I have recently started eating quinoa. Just boil it and then make a salad out of it with chopped roast veg or salad veggies and some feta. Have also had it with yoghurt, nuts and dried fruit as a sweet. Loooooove the texture.

Has anyone tried it in soup? Did you cook it first or throw it in the pot like a barley?

Wow  just looking at this thread   I might have to invest in an electric soup maker.....the avancer one  does it come with a few recipes in the manual....pumpkin soup, pea and ham....you know the traditional soups.....

You don't need a recipe for most soups, chuck anything in make the best soups and pea soup is only bacons bones or hock and split peas.

I don't use bones in my soup maker.

The Avancer looks like a great buy!

I'm trying to shake off the vision of the bones in a soup maker (I know you don't leave them in the stock though), but it sounds really funny ...

 

My soup maker is a boiler on top of the stove. Bones with marrow have lots of flavour and give soup an extra taste. Most old fashioned soups were made with bones of one kind or another.

 

Mind you, I don't blend my soup either. I don't like the consistency of blended food. 

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@ajarnjenny wrote:

My soup maker is a boiler on top of the stove. Bones with marrow have lots of flavour and give soup an extra taste. Most old fashioned soups were made with bones of one kind or another.

 

Mind you, I don't blend my soup either. I don't like the consistency of blended food. 

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I did think you meant that, was joking with you.

I love my pumpkin soup smooth

Recipes with the Avancer, hmm, don't know but I should. There are soupmaker recipes on the net.

 I just put in what I want but no bones, I never use bones or meats in my soup, I don't eat meat so hubby doesn't get any in his soups.

 

My first go with the soupmaker I ended up tipping down the sink, but all good since then.

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@azureline** wrote:

I don't use bones in my soup maker.

The Avancer looks like a great buy!

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i've been debating with myself whether i need another kitchen gadget or not but i've decided i'll give this a go.

we have soup 3 or 4 times a week in winter, i used to batch cook it and freeze it but i no longer have a freezer other than the fridge freezer so can't do that anymore so i will get a lot of use out of one.

 

Thanks for the the link roserobin.

I think how gallible are people, you can make the same thing in a pot.