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Homemade Soup Mixes

Course: Mains

Ingredients

Italian Barley Soup

  • 1 cup Pearled barley
  • 1/2 cup Sundried tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp Dried chopped onions
  • 1 tbsp Dried minced garlic
  • 2 tbsp Dried basil
  • 1 tbsp Dried oregano
  • 1 tbsp Dried parsley flakes
  • 1 Veggie bouillon cube

Split Pea Soup

  • 2 cups Split green peas
  • 1/2 tsp Celery seed
  • 1 tbsp Dried chopped onions
  • 1 tbsp Dried minced garlic
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 Chicken bouillon cube

Coconut Curry Soup

  • 2/3 cup Orange lentils
  • 2/3 cup Green lentils
  • 1 tbsp Curry powder
  • 1 tbsp Dried chopped onions
  • 1 tbsp Dried minced garlic
  • 2 Veggie bouillon cubes
  • 1 Dried chile pepper

Five Bean Soup

  • 1/3 cup Pinto Beans
  • 1/3 cup Green peas
  • 1/3 cup Black beans
  • 1/3 cup Great northern beans
  • 1/3 cup Kidney beans
  • 1 tsp Dry mustard
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • 1 tbsp Dried chopped onions
  • 1 tbsp Dried garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp Oregano
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 Dried chile pepper Optional
  • 1 tsp Rosemary
  • 1 Veggie bouillon cubes

Chicken Noodle Soup

  • 1 tbsp Dried chopped onions
  • 1 tbsp Dried minced garlic
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1/2 tsp Dried rosemary
  • 1/2 tsp Dried sage
  • 1/2 tsp Dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp Celery seed
  • 1 Chicken bouillon cube
  • 2 Wide egg noodles

Spicy Black Bean Soup

  • 1 1/2 cups Black beans
  • 1 tbsp Dried chopped onions
  • 1 tbsp Dried garlic powder
  • 2 tbsp Cumin
  • 1 tsp Celery seed
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 1 tsp Chili powder
  • 1 Veggie bouillon cube
  • 1 Dried chile pepper

Instructions

Italian Barley Soup

  • Remove wrapper from bouillon cube and add it, plus all remaining ingredients, plus four cups of water and one 14-ounce can of diced tomatoes to a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the barley is tender, about 20 minutes. Serve topped with grated Parmesan. Season to taste.

Split Pea Soup

  • Remove wrapper from bouillon cube and add it, plus all remaining ingredients, plus four cups of water to a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the peas are tender, about 30 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf. Stir in one cup of chopped ham before serving. Season to taste.

Coconut Curry Soup

  • Remove wrapper from bouillon cubes and add them, plus all remaining ingredients, plus four cups of water and one 14-ounce can of full fat coconut milk to a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the lentils are tender, about 20 minutes. Remove and discard the chile pepper before serving. Season to taste.

Five Bean Soup

  • Remove wrapper from bouillon cube and add it, plus all remaining ingredients, plus five cups of water and one 14 ounce can of diced tomatoes to a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the beans are tender and the soup is thick, about 90 minutes, adding more water as necessary to soften the beans. Remove and discard chile pepper and bay leaf before serving. Season to taste.

Chicken Noodle Soup

  • Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Sauté one diced carrot and one diced stalk of celery until just tender, about 5 minutes. Unwrap the bouillon cube from the soup mix, and then add it, plus all remaining ingredients to the saucepan. Add in 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until the noodles are cooked through, about 10 minutes. Stir in 2 cups chopped cooked chicken before serving. Season to taste.

Spicy Black Bean Soup

  • Remove wrapper from bouillon cube, add it, plus all remaining ingredients, plus six cups of water into a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the beans are tender and the soup is thick, about 90 minutes, adding more water as necessary to soften the beans Remove and discard the chile pepper and bay leaves before serving. Season to taste.

Notes

*A note about cooking with dried beans: the age of the beans can dramatically affect the amount of water and the amount of cooking time beans need. Older beans = longer to cook (and you don’t always know how old the beans in the store are). Best bet is to keep an eye on the soup, add more water if necessary, and taste test until the beans are softened.
Recipe adapted from Wholefully