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I heart love heart soup! So, here is a collection of recipes I got so far for the stuff. (With the exception of seafood chowder, it's not "soup". It's chowder.)

Leek and Potato Soup

2 tsps unsalted stick margarine
4-5 leeks, cleaned & sliced (about 7 cups)
3 shallots, chopped (or green onions)
4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
2 small all-purpose potatoes, peeled & diced
2 cups skim milk
1/4 cup dry white wine
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
Dash of curry powder (optional)

1. In a large non-stick saucepan or Dutch oven, melt the margarine. Add the leeks and shallots; cook, stirring as needed, until softened, 6-8 minutes.
2. Add the broth and potatoes; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
3. Stir in the milk, wine, pepper and curry powder. Cook, stirring as needed, until the mixture just comes to a boil.

Makes 4 servings.

*I haven't made this one yet. Will post the results when I do.*

Tortellini Soup

1 tbsp unsalted stick margarine
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 garlic clove, minced
2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
One 14 & ½ ounce can Italian-style stewed tomatoes
3 cups frozen cheese tortellini
One 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1. In a large nonstick saucepan or Dutch oven, melt the margarine. Add the mushrooms and garlic; cook, stirring as needed, until softened, 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the broth, tomatoes, and 3 cups water; bring to a boil. Add the tortellini, return to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring as needed, until the tortellini are cooked, about 10 minutes. Stir in the spinach and return to a boil. Serve, sprinkled with pepper.

Makes 6 servings.

I made some potato and leek soup the other day and it used soy milk instead regular milk and didn't use wine. Your version sounds better.

WONTON SOUP

1/2 lb. ground pork

SEASONINGS:

1 1/2 tbsp. light soy sauce
1/8 tsp. sugar
1 tbsp. dry sherry or cooking wine
Black pepper, to taste
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. finely chopped scallions
1 tbsp. cornstarch, dissolved in 4 tbsp. of chicken stock or water
2 tsp. sesame oil
Wonton wrappers about 40
5 c. chicken stock
2 c. spinach leaves, torn coarsely
Salt or light soy sauce to taste

Chop ground pork again to loosen its formation. Put pork in bowl add seasonings and mix until smooth. Divide into 40 portions or amount of wonton wrappers and wrap them into wontons.

WONTONS:

1 c. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. cold water
Flour for dusting
Cornstarch for dusting

Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; then add the water little by little until mixture resembles a coarse meal soft but not too wet. Depending on the flour, you may have to use a little less or more water.

Form it into a ball and a floured surface work and knead it about 5 minutes. Dusting with flour when necessary, until dough is smooth and no longer sticky. Cover with a damp cloth and let it rest for 30 minutes. Divide dough in half. Cover 1 piece with damp cloth and roll the other into a thin sheet on a floured surface so it's about 9 1/2 inches wide, 18 inches long and 1/16 inches thick.

Dust the surface of the dough generously with cornstarch. Trim the edges and cut the sheet crosswise into 6 3 inch strips. Stack the strips and cut crosswise 3 times to make 3 inch squares. Repeat with the other piece of dough. You'll get 36 to 40 sq. wrappers.

Don't waste the scraps cut them into small pieces and deep fry, them until lightly brown. They're good sprinkled over a creamy soup or just as is a small munch sprinkled with a little salt.

Well dusted with cornstarch, stacked and tightly wrapped in aluminum foil. Wonton wrappers keep in refrigerator for about 1 week; frozen they keep for months. Defrost thoroughly before using.

Bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a large pot. Turn heat to medium high, drop in the wontons, and stir gently. When water boils again. Add 1 1/2 cups of cold water, when it comes to a boil again add another 1 1/2 cups of cold water.

When water comes to a boil third time, let it boil for about 2 minutes. The wontons are cooked they float to the top.

Repeatedly adding cold water serves 2 purposes; it gives wontons enough time to cool well as rinsing them, since wontons should not be rinsed after cooking as noodles.

After boiling, the wontons be covered and stored 2 to 3 in the refrigerator. Submerge them in cold water to separate them before adding them soup.

COMPLETING THE SOUP:

Bring stock to a simmer medium heat, and drop wonton into it. Add torn spinach, and when stew comes to a boil, turn heat to low and simmer for about 2 minutes. Season to taste with light sauce or salt.

NOTE: Diced fresh shrimp may be used in place of grooves pork.

From http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1848,140181-236201,00.html