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If ever a common era school year called for “Stone Soup” this would be this year! Winter has settled in and the days are cool and breezy. Nothing can warm the tummy like a piping bowl of soup, but in a year plagued with shortages and discontinued favorites, our market basket options may seem to be slim picking these days. So do we start serving “Stone Soup”?
Our food program staff reached out to vendors/brokers that represent market basket items asking them to share some quick and easy FAVORITE soup recipes. Like the tale, many of them shared what they could add to the pot.
Thank you to our brokers for providing the recipes below that use your favorite market basket items! We are sure you will find a couple of recipes that are sure to please the kitchen staff and most importantly your student and staff customers!
When we are looking for a new menu item to stir up interest in the lunch line, restaurant-like dishes are sure to be a success. Bush’s Best shared this tasty Italian-style Pasta Fagioli Soup recipe that is sure to be a winner -- a delicious confetti of veggies and beans presented in a steamy tomato broth.
Looking for something unique - look no further!! Hormel is pairing delicious favorites with tasty extras to stir up a lot of buzz over this BBQ Pulled Pork Soup, everything we love at a BBQ picnic served up in one bowl! Pizza Soup offers all of the ingredients they love on a pizza pie in a hearty bowl of soup! Pepperoni, Sausage, and Mozzarella Cheese?! This one sure sounds like it will be a winner! Hormel shares another international flavor with this hearty Carnita Potato Soup recipe. Blending Pork Carnitas and Salsa Verde with diced potatoes - let the fiesta begin.
There is nothing like a hot bowl of soup on a cold day! This easy 5-ingredient Creamy Tomato Soup recipe from Rich’s might just fill the lunch line with customers eager for a bowl of their favorite comfort food.
Are you looking for the next great soup that the students didn’t even know they loved? These two “Ooey, Gooey Cheesy Soupy” recipes use frozen MB potatoes: Cheesy Hash Brown Potato Soup and Diced Ham Potato Soup. Each of these soups blends the flavors your customers love with the convenience of quick-cooking making them a true contender to be the next WINNER!
Last but not least is a modern twist on the classic favorite, chicken noodle. Using market basket Tyson Natural Diced Chicken this Chicken Ramen Noodle Soup will have them excited for soup day all over again and looking forward to the next time it is menued. 