Quick Chicken Dumpling Soup -- pg 37

Of all the adjectives you might like to describe your dinner, which come to mind as best?  I'm thinking, "tasty, delicious, mouth-watering, even yummy", and, yes, quick would be good, too.  Then, why not call it Quick and Tasty Chicken Dumpling Soup?  Simple.  It was just quick.  If I used another adjective, it would be "edible" or "bland".  This soup has three ingredients:  1) The dreaded "make a soup with a soup" 2 cans of cream of chicken condensed soup.  2) 3 1/3 cup milk, divided, and 3)1 2/3 cup making mix.  So, you mix the cans of soup with 1 2 2/3 cup milk and boil it.  Then mix 2/3 cup milk with the baking mix and drop spoonfuls into your boiling soup.  Turn the heat down, cover and simmer for 10 -15 minutes.  That's it. That being said, I cheated.  I added some white chicken meat to it.  I just couldn't bear it.  If I had to make over this soup, I'd add de-boned rotisserie chicken and some carrots and celery at least.  But, if you're into bland, moist biscuits and gravy, leave it alone.  It is edible.  My husband liked it.  Go figure.  I think 2 spoons.  Hey, it was quick...

Split Pea & Ham Soup -- pg. 84

If you like split pea soup, this is the best recipe I've made for pea soup.  It doesn't over-do any spices, just the usual suspects, peas and ham.  Really good.  Split pea is not favorite type of soup, but I'm going to give this one four spoons for being better than the other recipes.

Hot Dog Stew -- pg. 240

Yep, you read it right...hot dog stew.  It was super-easy.  I'd call it "tricked-out beanie weanies".  A can each of tomato soup, bean with bacon soup, and pork and beans; a package of hot dogs, and a few spices, and you got yourself a stew.  I'm heating it in the crock pot now.  Spoon rating to come...  Okay -- everyone really liked it.  It was actually good.  So, to sum up, if you like bean with bacon soup or beanie weanies, you'll probably really like this one...three spoons, for taste and easiness.

Turkey Dumpling Stew -- pg. 255

Okay I have to rate this without trying it due to the family eating it before I could taste it.  But just from that, I think it deserves like four spoons.  I mean, if your family eats it all before you get any, that has to be a good sign.  And, they said they liked it better than the herbed beef stew and dumplings I recently made.  I think my family just loves dumplings.  I could probably make tuna casserole and put dumplings on it, and they'd love it.  It did smell good and was easy to put together.

Creamy Tomato Bisque -- pg. 141

This one was yummy, mostly because I like tomato soup anyway.  I think the previous tomato bisque I posted was a lot easier and so, for that reason, I will give this one less spoons.  So I give it three spoons.  That is all.

Creamy Spinach Potato Soup -- pg. 132

Man, I am getting a string of so-so soups.  This soup was super-simple -- 5 ingredients (frozen creamed spinach, a can of sliced potatoes, 3 cups of milk and 1/2 tsp each of garlic salt and basil).  But, it just wasn't that great.  Not bad...not great...so 2.5 spoons. 

Sausage Kale Soup -- pg. 80

If you like Olive Garden's soup, you'll like this.  They are very similar.  It was pretty easy to make, and I happen to like Olive Garden's soup, so I give it 3.5 spoons.  I'm not sure I'd crave this soup, but I'd definitely eat it if you put it in front of me.

Corn Chowder -- pg. 170

Ehhhh.   I thought this one would be way better than it was.  The family liked it.  It wasn't super-easy, or anything that would qualify as a mitigating factor in its rating, either.  I think it called for too much celery.  I have to give an average 2.5 spoons.  I would probably not make it again.