Soup Season

It's that time of year again, break out your big pots and load up on vegetable and chicken broths because it's soup season! Tortellini, Chicken Noodle, Clam Chowder, Minestrone, Tomato and the thousands of other combinations are ready to be tried out in your kitchen. It is said that people have been making soups since 20,000 B.C.! In 1300, Huou, a chef at the court of Kublai Khan (Mongolian Emperor) wrote a collection of recipes (mainly soups) and household advice titled, "The Important Things to Know About Eating and Drinking". It wasn't until 1897 when a chemist, Dr. John T. Dorrance, with Camden's Campbell Soup Company invented condensed canned soup. Today, Cambell's Tomato, Cream of Mushroom, and Chicken Noodle Soup are the three most popular soups in America. Americans consume 2.5 billion bowls of these three soups alone each year. That's a lotta soup! 

I recently made Illinois Prairie corn chowder soup but I cheated a bit and used Frontier Soups in Minutes packaged soup mix. Frontier Soups are prepared using all-natural ingredients with no added salt, preservatives or MSG! I made this soup vegetarian by using Field Day organic vegetable broth that I picked up from Friendly City Food Co-op instead of chicken broth as the recipe calls for. Also I added a bit of spinach for added protein! The recipe is simple:

INGREDIENTS

5 cups of Organic Vegetable Broth

1 cup Half and Half

Canned or Fresh Spinach

1 packet of Frontier's Soup in Minutes, Illinois Prairie Corn Chowder

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Boil the broth.
2. Add the Soup Mix Packet and return to a boil for 15 minutes.
3. Add the Half and Half and Spinach and cook on low for 5 minutes.
4. Let it cool slightly and serve to your friends and family!

It's really that easy! Also soups are a great option if you don't have a whole lot of time or money because you can toss a bunch of ingredients from your fridge into a crock pot and you are set! There are a plethora of soup recipes on the internet and many of them will include ingredients that you already have in your fridge. 

What is your favorite soup to make or eat? (Post responses on Facebook or below in the comments) Post the recipe on the blog to share your love of the soup with others!

Happy Eating!

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."

- W.C. Fields

~Ryan