Comments on: Home Ec 101: Soup from Leftovers

By: Meal Planning: 5 Meals to Help You Eat Well, Spend Less — Life As Mom

Meal Planning: 5 Meals to Help You Eat Well, Spend Less — Life As Mom — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:03:59 +0000

[...] Leftover rice and beans make a great soup. And Red Sauce is the start of a fantastic minestrone. Soup from leftovers is easy, delicious, and [...]

By: Soups for Freezer Cooking — Life As Mom

Soups for Freezer Cooking — Life As Mom — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:01:08 +0000

[...] soup from scratch is not difficult. You can easily whip up a batch from last night’s leftovers. And I am following this trick with our little bits of leftovers to nickel and dime our way to a [...]

By: 10 Ways to Make the Most of What You Have — Life As Mom

10 Ways to Make the Most of What You Have — Life As Mom — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:36:50 +0000

[...] Repurpose leftovers into new and different meals. This doesn’t have to be Hamburger Surprise. You can make delicious meals by a little creative work in the kitchen. Turn dry bread into croutons or bread crumbs. Transform grilled chicken breasts into chicken tacos. Pot pies and soups are tasty ways to make something out of practically nothing. [...]

By: Candi

Candi — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:09:26 +0000

Great ideas! I usually plan a soup every week. This week I did the crock pot rotisserie chicken and used the leftovers to make chicken stock and then take those and turning them into Chicken Posole.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:49:42 +0000

My weekday soup usually is a turkey/chicken veggie soup. I throw ground turkey or leftover chicken with leftover pasta sauce and noodles, chicken broth and whatever left over veggies we have from the week. Sometimes if we’re short on the red sauce we use some V-8 or canned tomatoes for flavor. When I feel creative or the ingredients call for it…I make sort of a taco or chicken tortilla style soup, just add taco or chili seasoning (or both!)

By: Delicious Meals for Fall — Life As Mom

Delicious Meals for Fall — Life As Mom — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:34:14 +0000

[...] include Chihuahua Chili, Chicken Noodle, and Minestrone. But I’ve also had good success in turning leftovers into great tasting soup as [...]

By: Baked Potato Homefries (Leftovers Find New Life)

Baked Potato Homefries (Leftovers Find New Life) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:03:31 +0000

[...] into something tasty and new. Corn on the cob becomes Corn Salad. A little bit of meat and veggies becomes a great soup. And leftover chicken and gravy create the filling for a delicious Chicken Pot [...]

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:42:35 +0000

Leftover soup has been a family favorite for years. I keep a gallon container in the freezer. Every bite of leftovers goes into the container as we clear the table. Mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, whatever. When the container is full, we make soup. Sometimes I add some diced tomatoes, or chopped onion, or if it seems too thin, add some thickening (flour and milk shaken together in a small bottle). It;s different every time, but it’s always good.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:28:00 +0000

Leftover soup is a weekly meal at our house in the cooler months. I toss what ever grain (rice, pasta, quinoa), veggie (broccoli, green beans, squash) and protein (beans, roast, chicken) left overs we have from the week, and add frozen or boxed chicken stock and and a can of tomaotes and some chopped carrots, onion and celery. Serve the soup with slices of whole grain bread with cheese popped under the broiler. My oldest used to cry on soup night, the other day, he requested it! I haven’t made it this year yet, it’s just now getting chilly in TX. great post!

By: Janel

Janel — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:24:00 +0000

I have a tomato soup recipe that we like a lot — http://jandbpiersma.blogspot.com/2007/07/fresh-tomato-soup.html

It works best with tomatoes fresh off of the vine, but I have made it with canned tomatoes.

I just made a soup the other night from leftovers. It was simple — onion, carrot, celery, potato, leftover rotisserie chicken, Better than Bouillon broth, dried basil & salt and pepper. I chopped all the ingredients pretty small, and I think it was one of my better soups.