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I've just made - for the first time - carrot & corriander soup (from a weight watchers recipe) and have only just noticed  :o that it says 'not suitable for freezing' !!

I was making it today with the intention of freezing til Thursday, when I have a friend coming for an evening meal and the soup was to be our first course.

Has anyone any experience of making (& freezing) this variety of soup - why I wonder do they say 'not suitable'....after all, it's only carrots, onions, corriander & stock....can't quite think what's 'not suitable'.....

would welcome comments

Maybe they think the soup would go granular, but like you I think it's like the labels on clothes that say 'dry clean only' when they would clearly survive a hot wash  ::). You could freeze a cupful and defrost it just to see what happens? If it does go grainy, you can always thicken it up with a butter and flour mixture (erm, probly not in the WW version  :-[)

Well I've certainly frozen C&C soup without any problem. All I can think is that if you put the coriander in just before serving they consider it would not be the same after freezing. Just do it in my humble opinion!

I've often wondered the same. Cream & potatoes are supposed not to work, but we freeze Leek & Potato regularly.

Nice thought about the coriander.

Granular? Use a whizzer? And, as with milk, thaw in the fridge??

I too think it's probably the coriander. It loses its tang if you cook it too much, so I'd add more just after reheating. Freezing coriander on its own works fine - it's how I store mine as it doesn't last very long when cut.

moonbells

thanks everyone for all those 'encouraging' answers.....yes, I'm going to try some out now for my lunch  :P....then will take a chance and freeze the rest....have loads of corriander still, bought a big bag in Waitrose so can add more 'fresh'on the day -  and hope for the best....thanks again  :)

H.P.

just popped back to say that the 'sample' I had at lunchtime with a ham sandwich was fanatstic :P.....I've only ever had it from a tin before and there's no comparison!!....after I'd 'blitzed it' - which I hadn't done when I wrote the earlier messages - it was very thick & flavoursome with a strong taste of corriander - just delic.

By the way...the weight watchers book I've got has quite a few lovely soup recipes in it - now feel inspired to try more.

It does say that the above one is also good made with parsnips.

I have frozen my soup to no detriment...

Anyway a story about my explosive carrot and coriander soup which may make you smile...

A few years ago I made some as normal on a Sunday.  Monday I filled my flask for work, left it by the sink (not normal) went outside to do the rabbits, came back in and forgot the soup.  Rest of the week, I forgot the soup and thought it a clean empty flask (metal walking type.) The following week I was looking after my mums budgie who was a weak friendly little thing (had a disease called french moult) and I normally put him in the kitchen during the day, next to the patio, but that day I didn't for some reason... luckily, because that evening I came home late from work after 8pm and as I walked through the door, the house stank rotten, and I mean a cross between dog dung and sick; it was foul, plus the poor budgie was silent; he normally greeted me with hello when I came home...I made my way to the kitchen to find out what the smell was.  I opened the kitchen door and wondered what all the orangy/brown spots on the floor were; as my eyes made it upwards, I noticed that EVERY surface was covered in carrot and coriander soup... literally every wall, surface and ceiling of my kitchen/dining room... The house stank awful.  I was up until 22:30 cleaning the whole room with bleach, including the tops of the cabinets, which had never been cleaned! 

And after all that?  The flask was still usable.. the pressure had expanded the metal and exploded the screwed plastic top, I washed it all out and it was as good as new!!!  It was two years before I could face making that soup again  ::) 

And what about the budgie?  Luckily I hadn't moved him onto the dining table for the day, else I think the shock would have killed the poor little thing, but even so, he didn't talk for two days... I had him out, he'd walk around with me on my shoulder, but he remained silent... until two days later a very pittiful "hello" popped out of him.  By the time Mum picked him up after her holiday, he was luckily back to normal and realing off all his sentences...  I missed looking after him when he died a few years later as he was such good company.

mat

Mat - that is an 'explosive' story that certainly went with a bang!!

What a terrible thing to happen - how awful coming home to all that mess and the smell :o

No wonder that poor little bird was 'dumbstruck' for days - it's a wonder he didn't lose all his other feathers from shock!

Not surprised you were reluctant to make it ever again but hope you now enjoy your c & c soup when you do make it.

Thanks for an entertaining story.

H.P.

great story mat, lmao!  ;D ;D ;D

just a follow-up to original question...defrosted the soup slowly and last night, my friend & I ate it  :P...it was lovely - you wouldn't have known that I hadn't made it fresh that day...scattered some chopped coriander on top and some (low fat) cream swirls....delic. have enough left for my lunch today.

Will definitely make it again :)

HP, I've only just read this thread but would have been urging you on - I've always made loads & frozen the bulk. Praps if the recipe was only for fresh coriander it might have looked slimy? I've always made it with crushed coriander seeds & added fresh on serving (I like coriander, me 8))

Oh Mat,the thought of that poor little budgie and his hesitant little "hello" - has me in stitches ;D ;D ;D

Lish x

Lish - I made the soup entirely with fresh coriander, didn't go slimy at all & it kept it's flavour lovely and I just added more 'fresh' at the time of serving  :)...H.P.