Soup maker - I love it!

Curvygran- for curried parsnip soup I use 1 onion, 3 or 4 parsnips, a teaspoon of curry powder, water and milk. The soup maker is a bit harder to clean having added milk but still only takes 1 or 2 mins and makes the soup thicker and creamier.

I have a good liquidiser and a stick blender and a pressure cooker and have been making soups forever, then a few months ago I impulse bought a tefal soup maker, for those days when I know I might not feel in the mood for `good` food for my last meal at 5. So I load it with veg eg half a butternut squash, a long red pepper, a bit of celery, ginger, lentils, stock and water and I do that in the morning while I have the oomph to be bothered cooking. I switch it on at 4.30 and by 5 I am eating a big bowlful of beautiful smooth soup with enough left for two more days

My soup maker, it has to be one of my best-ever buys

I had a Morphy Richards one and the electronics died, got my money back from Amazon and went back to the pressure cooker and stick blender. I can make enough in there for a couple of days. I found the soup maker portions a bit small for us.

Elegran that sounds absolutely delicious ! I think I’m going to have a lovely time experimenting, I haven’t had a new kitchen gadget for absolutely ages ........although
We had to replace our 15 year old Krups sandwich/ panini toaster last week as the heating element burnt out.

Ah yes. Good bread and butter. The perfect accompaniment to any soup!

curvygran I found a lot of good recipes using a Morphy-Richards soupmaker on scottishmum.com/soup-maker-recipes/ They could probably translate for other makes. not all of them are wonderful, though. Don't bother with the picked onion and celery one - it was horrible.

One that I made up as I went along was good, and looks very bright and warming - could be a good Christmas soup, too. Ingredients are a tin of tomatoes, a shrink-wrapped pack of cooked beetroot, (roughly chopped and don't waste the juice,) a chopped onion and two chopped cloves of garlic, plus salt and pepper, a veggie stock cube or powder, and hot water up to the maximum line. Cook on "smooth" and serve with cubed feta cheese and good bread and butter. Freezes well (without the feta).

Curvygran - I have a Tefal Easy Soup maker and it's my favourite kitchen gadget. I use it approx twice a week, just bung in a selection of veggies lentils, ham or chicken then top up with stock. Go off and do something else for 25 mins and return to four helpings of delicious soup.
Love it!

MOnica- do you use curry powder or paste?

I make curried parsnip soup and butternut squash, curry and coconut soup, plus umpteen others. I get soup recipes from the internet, magazines and newspapers, and recipe books, including the one that came with the soup-maker.

You are all tempting me now! I use a big saucepan and stick blender. Often my soups don't look very nice, sort of a green or brown sludge, and a similar consistency. Maybe I need more liquid.

I’ve taken the plunge and bought one ! I’d love to make curried parsnip soup, can anyone tell me if you use curry powder( which normally has to be fried) or curry paste? If so, how much and does it make much of a mess in the machine? Turmeric in particular is very staining .
Also, although there is a recipe book with the machine, any recommendations for other books ?

Another soup maker fan here. Mine is Morphy Richard's. Our favourites are carrot and lentil and curried parsnip. This is one gadget I wouldn't be without.

We love our soup maker too. It's very easy to use, makes delicious healthy soup and we use it once a week.

I love my soup maker, it really seems to be so much easier than using a saucepan and a stick blender. For a start it does the whole process in one go, cooking and processing, so once all the veg and stock are in and it's turned on, you can just walk away and wait for the beeps 21 minutes later. And the bonus is less washing up - instead of a pan and a stick blender, you have just one thing to wash, the soup maker itself. Wouldn't be without it!

I love mine as well op. So easy. I don’t know about the tefal curvygran but I have a Murphy Richards - was pretty cheap and I am really pleased with it.

Thanks for info

Ann sprinkling cheese is a good idea

NandG curry soup would be great for my DH as he is not really bothered about soup, but loves spicy food.

Felice blue cheese and onion sounds lovely.

Just red lentils to fathom out now

To me part of the pleasure in home made soup is the prep. I find it really satisfying with lovely soup at the end.
DD says she could always tell when I was in a bad mood as I made soup. Always puts me in a better frame of mind.
DGS made his first soup on Wednesday, for Papa coming home from work, delicious.
I made Blue Cheese and Onion soup as an alternative for Burns night, a Mary Berry recipe and very popular.

I love my soup maker. I make a LOT of Leek and Potato soup - a big favourite here.

I have three quarters of a bag of baby spinach leaves lurking in my fridge. I am loathe to just chuck it out, but don't really use spinach. It was bought for a specific recipe but I didn't need very much of it.

Has anyone got any soup recipes or ideas that I could use the spinach in?

I am making curried cauliflower soup actually today Cherrytree . Its a simple one ( and Im not accurate on amounts here I just add as I feel like lol) , 150gms ish of frozen cauliflower, 1 x medium potato , veggie stock cube ( made to top up to the max level once everything is in the soup maker, garlic, a little onion if I have it and curry powder to taste.

20 mins later - perfect soup. AND if you happen to be doing a SW diet- syn free :-)

Oh good thread. I’m also tempted to buy one. Dh loves soup, has a can for lunch two or three times a week, this would a lot healthier, I don’t mind it, but seem to need lots of bread with it oops !

Has anyone used an Instant Pot for soup? I don't make soup but was considering an Instant Pot and wondered if I could attempt soup if I had one?

Cherrytree
Those are among my favourites for the soup maker.
I do not cook the Stilton in the soup, just crumble some in over the top and it melts in.
If freezing, once again add when the soup is heated up, it’s delicious

Has anyone got the Tefal Easy Soup maker? It doesn't look too big and makes enough for 4.
Seriously thinking of getting one after reading this thread!

I have bought a soup maker and would like some inspiration please.

I have made on a couple occasions leek and potato soup.

Also a quick chuck in the pan using a bag of ready chopped veg.

I know I can Google but
I would be very interested in tried and tested soup methods.

I have bought some red lentils, so suggestions on a lentil soup.

A friend said she breaks up spaghetti and adds to chunky soup.
Atm I have only made smooth soups

Also has any GNer made cauliflower or broccoli soup with stilton?

Not the frozen ones, kitty I've been trying to cut down on bread.

Not really working though.