Eating Soup Gives me Such a Feeling of Wellbeing
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
March 17, 2018 6:15pm CST
I've been making a lot of soup during these cold months. I made another pot last night. It's still simmering in my crockpot. This batch has everything but the kitchen sink in it.
I start almost very soup I make with prepared chicken or beef broth, onions, and garlic. The meat I plan to use determines what else I put in it. The soup in the pot now has celery, carrots, kale, quinoa, oregano, thyme, parsley, sea salt, leftover chicken, henbit (a weed) some dandelion leaves and a can of chopped tomatoes. Most of the kale came from seedlings in my lawn from a plant that reseeded in fall.
I started the soup yesterday and it cooked all night and part of today. We had it for lunch. It felt so good going down on this rainy day. It was tasty, but I also knew I was putting wholesome food in my body. It gave me a feeling of wellbeing.
I'll keep it hot until tonight, and have some more then before putting part in the refrigerator and part in the freezer to pull out on a cold night or if someone gets sick.
What's your favorite kind of soup? Do you ever put weeds in your soup?
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
19 Mar 18
My sister has a soup maker and when she makes some she always saves me some. It's so much nicer than tinned soup and healthy too.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
20 Mar 18
@bagarad She always puts parsnip in hers which many people don't like but I love it and it's quite a strong flavour so I can really taste it.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
21 Mar 18
@sprite1950 My mother-in-law always put parsnips in her potato soup. I've never eaten them in anything but soup.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
18 Mar 18
Sounds tasty. Warm soup on a cold day can be wonderful. I feel good when I have eaten healthy foods as I know I am doing something good for my body. I ate oatmeal with a banana in it for breakfast today which I usually don't eat but was hungry today. I almost took a photo to send my boyfriend to she him I made a healthy meal for myself and actually ate breakfast which he doesn't like that I don't usually eat it.
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@shaggin (71659)
• United States
19 Mar 18
@bagarad A friend of mine just started a healthy eating group on Facebook and added me yesterday. She was on the verge of diabetes with the levels her blood tested so she needed to make a change. She has lost 40 pounds since July. I do not need to lose any weight but for my own health I need to exercise and eat healthier or I'm going to wind up with diabetes as well.
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@marguicha (215154)
• Chile
17 Mar 18
I love soups in winter. I almost never make a soup in summer. I add whatever herbs I have.
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@marguicha (215154)
• Chile
18 Mar 18
@bagarad Me too. At the most, I make warm dishes with lots of veggies or stuffed zucchini
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
19 Mar 18
@marguicha Sounds good to me. It's cooking hot foods or baking that I avoid on hot days.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
18 Mar 18
I have a lot of books about edible wild foods I consult, but I would never forage for wild mushrooms. I'll leave that to the experts. Many of the plants that look like dandelions are also edible, but I don't normally eat them because they are bitter and the bitterness doesn't go away unless you boil them three times in fresh water each time. That's too much trouble unless I'm starving, and I'd think all that boiling would kill some of the vitamins. My favorites for cooking are henbit and mallows.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
Egg and mushroom soup is a favorite of mine.
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@allknowing (130067)
• India
18 Apr 18
That picture looks inviting and going by the ingredients that you have added it sure has to be nutritious
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@Deepizzaguy (94288)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Mar 18
Chicken soup is my favorite.
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@Deepizzaguy (94288)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Mar 18
@bagarad I see your viewpoint.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Mar 18
Soup is ideal winter fare. I like good old chicken soup.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
19 Mar 18
@JohnRoberts Canned soups seem anemic to me after making my own. I do use canned or packed broth, though, as a base.
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@MistyckMoon (924)
• United States
21 Mar 18
I love eating soup! Right now I am following the Keto lifestyle and creating different kinds of soups with just veggies and meat has been easy. :-) I have never had weeds though in any of my soups. :-)
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
23 Mar 18
Some of the weeds are tasty additions. Mallow can even act as a thickening agent.
@AmbiePam (85271)
• United States
18 Mar 18
That all sounds delicious! I don't often make soup because of all the ingredients. I usually can't afford to buy much. But I used to really like the cabbage soup I would make, and I made a yummy chicken noodle. My dad's wife makes a good taco soup.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
18 Mar 18
I'm usually just an eater and I never actually cooked anything, most especially soup. But I like NIdo with Quail egg sou, mushroom soup, and pumpkin soup.
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@MainerMikeBrown (1373)
• Bridgton, Maine
18 Mar 18
I like cream of broccoli soup, as well as tomato soup, and French onion soup.
I don't really have a favorite. I like so many kinds.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
19 Mar 18
I also like cream of broccoli and French Onion, but I don't make them very often because they are a bit more work.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Mar 18
Yess I do, I live on a homestead I use many "weeds" people do not eat much anymore.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
19 Mar 18
I think you meant to say chicken soup, not chicken soap. I like chicken soup, especially when I'm sick.
