Souper Bar Buffet
Ingredients:
Filling Ingredients: choose 1or more ingredients from suggestions below or choose your own favorite ingredients -1/4 to 1/2 cup total per person
- Cheese – Cheddar, Mozzarella, Colby Jack, etc – dice, shred, crumble
- Hard cooked eggs
- Cooked sausage, diced cooked roast, chicken, ham, ground beef
- Kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, cannelloni beans
- Winter squash, zucchini, summer squash
- Cooked white rice, brown rice, wild rice
- Couscous, barley, wheat berries
- Carrots, green beans, corn
- Broccoli florets
- Roasted cauliflower florets
- Frozen peas
- Mushrooms, celery
- Onions, green onions, shallots
- Cooked pasta
- Spinach, kale, mustard greens, etc
- Water chestnuts
Soup Base – equal portions – approximately 1 cup per person
- 1 can stewed tomatoes, regular, Italian, Mexican – or tomato soup
- 1 can chicken broth – or chicken noodle soup
Toppings:
- Croutons, chow mein noodles, tortilla strips
- Shredded cheese
- Sour cream
- Snipped herbs
- Sunflower seeds, nuts
- Sliced green onions, French fried onions
Method:
Chop, dice, slice and shred filling ingredients. All fillings should be ready-to-eat (precooked where necessary) and in small pieces which will warm quickly. Place one or several fillings in individual bowl (approximately 1/4 to 1/2 cup total per serving).
Combine equal portions stewed tomatoes and chicken broth (if using condensed tomato soup or chicken noodle soup, reconstitute according to package directions); bring base to a full rolling boil. Keep base at a slow boil – crock pots work well when feeding a crowd. Pour boiling soup base over filling ingredients. Top with dollop sour cream, cheese and other toppings of choice. Serve with a crusty roll and glass milk.
Do Ahead Diet Tip & Quick Dinner Idea:
Prepare healthy filling ingredients of choice, store in easy access container(s) in refrigerator; microwave soup base for quick satisfying meal.
