Soup Recipes
Soups are the ultimate comfort food, from chicken noodle when you've got the sniffles to hearty bean soup to warm the coldest bones. You can put nearly anything into soup - these recipes will inspire you to creative cooking.
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15 Bean Soup
This is a variation on the classic 15 bean soup mix you can get at the stores. I give it a great flavor boost by replacing the qu…
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Ashley's bean soup
This recipe came from Ashley, my daughter's childhood friend. My daughter, who is all of 21, can even make this to perfection. …
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Beef and Lamb Beer Stew
I recently purchased the herbs & spices book by Jill Norman from the website and was inspired to try to experiment with my new her…
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Beef Vegetable Soup
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Beer Can Turkey, Turkey Salad & Turkey Soup: 3 Recipes in One
The Chicken/Turkey salad is Grandma Billie's chicken salad recipe using turkey meat and Spice House spices. I think the ground …
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Best ever beef stew
Received some of your spices for Christmas after visiting your Evanston shop and am having a great time trying them out in differe…
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Black Bean Chili
This is a favorite of family and friends. I use a few different versions of this recipe, depending on who I am serving it to. I …
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Carrot Cumin Soup
This soup, based on a traditional Middle Eastern soup, has become a favorite with everyone who tastes it. It's also unbelievably …
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Cheesy Cauliflower Soup
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Chicken-Orrichetti Soup with Cilantro and Lemon
I love to cook and have been collecting and trying recipes for years especially ones that use spices (that is why I am a frequent …
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Chili Con Carne with Beans
This is an original recipe. It is super easy to make, and as good as any you will find. While on a trip to Fort Worth ten years …
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Chocolate Chili
I used to use various chili spice kits and then realized I could make better chili using my own blend of ingredients. This chili i…
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Cincinnati Style Chili
I first tried this dish in Chicago many years ago at a Cincy Chili franchise. Although it never really caught on here, I was hoo…
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Clay's Cajun Seafood Soup
This recipe was developed by long-time Spice House customer and friend Chef Clay Erickson. We love when he comes to visit and bri…
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Clay's Colossal Chili
This is the very recipe Chef Clay Erickson used to WIN the National Hobart Chili Cookoff at the Culinary Institute of America in N…
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Corn Chowder with Regular Chili Powder for vegetarian/meat combined
These are the vegetables that are available at this time of the year from my farmer. I made up this recipe to use a lot of them. …
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Cream of Broccoli Soup
This was from Rick's Cafe in Sioux Falls, S.D. The place has been closed for many years and sadly he is not with us today. I m…
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
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Cream of potato soup
Very possibly the easiest soup recipe I've ever made especially if you have an immersion blender.
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Creamy Mushroom Soup
A hearty vegetarian first course. For a low-sodium soup, make sure you use low-sodium vegetable broth.…
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Creole Style Gumbo
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Dahl Soup
I created this recipe while trying to copy the soup I love at an area restaurant, which was a little too far away to visit frequen…
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Deb's Chicken Soup
This is my own concoction using ingredients from The Spice House.
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Detroit Style Clam Chowder
In celebration of the eclectic mix of cuisine and cultures that make Detroit so special, I melded together the very best of severa…
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Dorothy's Stefado (Greek Beef Stew)
This is a Greek beef stew made with small onions. This is my mom's recipe, and every Fall--without fail--you could smell it simmer…
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Elk and Bean Chili
My father goes hunting in Colorado every year, and always come back with delicious elk meat for me to cook with. This is a great …
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Gazpacho Andaluz
This recipe was given to me in August 1990 by Dick Bowers, President of Hitox Corp., a chemical company in Corpus Christi, TX. It …
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Grandma's Chili
This is my grandmother's recipe for chili. It's not hot, but very tasty. I've even served it to people who said they didn't like…
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Healing Soup
This is from a book called "Food Doctor" that we found at our local library's annual used book sale. We like to put a dollop of so…
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Hearty Onion Soup
For an onion soup that lingers in your mind long after the last spoonful is gone, try this creamy blend of caramelized onions that…
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Hot and Sour Chicken Curry
My method of cooking is 80% improvisation and 20% experience. I hardly ever measure my ingredients (the experience part), and I u…
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Iranian Beef Stew
I used to work with a woman from Iran who was a marvelous cook. This is one of the many wonderful Iranian recipes she shared with …
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Italian Bean Soup with Indian Spices
This is a variation on a traditional Italian bean soup, or stew, prepared especially in central and northern Italian regional cook…
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Italian Hunter's Stew
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KING CREOLE SEAFOOD CHOWDER
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Jamaican Red Bean Soup
This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, "The Heaven on Seven Cookbook. Where It's M…
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Jerri's Pumpkin Soup
Originally this was my friend Diane's recipe, but I altered it a bit. I've often made this soup in very large quantities, when fe…
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Jimbo's Killer Chili
A radio station in Detroit (WXYZ, I think) had award winning recipes it was discussing on the air for listeners. I contacted them…
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Lasagna Soup
I had lasagna soup at a local restaurant and had to come home and recreate it. I looked at different recipes online but didn't th…
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Lemon Asparagus Barley Soup
A satisfying variation on the Greek lemon chicken soup "Avgolemono". It's an easy vegetarian dish. The sunny colors will remind yo…
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Marcia's Wild Spaghetti Western Chili
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Margo's Chili
When my husband was running for the City of Milwaukee School Board (1983), I always had a huge pot of chili on the stove for the c…
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Marty's Manhattan Clam Chowder
This is my fiancé’s recipe (Marty) which has been in his family for years and was recently kicked up with your Old Chesapeake B…
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Mexican Stew
Patty, this is the recipe I mentioned when we were last in the Wells St. store. I finally figured out how to write it up because t…
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Mom's Easy Chili
This is my mother's recipe. Although I sometimes make chili using more complicated recipes, this is so easy and can be made from …
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Mulligatawny Soup
My Daughter worked for Ameri-corp literacy Program in Pittsburgh. She was always telling her students about how I love to cook eth…
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Mulligatawny with Lentils
Every winter I prepare this wonderful soup, and I am convinced that an important part of its distinctive flavor comes from the bla…
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Oxtail Stew
This is an "All Day" kind of recipe and is perfect for those cold winter days when the wind blows off Lake Michigan. Allow about …
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Pasta and Bean Soup
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Pimenton Garlic Soup
This recipe comes from the latest book by our friend, "the pope of peppers," Dave DeWitt (along with Nancy Gerlach), "A Spicy Food…
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Potato Soup
I love potato soup, but have never really found a recipe that I liked...so I made up my own. At least, as far as I know, there is…
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Pumpkin Soup
This recipe comes to us courtesy of The Junior League of Chicago. It is from their cookbook, "Celebrate Chicago! A Taste of Our …
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Quick Chicken Soup
I work long hours and don't have time to cook during the week. I wasn't feeling too well and wanted some chicken soup, but didn't…
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Red Lentil Soup with Garam Masala
From Nepal; Ingredients with a '*' can be replaced with 4 1/2 teaspoons of ground Garam Masala (total replacement, not per ingred…
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Sauerkraut Soup – Kapusniak
My family originated in Poland and settled in Milwaukee, and this is a family recipe for a hearty Polish soup. Although I now live…
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Shanghai-style Beef Stew
This is a new and different way to use Cake Spice and make a one pot meal.
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Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo
There are as many Gumbo recipes as there are cooks on the Gulf Coast. Our recipe is original, and has everything in it except the…
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Snappy Red Chowder
This recipe comes to us courtesy of the "Spice of Life Cookbook" by Treva Davis (no longer in print). She writes, "There are thre…
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Sopa de Lima
If there is one traditional dish in the Yucatan Peninsula, this is it. Literally translated as “lime soup”, this is more of a …
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Southeast Asian Soup
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Spicy Lentil Chili
An adapted recipe from Sauce, a Milwaukee restaurant via "Gourmet".
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Spicy Turkey Noodle Soup
I went to the store one day and found they were having a clearence sale on baby sweet onions. From that find came about this soup…
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Spicy Vegetarian Chili
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Spinach Lentil Soup
This recipe is originally from "Midwest Living", and they credit Vierling's Saloon. It's very quick and easy to make. I also like …
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Split Pea Soup with Garam Masala
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Sunny Vegetable Soup
I love Spice House blends, so when Sunny Greek Islands appeared, I had to try it. One night I experimented and came up with this …
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Sweet Curry Carrot Soup
This recipe comes to us courtesy of the "Spice of Life Cookbook" by Treva Davis (no longer in print).…
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Sweet Potato Bisque
I used to work at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee, and they used to serve a soup that they called "Sweet Potato Bisque". This is …
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Taco Soup
This is a recipe I received from a friend. I fixed it for another friend and she and her husband loved it so much they said it wa…
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Texas Roadhouse Chili
This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, "The Heaven On Seven Cookbook. Where It's M…
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Tomato and Red Lentil Soup
This recipe is my attempt to create a soup similar to the one served at Reza’s restaurant. The secret ingredient is sumac. Sum…
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Tortilla Soup
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Turkey Carcass Gumbo
I put this recipe together to use up leftover turkey and stuffing after the holidays. Its a standard cajun gumbo file' - but I hav…
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Turmeric Soup
I learned this in Nepal; instead of chicken soup (chicken is expensive), they make turmeric soup. It is just as good for a cold.…
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Tuscan-style Tomato & Bread Soup
Several years ago, I first ate a similar dish at a restaurant in Florence, a short distance from the Accademia (David). When I re…
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Uncle Bill's Head Sweatin' Chili
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Vegan Mushroom Pho
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Vegetarian Chili
I love chili, and I am not a big meat or bean eater. This is a good compromise. Although you can buy chili kits at any grocery sto…
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Vegetarian Split Pea Soup
Although often made with a ham bone, our version of split pea soup is so hearty and heart healthy you won't miss the meat. Serve w…
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Veggie Chili
I became a vegetarian a little while ago and I use a lot of spices now. Here is a recipe for a chili that doesn't use a meat subsi…
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Weekend Turkey Soup Stock
This recipe comes to us courtesy of the "Spice of Life Cookbook" by Treva Davis (no longer in print).…
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Wisconsin Cheese Soup
This recipe is for one of your employees, and my daughter Jodie Parks. This was always her favorite soup when I worked at the Feed…
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Yam Soup
I love earthy root vegetable soups full of warm soulful flavors...this soup encompasses all of that.…
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Yummy Good Chili
This chili is really a combination of two recipes. I wanted something that was easy to prepare and did not take all day to make. T…
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