How to have warm soup at hand

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By Kat Yares
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Nothing tastes better than a bowl of warm soup on a wintry day. Besides using a microwave to warm up a store-bought cup, you can keep a perpetual soup pot going all winter long for eating whenever the mood strikes you.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Large stockpot
Large crock pot or
Wood heater or stove

Step 1

Use a large stockpot to make a large batch of basic soup on your stove. Use any ingredients you have on hand for the meat and vegetables.
Step 2

Transfer the cooked soup to a crock pot if you don’t have a wood heater or wood stove. Turn the crock pot on the lowest setting and allow the soup to stay warm. If you have a wood stove or wood heater, set the stockpot on top and just let it simmer.
Step 3

Add additional ingredients, such as dried or canned beans, more vegetables, pastas or browned meats, each time you serve the soup.
Step 4

Make sure the soup stays near boiling, as this will keep bacteria from growing.
Step 5

Change the soup every few days. Add tomatoes, a cream soup or brown rice to give the meal a different flavor. Almost any leftovers from a meal can be thrown into the soup pot.

Tips & Warnings

Don't let the soup sit without heat for more than 4 hours. If you turn off the stove, refrigerate the soup. If the soup sits unheated for more than 4 hours, throw it out.