Recipe Thursday - The Great Soup Recipe Hunt

 Soup, soup, soup. I can't get enough terrific soup recipes.  Almost every week for the past few months I have been making a pot of soup for my dad using the freshest ingredients.  My dad eats soup at least once a day and his kidney doctor told him he's not allowed to eat anymore canned soup.  Too much sodium.  In September, my dad was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of the blood.  By the time he was diagnosed, his kidneys were seriously comprimised.  He also has additional health issues that will benefit from comsuming less sodium.

Now that dad is feeling somewhat better, I thought it would be fun to present both of them with a binder of pre-tested soup recipes from family and friends. 

  

Soup Tips:

• Add fresh herbs just prior to serving.
• When you freeze a soup with potato, the texture of the potato will become mushy.  Long potatoes, which are great for mashing, will break down somewhat in soup, whereas smaller, round potatoes, which are great for boiling, will tend to retain their shape.  Check the Ontario Foodland site for additional potato hints. 
• If you are purchasing pre-made brooth, carefully read the label.  New 'no-sodium added' brooths, are available, though some have much more sodium than others.  Most that I have checked contain gluten. 
• A stick type or immersion blender is a safe way to puree vegetables, if you use a blender, only put one cup of hot ingredients in the blender container at a time and secure the lid before starting the machine.
•  If your recipe calls for added salt, don't add the salt.  Let each diner taste their bowl of soup and let them add salt at that time if required.

  

Below are links to some of the soup recipes I have posted on my blog:
Caribbean Pepper Pot Soup
Mediterranean Beef Barley Stew (it becomes soup if you put in less barley)
Leek and Potato Soup

  

Do you have a soup recipe that you love.  Enter it below in Mr. Linky. For name, put the name of the soup, followed by your name: ie: Potato and Leek, Heather.  It doesn't have to be a recent post.  If you don't generally put recipes on your blog, please send me a private email  at (heatherdpear at hotmail dot com) with the recipe attached.  I'll leave Mr. Linky open for at least two weeks.  Be sure to leave a comment as I will be printing those out and passing them along to my parents.

I will be printing out all the recipes and putting them in a binder for easy usage.  In case you are wondering, the only ingredient that dad doesn't like is red and green peppers. Thank-you for your help with this project.