There is nothing more comforting than sipping from a bowl of steaming soup in your cosy bedroom, while watching the outside world freeze. The winter is right at the corner, so I present you a list of top 6 Soups To Beat The Cold Weather. Remember these cold weather soup ideas are must-try for they offer a perfect cure for bad-weather.

Cream of carrot soup

A bowl of creamy carrot soup is enough to keep the cold away! The soup is a fine blend of fresh and juicy carrots, butter, whole milk, vegetable broth and seasonings. The carrots are first peeled, boiled and then blended together to prepare a puree. The puree is then added with the rest of the ingredients and stirred on a pan at low flame until a smooth consistency appears.

Chicken and Vegetable Noodle Soup

The soup is undoubtedly a steaming delight to the taste buds, at the same time is also sufficiently filling. The main ingredients of the soup include chicken broth, carrots, soy sauce, egg noodles, cooked and diced chicken pieces and seasonings. In a large pan, all the ingredients, except for the chicken pieces and noodles are mixed. The ingredients are cooked for 5 minutes and then added with the boiled white egg noodles and chicken pieces.

Leek and Stilton soup

This is a thick creamy soup, highly savoured for its dominant stilton flavour. The soup is a fine preparation of chopped leeks, celery sticks, butter, vegetable stock, cream, crumbled stilton and seasonings. For its preparation, leek and celery are sautéed for some time and then added with vegetable stock and other ingredients.

Vegetable and Bean Soup

The soup is the perfect culmination of all the winter veggies that you need to keep yourself nourished and warm. It is best prepared from a can of fresh green beans, chopped onions, garlic, carrot, celery stock, vegetable stock, red and juicy tomatoes, bay leaf, hint of sugar, salt and pepper. For the preparation, all the veggies are well sautéed in a pan with melted butter. The stocks are added over the sautéed ingredients along with bay leaf and stirred until a thick consistency is attained. Add seasonings and serve.

Wild Mushroom Soup

The soup makes for an excellent starter choice for a grand dinner. It is made from a delectable mix of choicest of wild mushrooms, minced shallots, butter, vegetable stock, garlic, cream and seasonings. The preparation method involves sautee of mushrooms in a pan with melted butter and the addition of vegetable stock, cream, shallots, garlic, cream and seasonings. For a soup-like thick consistency, the mixture is cooked for 10-15 minutes.

Smoked Haddock and Corn Chowder Recipe

The soup draws inspiration from the world-famous Scottish delicacy, Cullen Skink. However, the discussed soup slightly differs from the Scottish version with the use of cream and flour as the thickening agents instead of mashed potatoes. The rest of ingredients are same, especially, the choice of vegetables, like onion, carrots, leek, sweet corn, spinach leaves, milk and seasonings.  The soup is best savoured piping hot with garnishing of chopped parsley or poached egg.

These were some of the most carefully chosen top 6 soups to beat the heat.

PS- Do not hesitate to bring in your creative additions to the above mentioned soups! 

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