Do you have any ideas for a soup I could throw together with bacon and frozen mixed veggies?

Question

I'm trying to use up some things we have in the freezer since we're moving Wednesday...

Should I cook the bacon in a soup pot, then leave the grease in for flavoring? Or is that just way too much fat?

I guess shellnpepe answered that just as I was asking, thanks~

Answer 1

VEGETABLE BACON SOUP

8 slices bacon
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/2 c. sliced celery
5 c. water
1 pkg. frozen corn (10 oz.)
1/2 c. sliced carrots
1 potato, pared, sliced
1 pkg. frozen green beans
4 c. chopped, crushed tomatoes
1 tbsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. basil
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 to 1 c. sm. pastas (alphabets, rosamarino, etc.)

Chop bacon into small pieces, cook until crisp in Dutch oven or soup pot. Drain all but 2 tablespoons fat. Saute onion and celery in bacon fat; drain. Add all other ingredients EXCEPT pasta and tomatoes. Stir, bring to boil, simmer covered 30 minutes. Add tomatoes and pasta. (The pasta is optional and makes the soup thicker.) Stir well, cover and simmer, 30 minutes or longer. Serve with crusty rolls; delicious leftover!

Answer 2

Slice and fry up the bacon but don't cook it to the crisp point. Put some water in a pan, add some chicken base if you have it (or chicken bouillon cubes). If you have any onions, saute them with the bacon and toss in the pot. If not, put in some onion powder if you have it. Add your bacon, 1 T of the bacon fat, and your veggies. Add a bay leaf if you have it. Add some black pepper. Cook 10 minutes. Place in a serving bowl and if you have any cream, put in about 2 tablespoonsful and give it a stir. It will taste wonderful. If you don't have cream, pour a little milk in there - but it won't be quite as good.

Answer 3

Just use what you have and throw it in with low sodium chicken broth. Doesn't take much to make soup. If you have/like onion and garlic, sautee before and mix it in with the broth.

Answer 4

minestrone soup:

cook the bacon, then add the veggies and onion and garlic...then stock, tomatoes, cannelini beans, herbs. you can go pretty much anywhere with minestrone.