bean soup.

That is what we are having for dinner tonight, how do you make yours?
Just curious, if there is any special ways any of you guys do it to make it better!  

i just use Great Northern white beans, cubed ham, put in crock pot and slow simmer all day yuuuuuuummmmmmm

Quoting HotMom21ERF:" i just use Great Northern white beans, cubed ham, put in crock pot and slow simmer all day yuuuuuuummmmmmm"

I got salt pork instead of ham this time, I was thinking about making fresh steamed green beans with it... but I dunno if that sounds that good together. lol

Quoting BakingBean2:" I got salt pork instead of ham this time, I was thinking about making fresh steamed green beans with it... but I dunno if that sounds that good together. lol"

nahhhh. i would just make some cornbread on the side

Quoting HotMom21ERF:" nahhhh. i would just make some cornbread on the side"

` yeah, we forgot cornbread at the grocery.   no cornbread with our bean soup tonight!

Quoting BakingBean2:" ` yeah, we forgot cornbread at the grocery.   no cornbread with our bean soup tonight! "

thats like, illegal lol.

http://www.fortheloveofcooking.net/2009/10/bean-and-bacon-soup.html

I just made this (for the second time) yesterday. It is delicious! I'm pretty good at winging recipes, but I'm new to soups. lol. So I follow recipes. I used dry beans instead of canned ones.  

Quoting LoveMyBubbaBoy:" http://www.fortheloveofcooking.net/2009/10/bean-and-bacon-soup.html I just made this (for the second ... [snip!] ... I'm pretty good at winging recipes, but I'm new to soups. lol. So I follow recipes. I used dry beans instead of canned ones.  "

I've only ever used dried beans. lol. I think canned beans get too mushy and taste weird. I love heart soups, next weds is cabbage soup or potato soup haven't decided yet!

Quoting HotMom21ERF:" thats like, illegal lol."

I know! We got home and I put all the groceries away and was like damnit! We forgot the friggin' cornbread. I might walk down to the corner store and see if they have any...DH works second shift so he is at work with our one working car -_-

Quoting BakingBean2:" I've only ever used dried beans. lol. I think canned beans get too mushy and taste weird. I love heart soups, next weds is cabbage soup or potato soup haven't decided yet!"

Post the recipes???  

Quoting LoveMyBubbaBoy:" Post the recipes???  "

They are both fairly simple...
cabbage soup
just brown some smoked sausage then add chicken stock then add diced potatos then add cabbage then add cream to thicken it then grated swiss when it's almost done.
potato soup
just dice up onions and potato's just barely cover them with water add some milk and little heavy cream let that sit for awhile then mix up two cups of flour and two eggs and drop them things (i forget what my mom called them) in, you'll know when they are done they rise and bulk up a little but are still supposed to be doughy, then let it simmer for awhile then when it's almost done add half a stick of butter let it simmer a little while longer.
sorry these arn't traditional recipe's these are family recipe's that i've just learned over the years of watching...lol. there might be better recipe's online...

Quoting BakingBean2:" They are both fairly simple... cabbage soup just brown some smoked sausage then add chicken stock then ... [snip!] ... these are family recipe's that i've just learned over the years of watching...lol. there might be better recipe's online..."

They sound AMAZING!   Thanks!

Quoting LoveMyBubbaBoy:" They sound AMAZING!   Thanks!"

They are really good, my favorites as a child. I also loved shepherds pie and tuna casserole with the stale chips crushed and on top. I grew up kinda poor, so did my parents, so these we staples in our house... I thought I had hated them, but now as an adult I realize how much I miss and loved them! and find myself cooking them more and more. DH was an only child and grew up going out to eat and rarely had a home cooked meal. He thought tuna casserole sounded disgusting until I cooked it for him with the stale chips included, lol. He loved it.