Soups often contain meat and vegetables, but readers will be surprised to learn that soups can have fruit too. Readers expand their expectations of soup with four great, different recipes they can make with limited assistance from an adult. Each fosters independence in the kitchen and culinary curiosity, as well as helps readers apply math to the real world. Each recipe is accompanied by a word problem that uses skills from the math curriculum, including addition, subtraction, measuring, and more. A concluding answer key allows readers to check their solutions.