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Coconut Chicken Soup

A delicious soup enjoyed by the whole family. Perfect for a quick weekday meal.

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Fast chicken noodle soup

If you need chicken noodle soup in a hurry, have some good quality chicken stock on standby in the pantry to whip up this delicious, easy, nourishing soup.

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Egg and Lettuce Soup

This soup can be made in about 10 minutes and has a very delicate flavour. It's my take on stracciatella.

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Chinese Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup

This delicious sweet corn and chicken soup is super quick and tasty, because it uses a barbecue chicken. It's an easy soup for a time poor cook!

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Warming Thai red curry noodle soup

A thai curry and lemongrass base, this soup has beautiful texture and richness from white fish and coconut milk. Nourishing for cold winter days and topped with fresh herbs and greens to give this soup a bright, fresh crunch.

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Big-batch slow-cooker seafood chowder

This fresh big batch seafood chowder can be cooked in the slow cooker or on the stove top. Use a pre-made marinara mix to make it super easy.

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Neville's easy zucchini soup

This is a very easy homemade zucchini soup is an incredibly creamy, smooth soup, with a delicious taste. It can be served hot or cold and easily made vegan, using vegie stock and margarine.

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Chicken and Pearl Barley Soup

Nice and easy to make.

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Creamy Leek Soup

A quick and easy soup with lots of taste.

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Broccoli and Spring Onion Soup

Something I made up when I pulled fresh produce from the garden.

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Meatball, Zucchini and Chickpea Soup

Light up a cold winter’s night with this colourful and warming soup.

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Slow cooker pea and ham soup

Thick and fulfilling, not to mention tasty as all get-out, pea and ham soup is one of the most popular winter soups. This set-and-forget version makes this soup easy-peasy – you don’t even need to blend it! A little crusty bread for dunking and you’re good to slurp on any cold evening. How to make a slow cooker pea and ham soup: key tips Place your ham hock on top of the vegies in the slow cooker. The vegies will act as a bit of a buffer between the ham and the base of the cooker so that it doesn’t stick and cook unevenly. When the ham is tender enough that the meat easily comes away from the bone, carefully lift the bone from the broth and set it aside until it is cool enough to handle. Remove all the meat from the bone, and any fat, and shred it using 2 forks. Return the meat to the slow cooker, or save it for topping the soup when you’re ready to serve. Stirring the soup at the end of cooking will give you a slightly chunky soup which is fine to enjoy as is. However, if you prefer your soup lovely and smooth, use a stick blender to blitz the soup in the slow cooker before returning any ham. Key ingredients in this slow cooker pea and ham soup recipe This recipe is for an 800g hock. If you use a smaller hock, then you’ll need a little less water, otherwise your soup will be too watery and you’ll need to reduce it by cooking with the lid off for a while. Yellow split peas don’t need to be pre-soaked, unlike other pulses, which makes this soup super convenient. They can be bought from the supermarket and have a soft texture and a mild, earthy flavour. You can swap them with green split peas, if you like, which are a little stronger in taste, sweeter, and a bit less starchy. They both soften nicely when cooked. This soup is also packed with winter vegies – onion, carrot and celery – to enhance the flavour of the soup and add goodness, too. If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like this caramelised pumpkin soup. Also, take a look at more of our pea and ham soup recipes, plus some handy tips. This recipe was originally submitted by tarotlady, a member of the Australia’s Best Recipe community. Introduction and additional recipe notes by Natasha Shaw.