Spiced Tortilla Soup

soup Spiced Tortilla Soup - This fix it fast recipe for tortiila soup has the added heartiness of chicken breast, and the added spice of green chili sauce. Cooked very quickly, stove top, it is served hot over tortillas, with some shredded cheddar cheese to top it off! This spiced tortilla soup recipe is a Must Try, if you like hot!

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Servings: 4
Main Ingredient: Chicken, Tortilla
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Spiced Tortilla Soup

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast
2 Tbsps. oil
1 can condensed nacho cheese soup
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 soup can milk
2 small cans green chile enchilada sauce
Tortilla chips
Shredded cheddar cheese

Directions to make Spiced Tortilla Soup

Step 1:

Cut chicken breast into bite size pieces and brown in the oil. Add condensed soups, milk, and enchilada sauce. Heat through.

Step 2:

Put a small handful of tortilla chips in each serving bowl. Fill with hot chicken tortilla soup mixture. Top with a generous sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese.

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Creamy Beef Pasta Soup

bf_strg Creamy Beef Pasta Soup - This succulently creamy beef soup recipe, uses egg noodles for the pasta, ang gets it creamy broth from thick sour cream, ad beef gravy. A quick and easy beef pasta soup that is easily a meal on its own!

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Servings: 4
Main Ingredient: Ground Beef< pasta
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Creamy Beef Pasta Soup

2 cups water
3 oz. (1 3/4 cups) uncooked medium egg noodles
1 lb. lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon garlic-pepper blend
1 (12-oz.) jar beef gravy
1 (2.5-oz.) jar Green Giant® Sliced Mushrooms, drained
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions to make Creamy Beef Pasta Soup

Step 1:

Bring water to a boil in medium saucepan. Add noodles; cook 6 to 8 minutes or until tender. Do not drain.

Step 2:

Meanwhile, in medium skillet, cook ground beef and garlic-pepper blend over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes or until beef is browned and thoroughly cooked. Drain.

Step 3:

To noodles in saucepan, add cooked ground beef, gravy, mushrooms and sour cream; cook until thoroughly heated. If desired, sprinkle individual servings with chopped fresh parsley.

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Meat and Vegetable Clam Chowder

soup1 Meat and Vegetable Clam Chowder - If you have been looking for a seafood soup recipe thats a meal look no further, this mouth watering, meaty, vegetable clam chowder is it! An abundance of chunky vegetables were also added to the mix, creating a very well balanced, quick and easy meal.

Prep Time: 5-10 mins
Cook Time: 15-20 mins
Servings: 6
Main Ingredient: Clams, Meat, Vegetables
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Meat and Vegetable Clam Chowder

1/4 pound thick cut bacon
1/2 large onion
1 stalk celery
1/2 green bell pepper
2 cloves garlic
1/4 pound chorizo sausage
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup white wine
1 large Idaho potato
2 cups clam juice
1 can (10 oz size) whole clams in juices
1 can (24 oz size) diced tomatoes
1 cup fish orchicken stock

Directions to make Meat and Vegetable Clam Chowder

Step 1:Preheat soup pot over medium high heat. Cut bacon cross wise into 1/2-inch pieces. Add bacon to hot pot and sauté for about 5 minutes to render fat.
Step 2:Meanwhile, dice onion, celery, and green pepper. Mince garlic. Remove bacon from pot and set aside for later. Add onion, celery and pepper to bacon fat. Reduce heat to medium and sweat onions and celery for about five minutes until softened. Add garlic and chorizo and sweat for another 2 minutes. Add flour and sauté for 1 minute. Add white wine and bring to a boil and reduce by half.
Step 3:Peel potato and dice into 1/2-inch cubes. Add clams with their juices, clam juice, tomatoes with their juices and stock. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil. Add potatoes and boil for about 5-6 minutes until cooked through. Bring soup to a simmer. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Serve garnish with reserved bacon pieces.

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Quick Cheesy Bacon Soup

soup Quick Cheesy Bacon Soup - This quick, creamy, bacon cheese soup recipe is fabulously flavorful, and also a microwave recipe. Wholesome cheddar cheese, cooked crunchy bacon, and chopped fresh veggies are combined, in this country style soup, that proves once again, soup can be a meal! A quick and easy bacon recipe that is scrumptious.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20-30 mins
Main Ingredient: Bacon, Cheese, Vegetables
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Quick Cheesy Bacon Soup

6 sl Bacon; chopped
1/2 c Celery; finely chopped
1/2 c Carrot; finely chopped
1/2 c Onion; finely chopped
1/2 c Green pepper; finely chopped
1/3 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
2 c Half-and-half
1 c Milk
1 cn Clear chicken broth; 14 oz
2 c Cheddar cheese; shredded

Directions to make Quick Cheesy Bacon Soup

Step 1:In large mixing bowl,combine all ingredients, mix well.
Step 2:Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, reserving drippings in casserole; set bacon aside. Add vegetables to drippings; microwave at HIGH 6 to 8 minutes or until tender.
Step 3:Blend in lfour, salt, and pepper; stir well. Gradually stir in half-and-half, milk, and chicken broth. Cover and microwave at HIGH 7 to 11 minutes or until thickened and bubbly, stirring at 2 minute intervals.
Step 4:Add cheese, stirring until melted. Cover and microwave at MEDIUM 2 minutes. Top each serving with bacon..

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Stove Top Vegetable Barley Soup

vegsoup Stove Top Vegetable Barley Soup - This succulent, savory, yet simple soup recipe is not only hearty, it is healthy. So easy, it’s a simple combination of colorful garden veggies, tender barley, in a vegetable broth with the slightest amount of fragrant garlic. Everyone will thank you for this phenomenal soup, by going back for seconds and thirds.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 60 mins
Servings: 6
Main Ingredient: Vegetables
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Stove Top Vegetable Barley Soup

1/2 c Chopped onions
1/2 c Chopped carrots
1/2 c Thinly sliced celery
3 c Sliced fresh mushrooms
5 c Water
1/2 c Barley
4 ts Vegtable broth powder
1/8 ts Garlic powder

Directions to make Stove Top Vegetable Barley Soup

Step 1:Put vegtables in a large soup pot with a little water and cook for 5 min stirring frequently. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Cover & reduce heat to low & simmer 1 hour.

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Chilly Tomato Bisque Soup

bsq Chilly Tomato Bisque Soup - This exceptional tomato bisque recipe, is super quick and easy, and super delicious. A scrumptious blend of the winning combination of tomato and basil, made creamy with the addition of yogurt. Just pop it in the blender, then let it “chill”, and you are good to go. A great healthy recipe for diabetics.

Prep Time: 5-10 mins
Main Ingredient: Vegetable Juice, Tomato
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Chilly Tomato Bisque Soup

1 1/2 cups vegetable juice cocktail
1 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 Tomatoes

Directions to make Chilly Tomato Bisque Soup

Step 1:In a blender container, combine vegetable juice cocktail, yogurt, 4 tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper. Cover and blend at medium speed until smooth. Cover and refrigerate several hours to blend flavours

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Italian Seafood Soup

italian_seafood_soup  Italian Seafood Soup - This delicious seafood soup recipe, is another less than thirty minute meal, and one that you will be making often. Loaded with three different meats, colorful garden veggies, flavored with the scrumptious garlic and onion, and the unique Jarlsberg cheese. Now thats a meal just as it is!

Prep Time: 10-15 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Main Ingredient: Lobster, Shrimp, Vegetables
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Italian Seafood Soup

1/2 lb Sweet, Mild Italian Sausage, thinly sliced
2 tb Olive Oil
1 lg Onion, Chopped
1 md Green Bell Pepper, Coarsely chopped
1 lg Clove Garlic; Minced
32 oz Beef Broth, 2 16-oz Cans
28 oz Tomatoes, Chopped, Undrained
8 oz Tomato Sauce, 1 can
1/2 c Dry Red Wine
1 lb Medium Shrimp; Deveined And Shelled
1 1/2 c Zucchini, Sliced
1 c Carrots, Sliced
3/4 c Celery, Diagonally Sliced
2 md Lobster Tails; Cooked,Shelled, And Sliced Into -1/2-Inch Pieces
1 1/2 c Fusilli Pasta; Cooked And Drained
1/4 c Fresh Parsley,,Chopped
1/2 ts Dried Basil, Crushed
12 oz Jarlsberg Cheese,Shredded

Directions to make Italian Seafood Soup

Step 1:In a large saucepan, brown the sausage in the oil. Add the onion, Green Pepper, and garlic. Cook and stir until the onion is transparent.
Step 2:Add the beef broth, tomatoes with the juice, tomato sauce, wine, shrimp, zucchini, carrots and celery. Simmer until the vegetables are tender and the shrimp is cooked, about 10 minutes. Add the lobster, pasta, parsley, basil, cooking until heated through.
Step 3:TO SERVE: Spoon the soup into 8 individual ovenproof crocks. Evenly top each with the cheese. Broil, 4 to 5-inches from the heat source, until the cheese is melted and lightly browned.

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Simple Stove Top Soup

simple_stove_top_soup Simple Stove Top Soup - A unique, savory, pasta soup recipe is not only easy, it is speedy! But don’t let that fool you, its tastes like something that had you slaving over it all day. Fresh veggies, combined with an irresistable medley of spices and pasta, make this soup the Best pasta recipes we have! 

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20-25 mins
Servings: 4-6
Main Ingredient: Squash, Pasta
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Simple Stove Top Soup

8 oz Acine di Pepe OR Small Shells, uncooked
2 md Acorn squash, about 1 1/2 lb each, split, peeled, seeded, and quartered
2 tb Margarine
1 lg Onion, chopped
3/4 ts Ground mace or nutmeg
1/2 ts Ground ginger
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 c Grated carrot
1 1/2 ts Brown sugar
3 cn Low-sodium Vegetable broth, 13oz.

TOPPING
1 c Non-fat sour cream
1 tb Sugar

Directions to make Simple Stove Top Soup

Step 1:Cook squash in one inch of water in covered saucepan for 15 minutes, or until tender. Cool. Scrape out pulp and put back in pot. Add margarine, onion, carrots, sugar, mace, ginger and cinnamon. Cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cook until vegetables are tender.
Step 2:Add 3 cups of the broth and puree all in a blender or food processor. Return to the pot and add remaining three cups of broth, bring to a boil and add pasta. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, or until pasta is done.
Step 3:Before serving, blend sour cream and sugar in a separate bowl. Put dollop on top of each bowl of soup. Serve hot.

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Chunky Vegetable Soup

ve_soup Chunky Vegetable Soup - One of the greatest things about vegetable soup is you can eat it almost any time of day, once it is made. Generally it even tastes better the next day! Interested in switching it up a bit? Try sprinkling on some freash, grated parmesan cheese.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Main Ingredient: Assorted Vegetables
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Chunky Vegetable Soup

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 pound leeks,white only,cut into long,thin strips
1 small onion,chopped
1/2 carrot,chopped
4 garlic cloves,chopped
1/3 pound savoy cabbage,or a mixture seasonal cooking greens,thinly sliced or shredded
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
3 ripe tomatoes,chopped
1 teaspoon red harissa paste
6 1/3 cups vegetable broth,approximately
15 ounces canned borlotti beans,drained or substitute pinto or a red bean

*ADDITIONS*
2/3 cup plain yogurt
1/2 lemon,for the juice
1 pinch paprika,for color
salt and black pepper,to taste

Directions to make Chunky Vegetable Soup

Step 1:Heat olive oil in a large skillet and saute the leeks and onion for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add carrot and garlic. Cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the greens, coriander and tomatoes, cover and cook for 2 minutes
Step 2:. Stir in the red harissa paste (see variation), broth and beans. Cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the greens are tender.
Step 3:Combine yogurt and lemon juice. Remove the soup from the heat and stir in the yogurt mixture. Season to taste. Serve immediately in large shallow bowls, sprinkled with paprika.
Step 5:**VARIATIONS. *Lowfat: use less or no oil to soften the onions. Switch to a lowfat plain yogurt then reduce the lemon juice to taste. *Use parsnip, sweet potato, or pumpkin squash instead of carrot. *TESTED with red kidney beans and spinach, we used a Herbed Harissa instead of the red; mixed it with the yogurt and added at table.
Step 6:**TIP: If you make extra soup, do not add yogurt to the reserve. Yogurt should not be heated, only warmed by the soup.
Step 7:**Harissa is a chili pepper sauce with many variations.

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