Guest guest Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 We love soup and are always looking for great recipes. Anyone have any great recipes they make in the Vitamix? I've made Lee Ann's tortilla soup and we love it. Also made the celery soup from the vitamix cookbook....it was a liitle spicy so I'm guessing that was due to the onion (I'll reduce that next time). Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 I think we all take the easy way out because that's what the recipes call for. You'll see, cooked is better. -----Original Message----- From: Kuenzli <time2weave@...> Good idea ...I was taking the easy way out, next time I'll definitely sauté it. On Jun 10, 2011, at 9:03 AM, <kareningotham@...> wrote: Cook the onion somehow, e.g., sautée it or roast it in a foil pouch. Lea Ann always suggests reducing the amount but I prefer to leave it as is and cook it. A WORLD of difference, believe me--raw onion (regardless of type) has a tendency to dominate a recipe in a not-pleasant way. -----Original Message----- From: time2weave1 <time2weave@...> We love soup and are always looking for great recipes. Anyone have any great recipes they make in the Vitamix? I've made Lee Ann's tortilla soup and we love it. Also made the celery soup from the vitamix cookbook....it was a liitle spicy so I'm guessing that was due to the onion (I'll reduce that next time). .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 If you put the veg in a pyrex bowl and cover the bowl you get the same effect. terry On Jun 11, 2011, at 10:25 AM, wrote: > > > Part of my intention (in addition to the aforementioned minimal cleanup--always a plus) is to retain the juices; the foil pouch essentially cooks its contents in their own juices and the vapors produced by them in an enclosed environment without the use of water and the results are very different from steaming (I'm not crazy about steamed food). Now, I realize that some people object to foil on the grounds of its being aluminum but that's another story. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Pogue <tpogue@...> > > If you roast veg without enclosing them in the foil you'll get another flavor. When enclosed they essentially steam. I think roasted veg have more flavor. So if you want a very mild flavor " roast " them inside a foil pack. If you want a more intense flavor lay them out on foil exposed. I like a roasted veg over a steamed veg, actually if you want a steamed flavor you can do it faster in the microwave. > On Jun 11, 2011, at 9:18 AM, <kareningotham@...> wrote: > >> It's easy with minimal cleanup. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: flnancy1958 <pravern@...> >> >> >> Can you explain to me the advantage of the foil pouch in roasting? Thanks, I am such an ignorant cook. >> >> >> > >> > Cook the onion somehow, e.g., sautée it or roast it in a foil pouch. Lea Ann always suggests reducing the amount but I prefer to leave it as is and cook it. A WORLD of difference, believe me--raw onion (regardless of type) has a tendency to dominate a recipe in a not-pleasant way. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > From: time2weave1 time2weave@... >> > >> >  We love soup and are always looking for great recipes. Anyone have any great recipes they make in the Vitamix? I've made Lee Ann's tortilla soup and we love it. Also made the celery soup from the vitamix cookbook....it was a liitle spicy so I'm guessing that was due to the onion (I'll reduce that next time). >> > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Yes, but there's that cleanup again. Also, unless you really fill the bowl full, you don't get that nice tight fit, they don't roast simultaneously or as fast because they're not in a flat layer, they don't brown on the bottom, and besides, you're using a piece of foil to cover it anyway so why not just wrap them all up together? And transferring the contents of a flat foil pouch full of steaming hot food into a Vitamix container is a lot easier than dealing with a hot glass bowl. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Pogue <tpogue@...> cipes If you put the veg in a pyrex bowl and cover the bowl you get the same effect. terry On Jun 11, 2011, at 10:25 AM, wrote: > > Part of my intention (in addition to the aforementioned minimal cleanup--always a plus) is to retain the juices; the foil pouch essentially cooks its contents in their own juices and the vapors produced by them in an enclosed environment without the use of water and the results are very different from steaming (I'm not crazy about steamed food). Now, I realize that some people object to foil on the grounds of its being aluminum but that's another story. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Pogue <tpogue@...> > > If you roast veg without enclosing them in the foil you'll get another flavor. When enclosed they essentially steam. I think roasted veg have more flavor. So if you want a very mild flavor "roast" them inside a foil pack. If you want a more intense flavor lay them out on foil exposed. I like a roasted veg over a steamed veg, actually if you want a steamed flavor you can do it faster in the microwave. > On Jun 11, 2011, at 9:18 AM, <kareningotham@...> wrote: > >> It's easy with minimal cleanup. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: flnancy1958 <pravern@...> >> >> Can you explain to me the advantage of the foil pouch in roasting? Thanks, I am such an ignorant cook. >> >> >> > >> > Cook the onion somehow, e.g., sautée it or roast it in a foil pouch. Lea Ann always suggests reducing the amount but I prefer to leave it as is and cook it. A WORLD of difference, believe me--raw onion (regardless of type) has a tendency to dominate a recipe in a not-pleasant way. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > From: time2weave1 time2weave@... >> > >> >  We love soup and are always looking for great recipes. Anyone have any great recipes they make in the Vitamix? I've made Lee Ann's tortilla soup and we love it. Also made the celery soup from the vitamix cookbook....it was a liitle spicy so I'm guessing that was due to the onion (I'll reduce that next time). >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Ohh this sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing! I am interested in more of your squash soup recipes, especially if they are dairy-free.On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Peggy Rodgers <hotdogbun2001@...> wrote: Try this one on a cool day/evening: yeah, I know...wrong time of year to post this one. Maybe tomorrow I'll send my lovely Gazpacho! Butternut Squash SoupCourtesy of Vicki Greenwood 1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded and chopped2 cloves garlic, chopped1 can canelli or garbanzo beans, drained 1/4 cup lemon juice1/4 cup olive oil infused with 1 tsp dried mintSalt and pepper to taste Cover squash with water and cook till soft. Add garlic,lemon juice, beans and cook 10 minutes. Heat olive oil in a separate pan, add mint. Pour oil into soup, add saltand pepper and stir. This is a hearty and delicious soup. (I don't know who Vicki Greenwood is...but she gets the credit for it 'cuz I got this from the Web some time in the past.) I've not actually made this one, but I have made several different Butternut Squash soups and all have been truly wonderful. Not, I think, for hot weather though. I would, of course, VM this until smooth, which is what I always do with squash soups. And I cook the squash by roasting in the skin - cut in half and roast skin-side down on a greased (I use olive or cocornut oil) cookie sheet or pan at 350-375 until you can smell it roasting or you can easily piece the flesh with a fork (30-45 " usually). Let cool until you can handle it and scoop out seeds, then scoop all the flesh into the VM. HTH!Peggy Let me know if you're interested in squash soups...I can send you recipes of ones I've made and loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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