Once upon a time, Homo sapiens prepared his first bowl of delicious soup (or stew, or brew). This was most likely a very long time ago, since then not only a lot has been eaten, but also something has been understood. About cooking technologies, for example.
I have collected in one article a whole scattering of soup recipes from all over the world, you can cook any of them and enjoy the new taste. The collection is preceded by basic information about soups and some rules on how to prepare a delicious soup.
How to make delicious soup
It would seem, what problem could there be with preparing an everyday liquid dish familiar from childhood? I cut potatoes, carrots, added meat, mushrooms, salt and pepper, added water, set to cook - and that’s it! But it turns out that making a delicious soup is not as easy as it seems. And a culinary lesson will not be superfluous here.
Actually, the tricks come down to several questions:
1 Since most soups are prepared using broths (meat or vegetable), you need to be able to prepare high-quality broth. As experience shows, to make it clean and transparent, you need skill. For example, you need to be able to get rid of foam and then clarify the aromatic liquid.
Read about how to do this in the articles: and. The technology for preparing broths from other meats and fish does not differ from those described.
2 Cooking vegetables in soup is also an art. The order in which they are added is not at all indifferent, because the cooking speed varies, and, in addition, different vegetables “influence” each other differently. What is important to know to make delicious soup?
- All vegetables should be placed in boiling salted broth. Vegetable soups are only good if they are freshly prepared, as they quickly lose their vitamins. After they are cooked, close the lid and let the soup sit for 10 minutes.
- Potatoes come first (only cereals can get ahead of them), since they cook longer than other vegetables. In addition, if you cook it at the same time as acidic ingredients (tomatoes, for example), it will not taste good: the acid will make the potatoes heavy and dense.
- Carrots and roots (parsley, celery) can be prepared by sauteing, or directly. Cooking time for carrots is 20-30 minutes, less for roots (depending on thickness). If we add sauteed vegetables, then we don’t even cook them, but let them soak in the rest of the flavors, so they need to be added when the potatoes are completely ready.
- Not everyone likes carrots in soup (like onions), so they cook them whole (without cutting them into pieces), and then, when the carrots have given up all their taste and aroma, they throw them away or use them in another way.
- Likewise with onions. If you want to get a golden broth for soup, put the onion in its peel (in a special container or gauze). You can cook it peeled, but whole (and then throw it away). But if the presence of onions in the soup is foreseen, then it must be chopped quite finely and cooked with or without preliminary soft sautéing.
- There is no need to cook the greens! It is added at the very end, after which the fire is turned off, and the greens release all their aroma in the warmth. It is also important not to overcook the bay leaf, adding a maximum of 5 minutes before readiness. You will find this recommendation in any delicious soup recipe.
3 Add flour (for thickness), beaten eggs, dumplings and dumplings, pasta and cereals to the soup. It is better to boil the latter separately and then add them to the broth, or you can cook them together with vegetables - you will find different recommendations in recipes for preparing delicious soups. If you want to cook together, then know that rice cooks no less (or even more) than potatoes, and vermicelli cooks quickly.
However, with all the nuances, in order to prepare a delicious soup, you need to cook it. In winter it will warm, and in summer (usually cold soups are prepared at this time) it will give lightness; at the same time, a nutritious and tasty soup will saturate and give pleasure.
Delicious pea soup from Westphalia
You may know that dishes made from peas and legumes are very popular in Germany. This is one of the most delicious soup recipes, very typical.
Recipe ingredients: 200 g dry green peas, 100 g onions, 30 g carrots, 30 g celery root, 30 g pork lard, 50 g potatoes, 50 g leeks, 2 hunting sausages, salt, ground black pepper, nutmeg, marjoram, vinegar.
How to cook: Soak the peas the day before in 1.5 liters of water. Onions, carrots and celery, diced, stew in lard. Add water, add peas and cook over low heat. When the peas are almost ready, add salt and pepper, marjoram, nutmeg and a few drops of vinegar. Then add the diced potatoes and chopped leeks. Cook a little more. Before the end of cooking, add hunting sausages, heat them, then remove and cut into slices. Serve the soup, sprinkled with chopped green onions and toasted croutons.
Delicious cream soup from Scotland
Recipe ingredients: White beans, onions, beets, celery root, tomatoes, meat broth, ground black pepper, peppermint.How to cook: Soak the beans in cold water overnight. Boil the beets. Place onion, beans (drain water), chopped celery, beets, tomatoes into a saucepan and lightly fry everything. Add broth, salt and pepper. Boil, skim off foam if necessary and simmer over low heat for about 3 hours. Then remove the beets, rub everything else through a sieve and reheat. When serving, sprinkle the table with chopped mint.
Recipe for delicious Toulouse garlic soup
Recipe ingredients: 5 cloves of garlic, 30 g of goose fat, 2 eggs, salt, ground black pepper, wheat bread.
How to cook: Crush the garlic, mix with goose fat, add water and cook for several minutes. Break the eggs, separate the whites, beat until foamy and add to the boiling soup. After a few minutes, remove the pan from the heat, dip the yolks into the soup, add salt and pepper and pour the soup into bowls. Place 1-2 tablespoons of toasted wheat bread, cut into small cubes, into each plate.
French onion soup
Recipe ingredients: 500 g of onions, ¾ l of beef broth, 1 ½ tablespoons of margarine, 1 ½ tablespoons of flour, bay leaf, ground black pepper, 4-6 slices of wheat bread, 3 tablespoons of grated hard cheese, butter, salt.
How to cook: Place finely chopped onions and margarine in a saucepan and fry until brown. Add flour and fry, stirring constantly. Pour in the broth, salt, pepper and add bay leaf. Cook until the onion becomes soft. Fry the bread slices on both sides in butter. Pour the soup into portioned ceramic cups or pots, put slices of toasted bread in each, sprinkle with grated cheese, cover with a lid and place in a preheated oven. After a few minutes, when the cheese has melted, remove the cups and serve. You can serve grated cheese separately.
Delicious onion soup from Belgian cuisine
Recipe ingredients: 500 g of onions, 1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, wheat flour, salt, black pepper, meat broth, grated hot cheese.
How to cook: Cut the onion into thin rings and fry in vegetable oil together with flour. Add salt and pepper, pour in the broth and cook over high heat. Serve the soup in broth cups, sprinkled with grated cheese.
Delicious Swiss tomato soup
Recipe ingredients: Tomatoes, onions, vegetable oil, garlic, parsley and celery, ground black pepper, flour, salt, boiled rice, grated cheese.
How to cook: Finely chop the onion and fry in vegetable oil. Add chopped tomatoes, parsley and celery, crushed garlic, salt and pepper and simmer over low heat. Boil water, put stewed vegetables in boiling water and season with flour sautéed with vegetable oil. When serving, place boiled rice on a plate, sprinkled with grated cheese.
Broccoli soup recipe. The soup is very quick to prepare and tastes simply excellent. And thanks to a vegetable like broccoli, this dish becomes very nutritious and healthy.
Solyanka in a slow cooker
Making hodgepodge requires patience, but the results are always worth it. Today I will tell you how a slow cooker will help you save time and effort without changing the classic taste of hodgepodge. Read the recipe!
Goose giblet soup
After stormy holidays and feasts, this wonderful light goose giblet soup will come in very handy. It will help your body take a little break from heavy and filling food.
Quail soup
This recipe is for gourmets. Tender quail meat, the aroma of mushrooms, fresh herbs... Mmmmm... Well, it means it's time to make quail soup. A simple recipe, but the end result is a great dish.
Chicken wing soup
When you only have chicken horns and legs, only one question comes to mind - what to cook with this stuff? Of course, soup! Yes, not just a simple one, but a spicy Mexican chicken wing soup!
Moroccan tomato soup
If you don't know what to cook with tomatoes, try Moroccan tomato soup. This is an easy-to-prepare, very spicy and original soup made from simple ingredients that are understandable to Russian people.
Green gazpacho for raw foodists
Green gazpacho for raw foodists is incredibly easy to prepare (even a child can figure it out), but very tasty and, most importantly, healthy vegetable puree soup. No thermal treatment - just a raw food diet! :)
Vegetable broth in a steamer
Try making vegetable broth in a double boiler, if your household has such a unit. The broth turns out much cleaner, more transparent and richer than just boiled in a saucepan.
Red Lentil Soup
I am sharing a recipe for a very tasty Turkish traditional red lentil puree soup. Red lentil soup prepared according to this recipe is hearty, spicy and warming.
Sorrel soup
A wonderful spring soup full of vitamins. Even if you don't like sorrel, this soup should be prepared and eaten, especially in the spring. At this time, what the body is waiting for, this soup will more than give us.
Diet puree soup
Excellent light creamy soup. Good both hot and cold. Suitable for those who have health problems, small children, and all those who just want to improve their figure for the summer.
Oyster mushroom soup
Cream soups are always distinguished by their delicate taste, and oyster mushroom cream soup is no exception. At the same time, this is a very satisfying dish, suitable for everyday lunch and for entertaining guests.
Lentil soup in a slow cooker
Sometimes the soul asks for something unusual, going beyond simple, everyday dishes. And then recipes like this one come into play. Let your attention not be a quick, but extremely tasty soup!
Refrigerator with crayfish
On a hot summer day, this dish is perfect for a light lunch. If you are lucky enough to have crayfish in your kitchen, don’t be lazy and prepare a cold soup with crayfish according to this recipe. You'll like it!
Saury soup
Students, all here! If you are here and viewing this page, then you have made the right choice, and all because saury soup is what you need. Read the recipe and find out why! ;)
Pumpkin soup with ginger
Liver soup
Don't like liver? The recipe I want to offer will change your attitude towards the liver. This light dietary liver puree soup will take a well-deserved place in your menu. Tasty and healthy!
Pike perch soup
Pike perch soup is a delight for the soul and stomach! This recipe was brought back from a trip to Finland. I advise you to prepare it - pike perch soup turns out very tasty, satisfying and nutritious.
Oxtail soup
In Spain, the country of bullfighters and flamenco, oxtail soup is very popular and loved. In expensive restaurants in the capital, chefs do not hesitate to prepare this dish. Let's make some oxtail soup too!
Buckwheat soup with chicken
We eat soups almost every day. For the first meal you always want to cook something simple, but at the same time tasty. Buckwheat soup with chicken is just what you need in such cases.
Sturgeon soup
Sturgeon soup is a very simple and tasty soup, which is traditionally prepared from the head and tail of the fish. This simple sturgeon fish soup recipe is dedicated to lovers of fish dishes:)
Pink salmon soup
If you think that it is not possible to prepare a decent fish soup from the tail, head and fins of pink salmon, then I hasten to assure you of the opposite. So, pink salmon soup - a step-by-step recipe with photos.
Mackerel soup
Mackerel is very healthy and tasty in any form - fried, smoked, or baked. It also makes a tender, fatty and wonderful fish soup, which is very easy to prepare at home.
Oyster mushroom soup
Oyster mushrooms are not very popular, but incredibly tasty mushrooms. I suggest making hot oyster mushroom soup - hearty, rich and, I would say, spectacular. Much tastier and more interesting than champignon soup.
Bean soup
Bean soup is a traditional Slavic dish. A true classic of the genre, this soup was prepared several centuries ago. The soup is incredibly nutritious and satisfying, I ate a bowl and was full for another half a day.
Crucian fish soup
Crucian fish soup is one of my favorite dishes. Ukha from this simple and accessible fish turns out to be very good, especially if you cook it correctly. I am sharing a recipe for a good crucian fish soup.
Vegetable puree soup
What do you associate with the word “benefit”? Vegetables and fruits, right? What if I tell you, in secret, that our next dish is pureed vegetable soup? Sounds very useful doesn't it?
Diet soup
If you want to lose weight or just watch your figure and health, then vegetable diet soup is what you need. Prepared once or twice, it turns out delicious, but it won’t settle on your sides with fat.
Rassolnik with rice
Rassolnik with rice is another wonderful dish from the rich Russian cuisine. If you decide to cook something from Slavic cooking for lunch, rassolnik with rice is an excellent choice for the first course.
Bean soup with smoked meats
Bean soup with smoked meats is another easy-to-make soup with a rich flavor. Almost every housewife knows this recipe. If you have never cooked it before, now is the time.
Lentil soup with meat
Even in Rus' in the Middle Ages, lentils were the main ingredient in cooking. So why don't we honor the ancient custom and prepare this wonderful lentil soup with meat?
Canned tuna soup
Canned tuna soup is a fairly quick and budget-friendly first course option for your table. A simple recipe for canned tuna soup will not seem complicated even to a novice cook.
Chicken soup in a slow cooker
Chicken soup cooked in a slow cooker is the best solution for a light, nutritious and healthy lunch. Read the recipe for making chicken soup in a slow cooker.
Squid soup
I present to your attention a simple step-by-step recipe with a photo of squid soup. It is easy and quick to prepare, but the soup is very nutritious and tasty. For seafood lovers.
Cabbage soup in a slow cooker
Do you want to learn how to cook cabbage soup? Rich broth, cabbage, pieces of meat... Then this is the place for you. I'll tell you how to cook cabbage soup in a slow cooker.
Instant soups can and should be delicious. Making soup quickly from familiar ingredients is not as difficult as it seems at first glance.
Instant Russian folk soup - okroshka. It prepares very quickly - you just need to chop the vegetables and herbs and pour kvass on them. There are as many options for okroshka as correct pizza recipes. That is, they are all correct and differ only in the set of ingredients, but not in the principle of addition. Try to find real bread kvass - this kind is sometimes sold in yellow barrels, or at least do not use soda with a dozen ingredients, which is sometimes passed off as our ancient drink. Okroshka can be vegetable, meat, fish, with or without pickled vegetables, with sour cream, horseradish, mustard. And kvass is sometimes replaced with liquid kefir or ayran.
Ingredients (1 serving):
1 egg
½ fresh cucumber
2-3 feathers of green onions,
1 radish,
50 g bread,
dill,
1 tbsp. spoon of sour cream,
1 teaspoon mustard,
200 ml bread kvass,
pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Boil the egg for 5 minutes. Cut the cucumber and radish into small cubes. Chop the onion and dill. Dry the bread (you can use a toaster) and cut into cubes. Cool the egg, cut into large pieces. Place sour cream in the bottom of a bowl, add vegetables, egg, bread and mustard on top. Pepper and salt. Pour in kvass and sprinkle with fresh chopped herbs.
Spanish soup is no more difficult to prepare and no longer takes okroshka. By the way, the ancestor of gazpacho - a simple stew of water, oil, spices and bread - is found in all traditional cuisines of the world. For example, in Russian cuisine the closest analogue is prison. Despite its unimpressive name, prison- this is a very interesting and simple soup, a relative of the famous stew of Roman legionnaires. But let's return to modern times - tomatoes appeared in gazpacho only at the end of the 19th century, which the Spaniards were very happy about.
Gazpacho
Ingredients (2 servings):
100 g bread,
4 tomatoes
1 cucumber
1 sweet pepper,
1 onion,
2 cloves of garlic,
3-4 tbsp. spoons of olive oil,
greenery,
black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Soak the bread in water, rinse and peel the vegetables. Peel the tomatoes and remove the seeds. Blend everything in a blender, add ice water or ice, run for a few more seconds, and your soup is ready.
The only thing simpler than cold soups are instant vegetable soups. By the way, fashionable lately Bonn soup for weight loss prepared from vegetables. The principle of its action is based on the fact that our body requires more energy to digest vegetables than they give us. Of course, we get more fiber, more vitamins and nutrients, and all sorts of deposits and fat gradually melt away, the body puts itself in order. Benefits, vitamins, weight loss and new fresh taste in one plate.
Ingredients:
100 g green celery,
2-3 onions,
4 tomatoes
¼ head of cabbage,
1 sweet pepper,
greenery,
pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Wash the celery, bell peppers and tomatoes, chop large or medium, chop the cabbage and onion, add salt and boil for 10 minutes in boiling water. Add chopped herbs to the finished soup, pepper and serve.
Soup for weight loss can be made from any vegetables. The main thing is not to let the vegetables turn into an unpleasant watery mush. Use spices, color the taste the way you want, make it spicy or bland, try different combinations of vegetables, conditionally dividing them into “white”, “green-yellow” and “red”, and remember that potatoes contain a large amount of starch and none does not promote weight loss.
Sometimes you just want soup, without using recipes at all and without a specific desire for any special ingredients. My grandmother made this soup in 10 minutes, when on another damp autumn day I caught a cold, and everything seemed gray and gloomy. But this soup restored the joy of life and faith in beauty. Its composition is mystically simple: 1 potato, ½ carrot, 1 clove of garlic. To make cooking faster, it is better to cut the potatoes very finely, and grate the carrots and garlic. Cook for 10 minutes and crush the potatoes with a potato masher. Don't forget to salt it! Of course, if you eat borscht or kharcho every day, this soup will seem simple, but if after a series of main courses with heavy ingredients you forgot the last time you made soup, then this is a godsend. Serve it in broth mugs - it’s more cozy.
Puree soup is not much more difficult to prepare than okroshka, except that it requires a food processor or blender. There are two ways to prepare vegetables: stewing and boiling. When stewing, vegetable oil and pre-frying are used, which makes the taste somewhat clearer and more contrasting, but also adds extra calories due to a few tablespoons of oil. Cooking is easier, but some people will find the taste of boiled, pureed vegetables bland and want to add either butter, or hot milk, or maybe some bright spices.
Ingredients:
800 g pumpkin,
200 ml water,
200 ml milk,
salt to taste.
Preparation:
Wash and peel the pumpkin. Cut into medium pieces and pour boiling water over it. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 minutes. Warm the milk and pour it into the pan with the pumpkin. Add some salt. Transfer the pumpkin pieces and liquid to the bowl of a food processor and puree. Serve with croutons or toast.
Ingredients:
1 carrot,
1 turnip,
1 celery root,
200 g green peas,
1 potato,
1 onion,
3 cloves of garlic,
500 ml water,
pepper, salt to taste.
Preparation:
Peel the vegetables and cut into medium-sized pieces. Boil the water. Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a deep frying pan and fry the garlic, then the onion and the rest of the vegetables. Pour in boiling water and cover the pan with a lid. Add some salt. Simmer for 10 minutes and transfer to a blender cup. Grind into puree. Serve hot. Serve in broth mugs. Sprinkle rye bread croutons on top of the soup.
There's nothing simpler than chicken soup. Let's say more - chicken soup is simple, quick and surprisingly tasty. Chicken goes well with carrots, celery, potatoes, rice and herbs, such as dill.
Ingredients:
200 g chicken fillet,
1 carrot,
100 g rice,
½ celery root,
1 onion,
4 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil,
bunch of dill,
black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Rinse the rice in several waters. Heat oil in a frying pan. Place a saucepan with 2 liters of water on the fire. Cut the chicken into small pieces, chop the carrots and onions, chop the celery finely. Fry the chicken first, add the onion, celery and carrots. Place the roast in boiling water and add salt. Cook for 15 minutes over low heat. Pepper 3 minutes before readiness. Turn off the heat. Let it brew for 5 minutes. When serving, sprinkle the soup with chopped dill.
Another component worthy of attention is mushrooms. Porcini mushrooms or champignons are best suited for soups. Dry porcini mushrooms are sold in any supermarket; you can simply add them to vegetable soup to get a charming mushroom aroma. But if there are no white ones, then you can use champignons or, as a last resort, frozen honey mushrooms.
Ingredients:
200 g champignons,
1 potato,
1 carrot,
1 onion,
5-6 heads of Brussels sprouts,
50 g butter,
Bay leaf,
black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Wash, peel, and dry the mushrooms. Peel the vegetables and cut into small pieces. Cut the Brussels sprouts in half. Place potatoes and cabbage in boiling water. Cut the mushrooms into large slices. Heat butter in a frying pan, fry mushrooms, add onions and carrots. Add the stir fry to the pan. Season with salt, add bay leaf and pepper. Cook for another 10 minutes.
The greatest culinary inventors and the most sincere connoisseurs of good simple cooking are students. Anything a student can come up with to speed up the cooking process. But no concentrates or artificial additives - health is more important than speed!
Ingredients:
100 g vermicelli,
1 carrot,
3 cloves of garlic,
4 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil,
1 potato,
1 bunch of green onions,
1 bunch of parsley,
black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Boil 1.5-2 liters of water. Peel the potatoes and carrots and chop finely. Peel and chop the onion and garlic. Heat oil in a frying pan, fry the garlic, then the onion, add potatoes and carrots. Fry for another 3 minutes and place in boiling water. After 5 minutes, throw in the vermicelli. Cook for another 7 minutes. Chop the greens and add to the soup, stir, pepper and salt. Let it brew for a couple of minutes and pour into plates.
By the way, you can make noodles yourself, and it will be even cheaper than store-bought noodles, and the taste will be much more interesting. All you need is a little flour and 1 egg. Well, if you find some chicken, mushrooms, or at least sausage or bacon, then the aroma of the noodle soup will be cosmic.
Ingredients:
200 g flour,
1 egg
100 chicken fillet
or 50 g smoked sausage or bacon
dill,
black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Boil 1.5 liters of water. Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces and cook. Make a funnel out of sifted flour, break an egg into the center, add salt and knead into a stiff dough. If too dry, add a few drops of water. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin or bottle, dusting the surface with flour. Cut into long random “threads”. You can cut unevenly, it doesn’t matter. Send the noodles to cook with the chicken. If you have sausage or bacon instead of meat, fry it in a frying pan and add it 3 minutes after you put the noodles in boiling water. The noodles are ready in 5-7 minutes. Salt and pepper. When serving, sprinkle with chopped dill.
In case you want soup, but the only stores available are a stall with canned goods, we offer another quick soup from student practice.
Ingredients:
1 liter of tomato juice,
1 can of canned peas,
1 pack of cold cuts or bacon
1 onion,
3 cloves of garlic,
black bread
black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Pour the juice into a saucepan and put on fire. Chop the onion and garlic. Chop bacon or slices and fry in a frying pan. Add garlic and onions to the meat. Drain the can of peas and add them to the boiling tomato juice. Add roast to the juice, pepper, salt if necessary, and let simmer for 3 minutes. Serve with black bread or rye toast.
Have you tried mint soup? This herb, unusual for our taste, has been present in soups for a long time. True, this is in Europe and America. Well, why is our mint worse than overseas?
Mint soup with bacon and eggs 
Ingredients:
1 bunch of mint,
2 eggs,
2 strips of bacon,
1 onion,
1 clove of garlic,
a couple drops of Tabasco sauce,
black pepper,
salt.
Preparation:
Boil 1 liter of water. Cut the bacon into strips, chop the garlic and onion. Fry bacon pieces in a frying pan, add garlic, then onion. Send it to cook. Chop the mint and place it in a saucepan. Break the eggs directly into the pan and quickly scramble them with a fork. Add pepper, Tabasco sauce, salt. Turn off the heat and let the soup sit for 3 minutes.
Instant soups are as easy to make as making a few sandwiches, but much healthier and tastier. Cook with a light heart, and everything will be quick and easy!
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The most important component of every person’s daily diet is first courses. True, many refuse them for various reasons. Some people don’t get enough of them, others simply don’t have enough time to cook. Remember simple and quick recipes - they will help you eat healthier.
What soup should I make for lunch?
Any first course has two components: a liquid base and a side dish. The first one can be meat, fish, mushroom or vegetable broth. Side dishes are very varied. Various types of meat, fish, vegetables, pasta, and cereals are placed in soups. Spices, seasonings and herbs must be added. By remembering a few basic food combinations, you will always know what to cook for the first time.
Simple
A selection of dishes that require few ingredients and minimal effort to prepare. If you learn how to cook them, you will never leave your family members without dinner. Great first courses for every day:
- "As easy as pie". For it, in addition to vegetables, you will need some minced meat, a little fresh mushrooms and one processed cheese. You can choose any spices at your discretion. The minced meat is fried along with mushrooms and onions. The potatoes are grated. Then all these products, together with processed cheese, are boiled in boiling water. The first one turns out to be very satisfying, thick, with a soft creamy taste.
- "Zatirukha." A simple homemade first course with great flavor. Onions, carrots, and potatoes are boiled in chicken broth. While this is happening, the chicken eggs are rubbed with flour by hand. It turns out to be “grout”. This product vaguely resembles noodles. The “grout” is boiled in the broth for a couple of minutes, then the egg is poured into the soup in a thin stream to curdle, and served. The dish is very thick and rich.
- "Pea with smoked ribs." Remembering simple recipes for first courses, we must say this. To begin with, smoked pork ribs are boiled. Then fried onions and carrots, pre-soaked peas and potatoes are thrown in there. The first one turns out to be very nutritious, rich, and because of the incredible aroma, you might think it was cooked over a fire.
- "Pumpkin puree soup." To prepare the dish, potatoes, pumpkin and onions are cut, boiled with spices, and then blended with a blender and poured with cream or milk.
Instant cooking
A selection of dishes for those who have very little time to cook:
- "Avgolemono." This quick and easy Greek soup comes together in minutes. It is very tasty and unusual. To make the dish, boil small pasta in chicken broth, add a mixture of eggs with lemon juice and water, and season. Served with greens.
- "Dumplings" A very hearty soup for every day, which is prepared in just a quarter of an hour. Onions, garlic and oregano are fried and poured with broth. Add seasonings, tomatoes in their own juice. After boiling, throw in the dumplings and turn them off a couple of minutes after they float.
- “Polish Tomato” is very delicate, with a pleasant creamy consistency. Prepared from grated tomatoes, onions, celery, carrots and sour cream in meat broth.
- "Botvinya." A refreshing summer soup for every day, which must be served very chilled. Prepared with kvass with beet leaves, sorrel, spinach, and green onions. Serve garnished with a slice of lemon and a tablespoon of red caviar.
Lungs
These are the dishes that, after dining on them, will not make you feel lethargic and drowsy. The best easy recipes:
- "From sauerkraut." A very tasty low-calorie cream soup that is easy to prepare. The composition includes onions with carrots and sauerkraut, grated potatoes, spices. After cooking, the vegetables are pureed, adding sour cream. Preferably served with croutons.
- "Spring Fantasy" An excellent light soup with a pleasant greenish hue. To prepare, potatoes and beets are boiled, then stewed zucchini, leeks, champignons, celery, sorrel and spinach are added to them. At the very end of cooking, boiled eggs, cut into cubes, are added to the soup.
- "Dachny". A very light vegetable soup for every day, which will appeal to everyone who loves a tasty lunch. It includes fried onions, carrots, cabbage and Brussels sprouts, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, zucchini, and greens. You can cook it either in water or in chicken broth.
- "Pearl and mushroom soup." This is not a soup, but a meal, and, moreover, healthy. Onions, carrots, leeks, parsley, bell peppers, and porcini mushrooms are added to the dish. When they are almost completely cooked, ready-made pearl barley is added to the soup.
Lenten
The following selection includes dishes that people who are fasting are allowed to eat. Lenten soup recipes:
- "Leshta". A very hearty and thick soup that consists of vegetables and lentils. Onions, celery, garlic, bell peppers, and carrots are placed in it. These products are cut and fried in vegetable oil. Then add tomato paste, sugar, water, and soaked lentils. Season with pink and cayenne peppers, bay leaves, thyme, and salt.
- "Field". If you collect delicious soup recipes, remember the following. To make “Field” soup, onions and any mushrooms are fried with tomatoes. Potatoes and washed millet are boiled in water. Before switching off, add frying from the frying pan and fresh chopped parsley into the pan.
- "With Brussels sprouts." A very aromatic light soup for every day, ideal for people fasting. It is very easy to prepare: boil Brussels sprouts in water with salt and bay leaf, add chopped onions, carrots and potatoes. Provencal herbs and fresh herbs are added to the dish.
Vegetable vegetarian
Many people, for personal reasons, refuse meat dishes. They will find vegetarian soup recipes for every day useful:
- "Catalan". Very tasty, aromatic soup. It is filling, although it does not contain meat. It is cooked in vegetable broth, into which fried onions, potatoes, beans, and cilantro are placed. Blend the finished soup in a blender, add cream, salt and pepper.
- "Buckwheat". This recipe differs from many other vegetarian ones because it has a strong flavor that immediately whets your appetite. It is prepared from washed buckwheat, potatoes, grated carrots, and fried onions. Be sure to add herbs and various spices.
- "Vitamin." A very simple dish made from ingredients available to everyone. Consists of onions, carrots, rice and potatoes. In the middle of cooking, add disassembled cauliflower, canned green peas, salt and seasonings.
Meat
A selection of dishes for people who do not need to diet or fast. If you are looking for meat soups, recipes with photos will help you with this:
- "Borsch". Many people love this dish and certainly everyone has tried it at least once in their life. Classic Ukrainian borscht is prepared in beef broth with pieces of meat, potatoes, and shredded cabbage. Frying vegetables from onions, carrots, bell peppers, and beets are placed in it. The presence of fresh tomatoes, tomato paste or a mixture of them is required. Homemade borscht is a real culinary masterpiece.
- "Solyanka" The dish does not contain the cheapest ingredients, but the costs are worth the result. The first one turns out rich, thick, with a pleasant aroma. First, the broth is cooked on the pork ribs. Then several types of meat, sausages, and potatoes are placed in it. The more different components there are, the better. Be sure to add a lot of smoked meats. Add pickled cucumbers to the soup, pour in a little brine and tomato paste. The final element is olives and lemon slices.
- "Kharcho." A traditional Georgian dish, rich, thick, satisfying. The broth is cooked with a piece of lamb on the bone. Rice, onions fried with tomato paste, tkemali sauce, herbs, khmeli-suneli, garlic, and pepper are added to it. You can add other spices at your discretion. Before serving, the meat is taken out, cut into medium pieces, and returned. After turning off, the dish is sprinkled with herbs.
Recipes
You already understand how wide the choice is of what you can cook for lunch. Each recipe for first courses has its own distinctive features. Every day you can prepare a new soup without repeating it for a long time. To make your diet more varied, alternate light dishes with hearty and high-calorie ones. Periodically make puree soup instead of regular soup. Check out some more great recipes.
Chicken
A very simple recipe that should definitely be in your cookbook. Chicken first courses are very healthy for the body; they contain a small amount of calories. However, they are filling. If you want to provide your child with healthy and proper nutrition, be sure to pay attention to the recipe that you will see below.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet – 0.5 kg;
- bay leaf – 1 pc.;
- onion – 1 large head;
- parsley - half a bunch;
- salt pepper;
- potatoes – 3 large;
- black peppercorns – 3 pcs.;
- buckwheat – 160 g;
- carrot – 1 large.
Cooking method:
- Rinse the chicken breast, cover with water and place on the stove. When the broth starts to boil, add peppercorns and bay leaves. Let it cook for at least 40 minutes.
- Fry the buckwheat in a dry frying pan until you hear a crackling sound. Throw into the broth.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into small cubes. Add when buckwheat has cooked for 10 minutes.
- Fry chopped onions and grated carrots in vegetable oil until softened. Add to the pan when the potatoes are half cooked.
- After the broth boils, add salt and pepper, turn it off after a couple of minutes. Serve garnished with chopped parsley.
Vegetable puree soup
Dishes of this format have gained popularity relatively recently. Vegetable puree soups are very light. People who are on a diet and looking to lose weight should definitely include them in their diet. The simplest soups for every day are suitable for babies as their first complementary foods.
Ingredients:
- cauliflower – 0.5 kg;
- parsley - a bunch;
- zucchini – 4 pcs.;
- dried basil – 1 tsp;
- carrots – 2 pcs.;
- ground coriander – 1 tsp;
- tomatoes - 8 medium;
- turmeric – 1 tsp;
- processed cheese – 0.5 kg;
- sour cream – 150 ml;
- onions – 2 pcs.;
- milk – 2 glasses;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- butter – 80 g
Cooking method:
- Disassemble the cauliflower and wash it. Boil half the roots in salted water, simmer the rest in a little butter.
- Add zucchini and tomatoes cut into medium pieces to the cabbage in a frying pan.
- Heat the remaining oil in a saucepan, fry crushed garlic and chopped onion in it. Toss all the seasonings.
- Add chopped carrots, pour milk and cook covered.
- In a blender, beat all the ingredients of the dish. Put it on fire. When it boils, throw in the chopped cheese. Turn off once they are melted.
Beef in a slow cooker
First courses are not only prepared on the stove. Modern kitchen appliances greatly simplify this process. Every housewife needs to know how to cook first things in a slow cooker, because this device will help her save a lot of time and effort. It's very easy to do. If you have a multicooker, you can cook new recipes every day.
Ingredients:
- beef – 0.25 kg;
- water – 1.5 l;
- carrot – 1 small;
- greens - half a bunch;
- onion – 1 small;
- salt pepper;
- potatoes - 2 medium;
- bell pepper – 1 small;
- garlic – 2 cloves.
Cooking method:
- Place the washed meat in the multicooker bowl. Fill with water, add salt and pepper. Set the “Soup” program and cook for a couple of hours.
- Peel the vegetables. Cut the carrots into bars, onions and peppers into cubes, potatoes into slices.
- Crush the garlic and chop the herbs.
- Add all these ingredients. Set the “Stew” mode and cook for half an hour.
From pork
Another easy recipe. Soup with pork and noodles will most likely appeal not only to you, but also to your kids. It looks great in the photo. Making it at home is very simple and does not take much time. If you are interested in good recipes for the first one for every day, then be sure to remember the following one and use it when you start preparing a delicious lunch.
Ingredients:
- pork – 150 g;
- salt pepper;
- potatoes – 2 pcs.;
- dill;
- carrots - half;
- bay leaf – 1 pc.;
- onion - half;
- small vermicelli – 100 g.
Cooking method:
- Cut the meat into small pieces. Fill it with a liter of water. Cook for an hour.
- Chop the carrots and onions and fry in vegetable oil. Add the roast along with the bay leaf to the broth.
- Cut the potatoes into small cubes. Place in broth 10 minutes after frying. Salt and pepper.
- Add vermicelli. Turn off the dish after 10 minutes. Serve garnished with chopped dill.
- Don't put too many vegetables in veal soup. They interrupt the flavor of the meat.
- Chicken broths do not need to be over-seasoned. This could ruin them.
- The most delicious soups are cooked only over low heat.
- While frying the onion, add a pinch of sugar. This not only has a positive effect on the color of the roast, but also improves the taste.
- Add salt no earlier than 10 minutes before stopping cooking. If there is too much, add a whole raw potato or a bag of rice to the pan.
- Try to calculate in advance how much water you will need.
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