I bought my wife a blender for Christmas,has anyone out there got any good home made soup recipes?

ie. carrot and corriander, winter veg etc.I bought my wife a blender for Christmas,has anyone out there got any good home made soup recipes?
Carrot and Coriander Soup











Serves 5





Preperation Time 20 Minutes





Contents


Green Vegetables





Ingredients


650 gms of carrots


2 bay leaves


1 medium sized onion


1 tspn of peppercorn


6-8 cloves of garlic


1200 mls of water


1 packed cup of green coriander


陆 tspn of white pepper powder


2 tblspns of butter


Salt to taste








Recipe


Wash, peel and roughly chop carrots. Peel and chop onion and garlic. Wash and finely chop fresh coriander leaves and reserve the stems.





Heat butter in a pan, add bay leaves, peppercorns, onions and garlic and fry for two minutes. Add carrots, coriander stems and water and bring to a boil. When carrots are completely cooked, remove them and put in a blender to make a fine puree.





Reduce the stock slightly by boiling and strain. Take the puree in a pan and add strained stock to reach the desired consistency. Bring to a boil again. Add white pepper powder dissolved in a little water. Add salt to taste. Stir in finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.





Serve piping hot.I bought my wife a blender for Christmas,has anyone out there got any good home made soup recipes?
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Here's a couple of soup recipes I really like. Neither require the blender though.





http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula鈥?/a>





http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeri鈥?/a>
Pea soup is great using a blender to smooth it all


Instructions


large soup pot


3 tbsp oil to fry onion


one texas onion chopped


3 carrots sliced


2 celery stalks chopped


2 potatoes peeled and chopped


2-3 cups dry split peas


12 or more cups water


12 tsp chicken soup base Add powdered base by tsp for the number of cups of water used in the soup, but taste when doing this- do not want too salty


1/4 tsp pepper


3-4 cloves fresh garlic


other spices if desired --hot sauce, coriander, basil, etc.


Place all in pot and bring to boil , then simmer for 1 1/2 hrs. until all veggies are softened .


Cool slightly and blend to puree soup.
tell me u didn't buy ur wife a blender for xmas...as for the soup i made a vegetable soup that was to die for it was Wolfgang's recipe where u roast the veg's First then simmer simmer simmer...i'm sure you can find his recipe online...really it was the best veg soup i'd ever had
wow bet she was excited .......lol





hows about milk shakes honey we use ours for one we really like we put two bananas in and milk and rum and turn the switch its great try it ..





hey and get her something more exciting next time honey eh !!!lol
if my hubby had bought me a blender 4 xmas i would blend his head lol mine got me a gorgeous gold neclaceand lots of other things.
a blender for x-mas?.i'd sleep with one eye open u might find your jewels in the blelnder

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