Comments on: Super Simple Soup

By: Elana

Elana — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:01:59 +0000

Roasted beets in salad are awesome, but when you roast any root veg before pureeing it for soup, it just makes the flavour fantastic. Canned beets? Ewwwww. Heh.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:29:33 +0000

Haha, Ali.

I used canned beets and the juice from the can along with the stock. No Name Brand. Cheap-ola and still great, although, I do agree that roasted beets rock. I would use those in a salad with goat cheese and arugula or something. Oh, lord, now I want to eat that.

By: Elana

Elana — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:48:44 +0000

Beets do not taste like sand. Roast them in the oven first before adding them to a soup and pureeing, and they are quite delicious.

By: Allahkat

Allahkat — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:07:31 +0000

I said it on your site, and I’ll say it here: beets taste like sand.

By: Elana

Elana — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:40:31 +0000

Campbells stock is pretty good, but I tend to use Luda’s powdered. They make a chicken and beef stock powder and it’s unsalted. I like it because it takes up less space in the cupboard. Good flavour. I’m a cook by profession, and I like to make stock but have no where to store it since I don’t have a freezer. There are some good tetra pack stocks too that you can get at Whole Foods, and I think that Loblaws even carries them. I can’t remember the brand, but they do a veg stock, and a no meat chicken flavour stock. Really good base for soups or sauces.

By: estrojenn

estrojenn — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:53:58 +0000

mmmmmmm i have a huge cauliflower sitting on my counter that is screaming “make soup out of me”.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:03:18 +0000

Well, normally I don’t get to do any cooking during the week, at least for supper, as I am at work afternoon/evening, so soup is just the thing for lunch. Work’s being re-tooled as I type, so perhaps I will have more time in the near future!!

By: TheWomanMonster

TheWomanMonster — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:15:45 +0000

Mmm tasty.
I love cooking - it’s a little tricky when my husband is away and it’s just me though.

By: coldclimate

coldclimate — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:25:21 +0000

try super green soup! any fresh green veg, and a squeeze of lime juice. m must be healthy, its green!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:02:54 +0000

Ah hahaaa! I made borscht and it was - dare I say - magnificent! Best soup of the bunch thus far! (At least in MY opinion.)

Thanks, Toser, but I guess I managed on my own!