Two Simple Soups

[@clareriley406]

Hat tip to the Julie Walters Two Soups sketch!

[@katekate5130]

No other Victoria Wood fans out there? "Two Soups" was one of my favourite skits! Thanks, Jane, both soups look delicious!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

We almost used the Julie Walter's picture from the sketch but didn't think many people would get it. You did.

[@lynnestait8011]

I loathe the cold & Winter, the only upside is its soup season - great recipes that Ive written down to add to my cooking file - thank you both

[@missmerrily4830]

Another delicious and less expensive meaty addition instead of the ham hock, is some nice smoky Kielbasa cut into dice.

[@Barneybudgets]

Delicious think I will keep an eye out for an instant pot for sale second hand.

[@judygilbert9628]

Yum to both. Thanks for the recipes. I always add the uncooked potatoes into the leeks and broth. This looks really good .

[@bettyhowatt8167]

I love soup and stews for the fall season!! These look so good!!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you

[@gladyschandler6724]

Love lentil soup. I add farro or quinoa makes a hardy soup.

[@kimc5750]

Both soups look delicious!! I love Lentil stew with a peanut butter sandwich.

[@juliethompson5301]

Wonderful Jane so hearty .😋I'll be trying these in my slow cooker..im going to make a pumpkin Soup this week as well 🎃

[@janetstraw191]

Lovely! Thank you Jane! 🙋‍♀️🇺🇸🥰‼️

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You’re welcome 😊

[@paivishaw1163]

Jane- wish you’d write a cook book. All of your recipes are so so nice and it would make life easier to have them collected in one place😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you for your feedback

[@Vangirhl]

I agree! :)

[@thevillagebohemian2572]

I agree. Even just digital one that we can print.

[@loridamico3368]

Both soups look delicious!

[@luba-healthywithluba6866]

Hearty soups are my favorite, Jane! Thank you. It is definitely the seaaon to eat more soups. They are healthy and frugal. ❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@luba-healthywithluba6866]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance My pleasure! You teach me so much through your videos. 🍁

[@nadineabbott]

Jane my husband and I moved from Victoria British Columbia Canada to Newfoundland Canada 17 months ago. Growing up in Victoria I always had access to a ham hock from either the grocery store or butcher shop. Now in Newfoundland I can’t find ham hocks. So to make my split pea soup I might get a small cottage roll. Or after a ham save the bone with some meat.

[@lindaday4956]

I am defnitely trying these soups. They both look delicious!

[@sharonmcgee8178]

Soups look delicious!

[@stacel1972]

I made the lentil soup without the ham hock and added smoked paprika. So darn good. I served it with corn bread. Very filling and economical. I’ll try the leek/potato later this week. I am a soup gal. Thanks so much.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for the feedback

[@lizscott6911]

These soups bring back memories of raising my 4 children. So much of your home cooking is more or less the same as mine. It may be because we are English and Old School. So glad your still Teaching people who are new to this style of cooking.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Real home cooked food is always great. Thanks for watching

[@Lexi-po1ur]

I agree that a cookbook would be an excellent idea, if you would have time to write one...these 2 soups sound great.

[@traceyelliott2902]

Jane, both soups look absolutely delicious. I can almost smell the potatoes and leeks!❤

[@shivakat2297]

I'm a born and raised true southerner in the states who grew up with ham hocks.. bacon.. or fat back cooked in all our dry beans. We also add smoked meats to our cooked greens. Your soups looked gorgeous!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks

[@traceyelliott2902]

Southern US here also😊. I literally have pintos and a country ham bone in the ninja foodi as I watch this!❤

[@shivakat2297]

@@traceyelliott2902 Yes Ma'am pintos and ham bone is some fine eating. Enjoy!!

[@sophiawolthof1238]

👍👍👍

[@jackiephillips9042]

We enjoy soup during our long Canadian winters at supper. Fell in love with leek and potato soup when we were in the UK 10 years ago.

[@Sally-wm5jh]

I love the taste of leek and potato soup, but can't eat the leeks any longer. The lentil and pork hock soup looked delicious and will be the next one I try. I have some lentils in the pantry that need to be rotated out, so this comes at the right time.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy

[@loriburgess1866]

I too love soup in the cooler months. I will give your two recipes a go. Thank you.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Wonderful!

[@kaykrausman8012]

I love soups, especially for breakfast. They can be so nourishing and a great way to start the day! These look delicious. I'll have to use smoked turkey instead of the pork as I'm allergic to pork. But, it's a great substitution 😊

[@corinneleppard1933]

I love soup, could eat it every day. I made mushroom soup yesterday, first time ever, was stuck for ideas, happened to walk into the supermarket as two big punnets of mushrooms had been reduced. I really like the look of your chunky leek and potato soup, especially with the bacon on top. I always spend ages blending mine, but that would be so much easier!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@j.j.savalle4714]

Hello from across the pond. It's getting cooler here in the northern USA and the garden is providing great root and squash vegetables. Time for soup (hearty soup) and these recipes look great to try! Thx!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Wonderful!

[@Lifeisgoodat66]

I am new to your channel, great video. The soups look great😋 Greetings from Virginia Beach, Ingrid 🍂🍁

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks and welcome

[@karenglass9454]

I have been all about soup lately. I've made soup-as-meals (stuffed pepper soup, white chili, and taco soup) and side soups (leek and cauliflower, curried butternut squash, and broccoli cheese). We still have three kinds of leftovers in the fridge (lunch or dinner for the next few days) and now I want to make lentil soup...

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@lindajacquot5391]

Delicious soups! I am in total agreement that soup needs to take center stage.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I totally agree!

[@patmartin9727]

A good soup is a meal on its own nothing better on a cold winters day.

[@Jean-nm3ep]

Jane, I started watching your channel nearly 2 years ago and have collected many of your recipes. I type up the recipes and save them in a folder named 'Frugal Queen In France' under Recipes on my laptop. I love how you give alternatives to various ingredients. It's a big help to a bad, unimaginative cook like me. Many thanks.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you for your feedback

[@suebee1540]

Oh... I am so hungry now!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@pigletsbank437]

They look delicious👌, I ate simular soups in Scotland on a holiday. I have the recepies in a book at home so I can compare to yours. so next week I will make them both, because I love my soups in the fall/ winter thanks for the inspiration

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hi everyone, The recipe for the two soups is in the description box and the instructions are in the video.

[@virginiacervantes7988]

🍽 YUMMY

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you 😋

[@tinalemna7998]

Both of these soups look absolutely delicious.

[@mariongratzer1692]

Thank you Jane!

[@jewelgaither1504]

Your soups look delicious and hearty! Just right for a cool, fall day.

[@frugalstu]

That looked amazing jane. Iam going to give that a go ❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy

[@barbararoberts4471]

There is nothing like homemade soup on a cool Autumn day! Your recipes looked delicious Jane. I made a hamburger soup with barley this week. Yum!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@KarenKnight-x1m]

Ham hocks have gone up here in the UK. For soups and things like stuffed jacket potatoes and lardons I've started using smoked cooking bacon as its only £1.00 for 500gms and yes it does need a bit of prep but if I'm cooking I've generally got the time to prep it and freeze the rest for a busy day. We have sweet potato and smoked bacon soup on this weeks menu.❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Nice! They're 4.50€ here, ouch. The soup did make 4 meals so under 2€ a meal. Thanks for sharing.

[@patmartin9727]

I too use a lot of cooking bacon. I sort through the packets and try and pick a pack with extra thick slices. When I open the pack I take out all the large pieces to roast as ham steaks, all the other bits I cut up and use in things like soups or instead of lardons.

[@lisaward3890]

Hello Jane&Michael,we love soup in the fall&winter months. I am a fan of potatoe soup of any kind! Your potatoe leek soup looks so delicious! I could go for a bowl of that also!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks so much

[@IloveCamels335]

Both of these recipes look absolutely delicious 🤤😋

[@drusillarensel8089]

I had just made navy bean and ham soup. I didn't have a bone so I just used some cut up ham we had left. Yours looks so good and I will try it next time!! Loved the potatoe soup also. Winter is our soup time!!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@lizriveragoldstein3421]

These look so wonderful! I call thick, hearty soups like this "stewp" because it is almost a stew. We will be eating these soon at my house. What are ham hocks called in french?

[@DebfromVa]

These look absolutely amazing!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks so much

[@fishinghole333]

That lentil soup looks amazing! I've never used lentils, but i will now!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy

[@janefoley5184]

I make a couple of different lentil soups. One of them is similar to yours. The other is a curried lentil soup with root vegetables (potatoes, carrots & rutabaga/swedes/yellow turnip) and chicken apple sausage. Your potato leek soup is similar to the chowders we make in New England. For those that don't know, chowders usually include clams, or white fish (like cod or haddock) or salmon or shrimp or a combination. We also make corn chowder which uses corn (fresh, frozen or canned) instead of any kind of fish. Maine (USA) chowder uses milk but Massachusetts chowder uses cream. I live in a coastal area where fish markets sell "chowder fish" (several varieties of fish small pieces) for $3.99/lb. This is less than half the price of full size fish fillets.

[@shess1640]

I tend to go meat free....in the US its easy to buy something called Liquid Smoke.... and I put in a few drops of that.

[@johnswan9766]

They look great 😊

[@susanjacks8830]

Jane both of these soups look divine! We don't have lardons here in the USA so I assume crumbled cook bacon would be ok.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You have lots of Italian food and you might find pancetta which is what Italians call lardons if not cut up bacon's

[@patmartin9727]

Great video Jane you never fail us. Although I make soup the year round once the nights start to draw in and the weather changes I make soup more often. I have it for lunch every day, I also always have a portion in the fridge that I can warm up in the microwave if I come in cold and wet. Nothing more warming. Make soup allows me to use up all the veggies that are in the bottom of the fridge, any odds and ends. When preparing veg I save all the storks and outer leaves from green , cauliflower, broccoli to add to soups. All my veg peelings are washed and kept to make stock. All water that has had veg cooked in it is saved to add as the stock for my soups. Nothing goes to waste in my house.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Pat.

[@judyland-obrien4259]

I see a ham hock in my future! BOTH soups look absolutely scrumptious! Thanks, Jane!!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

They’re divine

[@rogettesteele5322]

Your soups looked delicious. Jim, my husband, thought they would taste wonderful. We both agree you are a fantastic cook. Mike, your close up photography showcased the soups making us want to have some. Thanks to you both.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks so much

[@sandrawhitacre]

Perfect , YUM! Thanks for sharing good recipes, Jane and Mike.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Our pleasure!

[@yvettenj]

Thanks Jane I’m definitely trying the hamhock & lentil soup. I may even get over my fear of messing up Leeks and try the Leek & potato soup. Looks so delicious, good and hearty, my type of soup! Even when I make butternut squash soup, I don’t make it thin I make it nice and thick. 😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You are so welcome!

[@lynnhensley4326]

Potato leek soup is easy to make. Look on the internet for a simple recipe to try.

[@patmartin9727]

I also make leek and sweet potato soup, adding a bit of paprika to give it extra taste

[@gelsilicawalker3835]

Love your cooking shows, the best..

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Glad you like them!

[@bettylpower]

I bet those soups taste as delicious as they look. I cut and pasted the recipes. Have a great weekend! 🙂

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy

[@lynnhensley4326]

Too funny😮! I sat down with my lunch of a sandwich and potato leek soup to watch you today. I had a bit of leftovers in the refrigerator: onion, asparagus, and celery that I threw in that wasn't in the recipe. Think it improved the flavor. I have never tried lentil soup. I think I will give it a try. Enjoyed the cooking video. Lynn from North Carolina

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks so much for watching

[@bradlafferty]

I am always searching for tasty lentil soup recipes. This one looks as if it will fit the bill. Can’t wait to try it, especially now that cooler weather is coming on. Thanks!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy

[@elizaC3024]

Great recipe for this cold autumn days, and the winter days ahead. We love a good soup this time of year.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I totally agree!

[@Vangirhl]

Can't wait to try these!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy!

[@erinlavigne6644]

The soups look wonderful! We love soups as the main course. Yesterday I made Taco soup and it was very tasty! Thanks for sharing.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@gotit902]

Jane, can’t wait to make both of those hearty soups! My mouth is watering just looking at them! ❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy

[@FrugalForty]

Hello from unseasonably warm Indianapolis IN US

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hello to you too.

[@lindab8078]

We are coming into perfect soup weather here in Canada, although I could eat homemade soup all year round. Thank you Jane and Michael for a great video. I appreciate the clear instructions. I keep a few tubs of soup in the freezer all year round since they make a healthy lunch or dinner option. I love split pea soup so I’m going to give the lentil soup a try.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@rhondacromer1474]

Looks delicious.!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you 😋

[@lizp.9513]

I just made a big pot of soup today...it was SO good! Savoy cabbage, carrots, potatoes, turnip, kale, red lentils, and some frozen cauliflower I needed to use up. Totally hit the spot! 🥰

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@paulinegagne-bertrand9871]

Your soups look absolutely delicious! I make leek and potato often so I will definitely try the ham and lentil soup. My mouth is watering just looking at you make it. Thanks for sharing Jane and have a good day.😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hope you enjoy

[@freddiestark1779]

I enjoy watching you "build" soup! I have already made a lentil and spiced carrot dish and Italian zucchini soup this last week. Looking forward to making potato soup(condensed milk, water,lardons, chopped onion, diced potato) next week as it has finally cooled down in Texas!

[@margarethoughton6288]

Looking forward to this! Just finished cooking my Butternut squash and parmesan 🍲

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Oh yummy, I love spicy pumpkin soup.

[@sjchan3199]

Ohh that sounds really nice, just whst you need on a cold, woth nice fresh bread.

[@sjchan3199]

Love leek and potato soup, had some s tin once it was disgusting and unrecognisable. Always make it fresh with fresh warm bread yuuuum

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Fresh and homemade is always better

[@marypeterson1053]

Both soups will be made by me. lovely

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Enjoy

[@gypsylife7822]

Ham hocks are between $8-10 in the US where I live, and not nearly as large as yours! Love this soup.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You can always use a couple of slices of smoked bacon or no bacon and a teaspoon of smoked paprika

[@robinkline5600]

It's definitely soup weather where I live. Your soups look yummy. I just made a split pea and ham soup this morning. Used my stick blender also.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@craftycalley]

Can you show people how to make butter. I got a big pot (600ml) of double cream today on “yellow sticker” for 80p down from £2.65. My normal butter (Kerrygold) is about £2.50 for 250 g. I made 313 g. I always look out for double cream marked down because I can make butter and then freeze it.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Here’s the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/porWeouIiM2WlaMsi=ECq-SJGNwlnj4v-H

[@johnmelissaziech6207]

I've never cooked a ham hock. I was surprised at how much meat there is on it.

[@judimantos904]

FYI: there is NO “description box”! In order to get more information, you need to hit the dark word “more” below the title of the program..

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Yep! That is the description box.