Get Warm with Innovative Holiday Season Soups

Soup when it’s cold out is a wonderful thing, it’s comfort food. We all have our go to soups: vegetable beef, chicken noodle, cheese and potato, split pea and ham?

With your slow cooker or even just your stock pot, you can get very creative when it comes to soup. Should you want to adorn your kitchen lab coat, there are some delicious soup recipes waiting for you this Christmas.

-Tuscan White Bean Soup

With Cannellini beans, celery, carrots, kale, garlic, leeks, cheese and cream with spices (salt, pepper, crushed red pepper) all the things to begin to craft a classic.

-Smoky Butternut Squash Soup

   Creamy and smoky, you can add chilis to taste and adobo sauce (the smoky part). Pair with a sandwich for maximum satisfaction.

-Lasagna Soup

Yes, lasagna noodles. Yes tomatoes, onions, basil and beef and yes mozzarella to ricotta too! Question is…is it better leftover or fresh? Find out!

-Mac and Cheese Soup

    It all starts with elbow macaroni. Zest it up with celery, carrots, onion and yes Velveeta (I know). You could fold in broccoli or peppers or whatever you have around. You know how your family likes their mac-n-cheese. This is just a new way to enjoy it. Soup it!

-Ravioli Soup

    Cheese stuffed ravioli fits nicely on a spoon with ground beef, tomatoes, onions and garlic with oregano and thyme to taste. Don’t forget the grated parmesan on top!

In addition to the above, here, here and here are links to pages of creative Christmas season soups that (with a few adjustments to taste) just may become your family’s new must have holiday treat. Warming not just your stomach, but your kitchen, home and heart too.