Shoppers 'ditch' supermarket soup after finding £40 gadget that could save £100s in winter

When the weather is cold, wet and miserable, there is arguably nothing better than a piping hot bowl of soup. After all, it's good for the soul and fills your belly like nothing else.

While it can be tempting to pick up a tin at the supermarket and call it a day, soup can actually be incredibly easy to make at home. Soup can be made on the stove if you have a big enough pot, but that requires constant attention as well as a stick blender to combine all the ingredients.

Fortunately, there are soup makers available, such as the £40 Daewoo Soup Maker, that do all the hard work for you, meaning you can sit down and relax after a busy day while it's cooking. All you need to do is add the ingredients and leave it to do the rest.

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The Daewoo Soup Maker, both chops and blends soup ingredients together, heating and cooking them. Whether you’re after a tomato, vegetable or stilton and broccoli, it's a must-have gadget for this autumn and winter.

It creates cream soups within 21 minutes and chunky soups in less than half an hour. Plus, it could save on money in the long run, if you're a keen soup fanatic that is.

The Daewoo Soup Maker boasts an average star-rating of 4.3 out out of five from 2,830 reviews. One shopper said: "Good purchase. Fast and easy way to prepare soup. It makes cream soups in 21 minutes or chunky soups in 28 minutes. Easy to clean. Makes two to four servings. Recommend."

A second wrote: "I love this soup maker, honestly don't know why I didn't get one sooner. It's