This cookbook had some really great recipes. The recipes were easy to understand and not too complicated for the average cook. I enjoyed the illustrations and look forward to making these recipes for years to come.

Lots of Yummy Looking and Sounding Soup Recipes

I adore soups. I always have, and for 10 years, I was lucky enough to live in a place where I could have soup all year long as it never got terribly hot in the summer. So I am apt to pick up soup cookbooks that I see. The concept of having the focus be on healing soups intrigued me. You can put so many wonderful ingredients, herbs, and spices into soups that make them more healthy, taking advantage of the ingredients' natural properties.

This book has some amazing soups in it, some classics as well as some more unusual ones. As a vegetarian, I appreciate how many plant-based dishes this cookbook has, even some vegan ones. And the ones that I saw certainly gave me hints on how to veganize some of my own soup recipes. For the meat-eaters, there are plenty of soups as well. Except for the initial section—with a variety of traditional soups from egg drop soup to minestrone—all the other ones are grouped according to their main ingredients.

I liked, too, that each recipe had a nice headnote as well as a variety of hints and tips at the end. I love cookbooks that explain the recipe, important terms, or give directions like how to make a soup freezable, for example. I’m a person who loves to read cookbooks like a novel, and this cookbook is eminently readable.

And despite the title of the book suggesting that this is about healing soups, I didn't really see much emphasis on this throughout the book or the recipes. Here or there, they would mention the healthy properties of some ingredients. Other than that, there really wasn't much about health, at least to my mind. But the recipes look and sound amazing, and the next time cold season rolls around, I will definitely be taking many of these for a spin. If you're into soups like I am, you may very well enjoy this book, too.

I received a copy of this arc from NetGalley for an honest review. If you are looking for some new soup recipes, this is a great place to start. Lots of excellent new soup recipes for you to start.

Some solid recipes but not enough pictures for my patrons. I like the idea of using food to heal ailments though.

Rockridge Press and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of The Healing Soup Cookbook. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Readers who love soup should absolutely pick up The Healing Soup Cookbook, for its wide ranging recipes that will inspire and entice. The cookbook authors are dieticians and have carefully balanced each soup to include carbohydrates, proteins, and fats from a myriad of sources. With so many soups, as well as stews, to choose from, readers will be able try new flavor profiles each day of the week.

The cookbook is divided into sections, with titles such as: Hearty and Healthy Soups; Stocks and Broths; Classics and Favorites; Vegetable Soups; Grain and Bean Soups; Fish and Shellfish Soups; Poultry Soups; and Meaty Soups and Stews. I enjoyed reading the introduction in the first section, as the authors go through the healing properties of soups, tools and tricks of the trade, the world wide and regional favorites, and the health benefits. Much of this information may be known to some readers, but others will enjoy the knowledge presented through a dietician's lens.

As far as the recipes go, the varieties of soups and stews range from the predictable to the unique. All of the classics are here, such as Cream of Mushroom, French Onion, Chicken Noodle, Clam Chowder, and Tomato Basil. Additionally, there are recipes that follow world cuisine properties, such as Hot and Sour, Kimchi Vegetable, Thai-Style Shrimp, and Easy Beef Pho. The more unique recipes range from Spicy Sweet Potato Peanut and Ginger Couscous Meatball, to Spicy Coconut-Pumpkin and Lemon Sorghum Vegetable Soup.

There are five star recipes here, but the cookbook is lacking photographs. Ideally, I would love to see pictures of the finished dishes on every page, as the colorful and graphic nature of cookbooks have the power to inspire. On the strength of the recipes alone, I would recommend The Healing Soup Cookbook to other readers.

I adore this title and will be purchasing a personal copy. As many do these days, I have health issues and have developed intolerances to things I once enjoyed. This title not only gives a bit of background and the "why" for the recipes, it provides delicious, simple to follow recipes the meal-prepper in my loved. It will be a wonderful addition to my shelves!

I've been looking for a good soup cookbook for quite awhile, as I find them to be easy to create and store for future meals. As a retired biology professor, I was skeptical at first about the sort of disease-preventing claims that the authors would make. But, I found their introduction gave a nutrition-based rationale for the "healthy" label. The science is accurate and no outrageous claims are made. The book begins with the basic nutritional information, as well as required basics for cooking the soups. The second chapter has instructions for making all sorts of stocks and broths, including lesser-known ones such as miso soup and dashi. Recipes range from the classic (e.g., Chicken Noodle Soup) to the more exotic (e.g., Ginger Bok Choy and Poached Egg Soup, North African-Style Red Lentil Soup, Korean Kimchi Jjigae with Shrimp). Each recipe contains simple instructions as well as suggestions for storage, enhancing flavor, or substitutions. I found lots of recipes that I'd love to try, though I'm probably going to purchase broth to make the process easier. I have only one complaint! I really want to see what each recipe looks like. The visual is really important to me when choosing a recipe. There are only photos of selected soups within the book, and often they are not on the same pages as the recipe, but at a different location. This is a major disconnect for me. I'd strongly suggest adding more photos, even if just a small one for each recipe.

You will be introduced to the basic ingredients that make up a stew, such as celery, carrots, onions and potatoes - along with different types of spices such as ginger, cinnamon, tumeric, and garlic. You will know why they add sweetness, tanginess or other flavors to a soup, and how they can assist with inflammation and gastrointestinal ailments.
The first section of the cookbook introduces you to making your own homemade vegetable or meat broths that may be made in 1 to 9 hours and stored for later use or used immediately.
The author gives you a miso soup recipe that contains kombu, miso, tofu and scallions, that easily cooks up in 20 minutes!
The chicken noodle and tomato soup recipes are easy to prepare and contain such ingredients as chicken broth, canned tomatoes, celery, olive oil and chopped cooked chicken, which are readily available and ngredients.
There are a variety of soups - from Matzo Ball, Italian Wedding Soup, broccoli cheddar to French Onion Soup that only take minutes or a few hours to prepare - many of these recipes can be frozen, too!
There is a chapter that concentrates on vegetable soups that use non dairy ingredients such as cashews for thickening and tofu for creaminess.
Enjoy making homemade soups, stews and chilis for your family and friends!

There are so many easy to make recipes in this book. My family just loves hearty soups in the winter months. They are very tasty recipes! I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book on Net Galley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Excellent book. These recipes will get many families through fall and winter. There is an abundant variety.

Sorry I missed the download by date. This was a book I was very interested in reading. Sometimes it is difficult for me to have time for books that are download only since I can't read them on my kindle.

Great recipes. I read anything food related and lately I’ve been grabbing books about soups. This is a very unique cookbook and I have recipes for the cold months coming up.

3 out of 5

**OMG! I cannot believe that these reviews haven't been done! I am so sorry they are so late!!!**

This was an excellent collection of soup recipes And I love soup! There were so many ones I can't wait to try. I thought the book was laid out really well, the recipes read in a way that will be easy to follow, the pictures were gorgeous and I loved the additional notes on nutrition, shopping, preparation, storage, etc.

A fantastic addition to a healthy cooking library! There are so many broths and soups in this cookbook and they are all well-formatted and include mouth-watering pictures. I can't wait to try the coconut curry with shrimp! There are many vegan, vegetarian, and meat-based options. Soup is so good for you and this book really fills a niche for those looking for healthy soup options. Highly recommended.