Nov. 3 is National Men make dinner night

Based in Cambridge, New England Country Soup is committed to making tasty, simple and healthy food; and they believe shoppers have the right to know not only what is in their soup but also where it comes from. So, New England Country Soup provides its consumers with an Ingredient Tracker on its website to see the farm, field or ocean from which each ingredient in each 15 oz. pouch is sourced. Furthermore, to reduce energy and waste, each soup is packaged in a light-weight, BPA-free microwavable pouch. Empty, each pouch weighs 0.3 ounces versus plastic microwaveable bowls, which weigh 1.65 ounces or more than 4 times the weight of this pouch! In fact, the entire pouch weighs no more than the plastic lid on a microwavable bowl of Campbell's Chunky or Select Harvest soups. In comparison to ready to serve soup cans, this pouch, which weigh 2.65-2.70 ounces, this pouch is 7 to 8 times lighter! What does all of that mean? For every 10 truckloads of product shipped in pouches, other soup companies are sending 11 truckloads full of bowls. Less packaging means less energy is used to make the package and less energy consumed in transporting the package from the manufacturing facility to your store. In this day and age, less (energy) is truly more!

 Soup flavors include:

• New England Clam Chowder - full of flavorful clams in a rich cream sauce with potatoes and onions... finished with dill and a hint of nutmeg.

• Yankee White Bean - a very spicy blend of three beans (yankee, great northern and cannellini), chicken and jalapeno peppers.

• Chicken Corn Chowder - made with coriander and a little cayenne pepper for a small "kick".

• Chicken Pomodoro - has a little "zest" (though not hot-spicy) and blends chicken, basil and tomatoes.

• Nana's Chicken Soup: a comforting blend of chicken, arborio rice, spinach, cannellini beans and a hint of garlic.

• Caribbean Black Bean: a succulent combination of black beans, bell peppers, cumin, allspice and a touch of jalapenos for a "small kick" ... truly a break from the usual!

• Lentil: delicious Pardina lentils with loads of spinach and tomatoes.

• Sweet Chicken Curry – filled with chicken, tomatoes, carrots, apples, raisins and basmati rice. This jam-packed, delicious soup is bursting with healthy flavor!

 

Ready to take the Soup Challenge?

 

Five finalist’s homemade recipes will be chosen, three by peer vote and two by recipe creativity, to prepare their recipes for a panel of local, accomplished “foodies.”  The judges will score each recipe on taste, and each recipe will receive a nutritional analysis from an independent group of food scientists. Taste and nutrition scores will be combined and each recipe will receive an overall score comparing its taste and nutritional profile to that of its New England Country Soup competitor.  One winner will be selected and win a “food oriented splurge getaway.”

New England Country Soup is sold in New England at Stop & Shop, Market Basket, Big Y, Roche Brothers and Shaw’s. 

 

For more information and coupons visit www.newenglandcountrysoup.com.