My wife cooks soups then cans them. They taste great years after.
That’s a great idea. When I get some canning jars back I might do that. I noticed when I can stocks it becomes even more flavorful. Soups would probably be the same.
Canning soups is a good deal because you end up consuming the liquid too which is where a lot of the nutrients end up in canned goods.
With canned green beans and the like, most people just heat it and pick out the veggies with a slotted spoon for serving and don’t consume the liquid. Either that or drain first to use just the veggies in a recipe, like for green bean casserole.
We had a half pit bull dog that was a green bean juice lover so at least it didn’t go down the drain in those cases.
A decent vegetable soup can be made from canned goods, including liquid. One of the canned goods can be stock.
Meat stock, canned veggies with liquid. Bread or crackers to go with it.