7 very nice soup Recipes

jumbo yellow onions, peeled, halved and sliced into thin wedges, butter, softened, olive oil, flour, beef broth, dry sherry or 2 -3 tbsp cognac, optional but very nice, salt , as needed, thick slices crusty french bread, loosely packed shredded gruyere cheese

easy country pork chops, very nice pork chops, brown in a small amount of oil and drain ., mix together, catsup, worcestershire sauce, onion, green pepper, cream of mushroon soup

beef stew meat , cut into 1-inch pieces, all-purpose flour -or enough flour in a bowl for dredging the meat you have, cream of mushroom soup plus enough water to cover meat and vegetables, emeril la gasse s basic seasoning-deepens the color and flavor, salt, pack knorr au jus mix-really gives a good, rich flavor to the roux mixture mixed with the beef juices, extra virgin olive oil, frozen carrot slices-no need to thaw-they will cook as the stew simmers, very small zucchini, sliced with a mandoline, uniformly sized red potatoes-using a mandolin to get nice thin slices, grape tomatoes-added the last hour of cooking-use tomatoes that are not mushy but slightly firm, pearl onions-parboiled and peeled (i would use frozen if i had to do again because peeling these are very time consuming!)

milk, butter, pretzels (butter-flavored are very nice in this dish, but plain are fine)

chicken carcass or you could use a turkey carcass, along with all the left over meat, bones and trimmings., use whole chicken. i like to use the left overs from a rotisserie chicken, aromatics: *2 cups chopped celery, chopped onion, minced garlic ., herbs and seasonings, nice size bay leaves, ground or rubbed sage, or 2 tbsp fresh chopped, ground pepper , or peppercorns, crushed dried or 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme, dried crushed basil or 1 tbsp chopped fresh, curshed oregano, chopped dried rosemary or 1 tsp fresh ., stock pot or other very large pan ., enough water to fill stock pot. can use chicken or turkey broth to increase intensity of flavor, ingredients : for creamy broth, chicken broth, cornstarch or flour...or...2 envelopes of chicken or turkey gravy mix dissolved in 1 1/2 cups broth, not hot broth. or 1 can cream of chicken soup., this is now your broth for the soup., taste of broth and adjust seasonings., add vegetables to the soup, potato per person eating plus 2 for the pot, carrot per person and 1 for the pot., use baby carrots instead of peeling and slicing ones., stalks celery cut into bite size pieces, any other veggies your family likes .