Home made soups are also a love of mine for reasons beyond their health benefits.  Clearing the vegetable drawer on a Sunday morning and using its contents to make a soup is one of those feel good cooking jobs.  Leaving nothing to waste, making something that’s exponentially more than its parts alone and having lots to freeze for meals during the week: it’s the yin to the yang of those frozen pizzas of mine that also live in the freezer.

And while I make soup for the coming week (and beyond) a smaller red pot was reheating a portion of the last soup I made for today’s lunch.

I had an unfortunate experience with a package of ready made soup in Perth last week.  It was touted as the brand’s premium quality, made from scratch and as good as home made range.  The packaging was fancy, as was the price and it was all so convenient to just pour and reheat.  It even looked home made in texture and consistency.  Except that it tasted of nothing.  A nothing so full of nothingness that I couldn’t bring myself to eat it.

So I’m back in Sydney and back to my home made soup.  I’ve just got to do something about that long shelf life white bread I’m eating it with….

What’s your favourite soup?

Is there a ready  made soup you actually rather like?