Stocks OAMC/Freezer/Make Ahead Recipes

"A basic, yet intensely flavourful recipe that forms a delicious bottom note for any vegetarian (or not!) soups, stews or rice dishes you care to make with it. Comes from the Fresh at Home cookbook by Ruth Tal Brown and Jennifer Houston. This is one of the best uses ever for shiitake mushroom stems!"

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Ingredients: mushrooms, onions, parsley...

"This superb stock has a zesty flavor that cuts through the richness of coconut milk and adds an extra dimension to curries. A simple recipe, it makes enough stock for two curries. You can use half and freeze the rest. Adapted from Fields of Greens cookbook. Enjoy!"

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Ingredients: cilantro, coriander seeds...

"I've been trying to perfect my chicken soup for a while now and my husband tells me I finally found the winner. My toddler enjoyed it as well. Spices are mostly to taste I used left over chicken from the night before."

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Ingredients: celery hearts, garlic powder...

"This takes some upfront cook time, but it freezes great! We have been enjoying it all winter. It’s healthy and hardy and you can add some cream to make it smoother. I went the healthier route with some stock."

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Ingredients: cream, whole chestnuts, nutmeg...

"Thai Tom Yum soup is a delicious and aromatic Thai soup. I crave this soup ALL of the time. I have brought this to parties and people always rave about it. Now friends always ask me to make it whenever we're getting together. I made it completely from scratch for years. A few years ago, I started using the paste and prefer it. I find it to be more..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, tom yum paste...

"The very soup reputed to have built the British Empire and one that was oh-so-fashionable in Victorian and Edwardian times! This soup was served daily, until recently, in the dining cars of British Rail. This classic hearty soup was also very popular at the castle (Windsor) in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Queen Victoria was particularly..."

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Ingredients: bouquet garni, cooked rice...

"This is a fiberous and healthy soup I make for my boyfriend and I to eat throughout the week when we don't feel like cooking. I'll make it on Sunday and it will last till Thursday. Plus its a great way to clean out your fridge."

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Ingredients: juice, 15 bean soup mix...

"An all-purpose vegetable broth for soups, rice, etc. They state that you can make it into a light sauce for ravioli by reducing it over medium heat, uncovered, for about 15 minutes until it is almost syrupy. Broth can be made ahead of time; it can be kept covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Recipe from Whole..."

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Ingredients: fresh parsley, fresh thyme...

"I made this recipe with ingredients I had in the kitchen today. I was given the last of the tomatos from one of my friends gardens, I had a few potatos, some celery and so I set out to make soup. Wasn't sure what the end result would be, but apparently it is a hit with my family, bless them, I love their encouragement."

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Ingredients: dried basil, vegetable bouillon cubes...

"from Harry Caray's Restaurant Cookbook, the official home plate of the Chicago cubs. Also used for Chicken Vesuvio."

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Ingredients: leeks, chicken bones...

"Classic Minestrone adpated this receipe from 9/1998 Cook's Illustrated. I'm going vegan for lent and need a tasty soup that I knew would help me through this process. I removed the cheese from the orginal and it's not the exact same but it makes a great vegetable soup!"

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Ingredients: leeks, salt, spinach leaves...