Next it is good to have an immerse blender or immersion blender, to make these easy soup recipes. It is a huge time saver! You can choose an immersion blender here at a variety of prices. This product helps save lots of steps in making soup that usually calls for a regular blender or food processor. Both products are great but why make more dishes to wash and have more unnecessary steps back and forth from pot to blender and back to the pot again to reheat?

Another great product to have to make easy soup recipes is a slow cooker or crock pot. Also look here for a slow cooker for lots of price options. Crock pots are great when you want a tasty meal and plan to be gone all day. You just put in your ingredients and turn on the crock pot and come back in 6 or so hours and dinner is ready.

What is the difference between broth and stock?

The difference is that stock is richer in flavor than broth. Stock is a mixture of bones, meat and vegetables and is boiled for hours to get the most flavor out of all the ingredients. Broth is very similar to stock. Broth is used to refer to a liquid made in the same way as stock, but meat is substituted for bones.

Here are some stocks that would be good to have on hand. Store in the freezer for up to 2-3 months.

If you do not have time to make your own stock, you can always buy your stock. Just as good when you want to save some time, for those fast and easy soup recipes!

What is the difference between fresh herbs and dried herbs?

Fresh herbs are full of flavor and are used only at the end of a soup. If you put them in at the beginning the flavor is lost. Fresh herbs also are a great colorful garnish on a soup as well.

Interested in growing your own fresh herbs? Enhance the flavor these easy soup recipes by adding freshly picked herbs from your garden patch! Here is how to do your own organic herb gardening. This site teaches all you need to know on how to grow your own herbs!

Dried herbs are best used in recipes that are going to simmer, like soups and sauces. Dried herbs keep well for 6 months. After that I suggest buying (or growing) more.

If your easy soup recipes call for fresh herbs and you only have dried herbs just deduct the amount by a third. For instance your recipe calls for 3 tbsp. fresh thyme, you can use 1 tbsp. dried thyme instead. Just put it in earlier in the recipe to allow flavors to come out.

This also works if you have fresh herbs and want to substitute them for dried. Just times by three. Example 1/2 tsp. dried to 1 1/2 tsp. fresh. This makes it possible to make any easy soup recipes of your choice with what you have on hand. That's how we like it, right?

Now that you have all the information you need for making easy soup recipes, you can get started! Check out all the soup recipes and find your favorites!