What Kinda Soup You Got To Have....

What seems like 50 million years ago, My friend Amy and I were looking for somewhere to order food from. We wanted soup and so I called up the restaurant and for some reason said, "What kinda soup ya got to have?" Instead of "What kind of soup do you have today?" Ever since then it has been a major joke when it comes to soup. 

Soup is honestly one of my favorite foods, not just in the winter months but in the summer, spring, any time day- I love it! I will chose a restaurant for dinner based on what kind of soup they have. And if there is free bread with it, Done Deal. And one of my all time favorites is Olive Garden's Chicken Gnocchi Soup. Side of amazeballs Olive Garden Breadsticks- heaven! I used this recipe here. I would defiantly suggest using fresh spinach- not frozen. It will turn your whole soup green. I would also suggest using store bought gnocchi, and I used a rotisserie chicken for the chicken making it easier. I also grated the carrots instead of dicing because I suck at dicing carrots.

Second favorite soup- Lobster Bisque. By far amazing and my favorite. And for a girl who used to hate seafood. It has changed my life. Well this winter has been hard on us and I found myself hitting up our local Mariano's for their amazing lobster soup. So good and hot! With the nasty cold weather it was nice to find something comforting and warm like that. So I said "Self, I can do that" I searched Pinterest for a soup that would not cost a million dollars and found one. And it was for the crockpot, get outta here!! CrockPot Lobster Bisque - it changed my life. And was so easy. I did make some changes though. I only did two lobster tails, because they be expensive! And it turned out great! And at the end I added a can of cream corn, and it was amazing. It made it creamier and who doesn't love corn?


So I have been watching Top Chef Boston, and it has inspired me to not only want to rent a cabin on Cape Cod for the rest of my life, but it has also inspired me to love East Coast food. I told the Hubby the other day I want to take a trip to the East Coast and do nothing but eat Lobster Rolls, and eat CHOWDAH! So the hunt was on for a semi-cheap seafood soup. I found this awesome Shrimp and Corn Chowder recipe that was sooooo delicious, we ate it up so fast I didn't get to take a picture. Bacon, Shrimp, Corn- what more could you ask for? And the best part was it literally took me 30 minutes to make. The paprika gave it a nice kick and a deep flavor that was awesome! Side note- the beginning of this recipe starts off where you cook up the chopped bacon. I found that if you freeze bacon, and use a really sharp knife to chop it off and cook it in a cold pan, not preheated! This will help make the bacon nice and crispy! 
 
And last but not least, the easiest soup I have ever made in my life. I actually got it from the tuna website- which I hate tuna but this chowder is amazing.Charlie's Corn Chowdah is super easy, and the children ate it up like crazy!!  Pair it with some grilled cheese sandwiches and it's a super easy dinner.

The nice thing with soup is that it could be anything from a nice snack, a hearty lunch, a light dinner or even a midnight snack. And all of these recipes make a lot of soup, leftovers can be frozen or I even put individual servings in Tupperware containers in the fridge- for easy reheating.
Happy Soup Eating!!!