Customer Reviews

The Soup Mix Gourmet: 375 Short-Cut Recipes Using Dry and Canned Soups to Cook Up Everything from Delicious Dips and Sumpt (Non)

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I'm a cookbook junkie, endless perusing the latest editions and the old standards (and not-so-standards) for new and exciting meals. A normal cookbook purchase will usually net 3 or 4 suitable recipes for my family's tastes. The Soup Mix Gourmet has proven a bonanza! I've marked over 40 recipes that sound terrific for our needs, and all five that I have made so far were total winners. I'll be looking for more works by this author; she really has the "magic touch" in the kitchen! I work in a brick-and-mortar bookstore, and have recommended this book to over two dozen folks in the last couple of weeks. All of them have expressed great pleasure (one even sent me a couple of boxes of dry soup mix with a thank-you note).
This book is beautifully done. Buy it today!

This is a HUGE book! Don't be daunted by that as it covers everything from appetizers to main course and tosses in a host of rubs and marinades. Diane Phillips doesn't just recount all of the previously published recipes of the various soup vendors, she undertakes to combine the flavors of canned and dry soup mixes to produce a wonderful result. She provides many tips and alternatives to accomodate individual tastes.

This isn't 'dump chili'. It is a realistic use of condensed and dried soup to enhance and ease the cooking process. I was reluctant at first to purchase this book but it was recommended by a friend. I remembered growing up to recipes that were 'drowned' in salty goop. This book departs from that by combining condensed and dry soups with herbs and spices. I must admit that I was most pleasantly surprised AND I use this book repeatedly.

I am not a snob. I often use canned soup as well as dried soup mixes in my cooking. I am a busy mom and don't have time to concoct elaborate sauces and I have children who are extremely suspicious of "flecks" and "chunks". On the other hand, I like to eat food that TASTES good. I welcomed the advent of this cookbook and have already stuffed it with post-it notes on the recipes I am going to try. There is an enormous variety here and if you like to cook with soup you are certain to find something that you will like!

The biggest drawback I found was the emphasis on shallots over onions (this can be pricey for some), but this is easily rectified..just use onions. Some recipes calling for just the seasoning package and not the noodles from ramen noodle soup had me looking askance as well, but you could easily subsitute a bouillon cube. I don't have room to store opened packages of ramen noodles, although I occasionally use the noodles without the seasoning and store those to throw in soup!

I love to cook! I love the selecting of fresh ingredients, the prep work, and the pleasure of carrying out a complex recipe successfully -- but only when I have time!

During the week, everything changes and nights are unpredictable in my home. It is next to impossible to predict when everyone will be home and ready to eat or how much effort the chef (me) really wants to put forth...

The Soup Mix Cookbook provides easy, reliable recipes that have a lot of flexibility to make dinner prep a breeze. I particularly likes the Baked Potato Soup. It is thick and hearty, people can dress it up as they choose; add a tossed salad to it to complete the meal.

Pick the book up, put it in your car, and shop with it on your way home...dinner will taste so much betrer than regular take-out and your family will be impressed with that American rarity -- a home-cooked meal!

I recently took a class with Diane and thoroughly enjoyed all of the dishes she made which were from the book. I bought the book that night and have been using it ever since to the delight of my husband and guests. We have a 1-year-old and this book has been a life-saver allowing me to make tasty meals in less time. I wholeheartedly recommend it!

I checked this book out of the library and loved it! In fact, I loved it so much that I had to order it. It has so many great ideas for busy cooks. With a well stocked soup pantry, you can put together a gourmet meal in a flash. It's well thought out, well organized, and has lots of great trivia. It's a practical cookbook for anyone.

This cookbook is one of the best I have come across. I love cookbooks and I'm always trying different recipes. But this cookbook has really got me trying one recipe after the other.
If you like to cook and like tasty and delicous food and most of the recipes are pretty easy to prepare you should purchase The Soup Mix Gourmet.

After finding this book in the library and looking through it... I knew I HAD to buy it. There were just too many recipes I wanted to try. I usally only buy canned soups, and while I have used them in creative ways I never dreamed that they, along with dry mixes could add so much to so many foods! I plan on making one of the shrimp dip recipes for our department pitch in, and a co-worker is going to make the Tomato Soup Spice Cake. This book is for the novice as well as the experienced cook. Keep it handy.. you will use it often!

This cook book is a must have for anyone needing new ideas for the family. A short grocery list is all thats needed to provide variety. I found that most of the items required were things I already had in the pantry. These dishes have very simple ingredients and I have found many that are winners with my sometimes picky young adult children. They are quick which is great for the working mom. Vegetables are used throughout, so it's not just a cheese and starch book. What impressed me most was the layout of the book itself - it's just as easy to find a new recipe as it is to prepare one.

I have just recently found this book from someones list mania and I LOVED IT!!! I have made three recipes from this including a meat rub that was fabulous. Over the weekend we hosted a grill out and I gave the Rub in small spice containers with the recipe attached and received raved reviews over it. Everyone must try these recipes out to fall in love as I did!!