellini beans, drained and rinsed , i used navy bean, olive oil, onion, diced , about 1 cup, carrots, diced , about 1/2 cup, stalks celery, diced , about 1/2 cup, zucchini, peeled, diced , about 1 1/2 cups, garlic clove, minced, fresh thyme leave, chopped, substitute 1 tsp dried, fresh sage leaves, chopped, substitute 1/2 tsp dried, salt, fresh ground black pepper, low sodium chicken broth , substitute vegetable broth, diced tomatoes , can, baby spinach leaves , chopped can use chopped kale (2 cups lightly packed), parmesan cheese, freshly grated (optional)

canellini/small white beans 1 can drained & rinsed, olive oil, diced onion (used dried onion powder), diced carrot (2 whole carrots), stalk celery diced , 1/2 cup, diced zucchini, minced garlic (used dried), dried thyme, dried sage, salt or to taste, freshly ground black pepper or to taste, chicken or vegetable broth, diced tomatoes with juice, spinach leaves, chopped (used frozen), grated parmesan cheese (optional), whole red potato diced, whole sweet potato, diced

woodchuck hard apple cider (granny smith flavor), chicken broth, milk, garlic cloves, minced fine, white button mushrooms , cut in half then chopped, celery ribs, cut in medium strips then chopped, onion , diced smallish, jalapeno , gutted and diced small, green onion, diced, broccoli , cut into bite sized pieces (enough that you can fill the pot, but still stir the soup! ), cornstarch, water (or just enough to dissolve corn starch), black pepper (to taste), salt (to taste), aged cheddar cheese, grated fine, smoked gouda cheese, grated fine, smoked provolone cheese, grated fine