I love soup but...

[Fishheadjoe]

I made garlic soup the other day. Not only is it hardy, I couldn't believe how filling it really was. I doubled up on the garlic! Added some bacon bits and croutons at the end and served with of course, garlic bread!
Enjoy!
Ingredients

1. • 26 garlic cloves (unpeeled)
   • 2 tablespoons olive oil
2. • 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
   • 2 1/4 cups sliced onions
   • 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
   • 18 garlic cloves, peeled
   • 3 1/2 cups chicken stock or canned low-salt chicken broth
   • 1/2 cup whipping cream
3. • 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese (about 2 ounces)
   • 4 lemon wedges

Preparation

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Place 26 garlic cloves in small glass baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Cover baking dish tightly with foil and bake until garlic is golden brown and tender, about 45 minutes. Cool. Squeeze garlic between fingertips to release cloves. Transfer cloves to small bowl.
   2. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions and thyme and cook until onions are translucent, about 6 minutes. Add roasted garlic and 18 raw garlic cloves and cook 3 minutes. Add chicken stock; cover and simmer until garlic is very tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, purée soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to saucepan; add cream and bring to simmer. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring occasionally.)
   3. Divide grated cheese among 4 bowls and ladle soup over. Squeeze juice of 1 lemon wedge into each bowl and serve.

Fishheadjoe

 

[theduke1]

From Labor Day to Memorial Day Sunday supper at our house has been soup and homemade bread.
My wife is a scratch baker and I am the cook.
So a hearty soup or stew and homemade bread is a winter staple here in NE Wisconsin.
So a bowl full and 1-2 pieces of bread do it for me
BTW
We have been doing this since 1994 When we moved into our new home
Duke

 

[Gaolee]

My wife and I make bean soup in large batches and live on it weeks at a time during the winter. It's thick, and will absolutely fill you up. I prefer black beans or white beans, but lintels work fine, too. Lots of vegetables including root vegetables make it thicker. We usually throw in some dried pepper pods from the garden to make it spicier. That really works if there's plenty of tomato in the soup, too. Once we make a big pot of the stuff, we have to keep diluting it or it gets thicker and thicker and thicker, to the point it is not soup any more. We eat enough beans all the time that they don't have much effect, if any. Meaning I get GAS pains, but not gas pains.

 

[GBBSbassist]

Store bought stuff

Depends on the type of soup and the nutritional content of it.

Anything store bought for the most part will have heaps of excess sodium. There have been studies linked to high sodium content actually increasing hunger, but that may vary by the person.

In my experiences, as long as it's a soup with some protein in it, I'm pretty content.

 

[ThudThudThud]

I have a love/hate relationship with soup that's all in my head.
If you were to ask me if I want soup, or if I see soup on a menu, I'll likely decline since, "I don't like soup." [In my head]
However, whenever I eat soup/stew it's always the best thing ever.
The local Chinese restaurant makes a won ton soup I could literally live on. Never hungry afterwards.
Split pea and ham is an absolute delight. Very filling.
Beef stew is always a winner at my house. Adding dumplings makes it very filling.
Try French onion soup. Lots of heartiness in the crouton/cheese. Beside, onions are good for you.
A couple of restaurants nearby (we're coastal) have amazing clam chowder (New England style). Always filling.

Perhaps the OP isn't eating the right soups. An Italian brodo is supposed to get the juices running before the next courses. It'll never fill you.

 

[Pilgrim]

Soup with cheddar, taters and bacon. That'll stick to the ol' ribs.

 

[Whippet]

Most canned soup and canned stew is disgusting.
I once ate alphabet soup which was so distgusting I puked.

And guess what. It spelled EWWWWW.

 

[Gorn]

This is filling.

 

[MattZilla]

Soup is part of a meal, stew is a meal.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Mmmmmmm