Cooking Soups For Dummies

Homemade soup is truly one of life’s great pleasures. Hearty soups define good eating and put the comfort in comfort food. Discovering how simple and enjoyable soup is to make is equal only to the joy of tasting your own.

With Cooking Soups For Dummies, all you need know is how to boil water. Add to this, some basic advice on equipment plus tips on how to stock your kitchen pantry—and you’re well on your way to tackling the delicious assortment of recipes. But, first, you’ll get the lowdown on how to make quick work of such basics as

- Various cutting methods—including chopping, cubing, dicing, mincing, shredding, and slicing
- Liquid foundations—including recipes for chicken, beef, vegetable, mushroom, fish, shrimp, and clam broth
- Soup safety—advice on proper chilling, storage containers, freezing basics (with a shelf-life table), thawing, and reheating
- Tips on improvising—incl uding halving and doubling recipes, remaking leftovers, ingredient substitutions, and lightening up with less fat
And now to creating your own kitchen itinerary for the delicious, nutritious, eclectic, and international world of soups . . . starting with
- Fresh soup from the garden—including Sweet Potato Bisque, Thrifty French Housewife’s Soup, and Fresh Tomato Basil Soup
- Soup from the dairy case—including recipes for Cream of Mushroom Soup, Tomato Orange Bisque, and Broccoli Cheddar Soup

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