auntluc

My old taste buds have completely died...I need something to give my vegetable soup recipe some zip. Not spicy zip, just tasty zip. Any ideas?

sewjoyce

To completely change the taste of your veggie soup, add a little shredded cheese (or a lot of cheese) when serving -- different cheese, different taste!!

Instead of adding regular saltine crackers, make cornbread :wink:

beetle

My veg soup recipe calls for Italian Seasoning. It's not a hot spicy just a flavorful spicey.

Moonpi

I'm a fan of herbs, too - something like sage and basil for hearty, or tarragon and lemon thyme for lighter soup.

Also, combine tastes, like hot and sour or savory and sweet.

ksusan

I like to use the blend of eight vegetable juices (i.e. V8 juice) as part of my liquid.

Piecefully yours,
Kay Susan

NiceNCLady

I use to season my soup with beef but switched to country ham bits and pieces a few years back. It really flavors up the soup. If you aren't from the south I guess you would call it cured ham but it's yummy

Moonpi

If you brown the bones in the oven first, they have a lot more flavor. If you are using boullion cubes as a base, taste often or you may find it oversalted.

Chele

I like tomatoes, Old Bay seafood seasoning, and cabbage in veggie soup. Or you could really shake it up and try chili paste, curry, jalapenos, soy sauce, okra, eggplant, sweet potato, orzo pasta, etc. Just try one or two new ingredients everytime you make it and you'll have something "new" every time!

Feathers

In my Winter Veggie soup I use broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, BARLEY, (Barley adds wonderful flavor), carrots, lots of celery, tomatoe sauce, onions, V8 juice, raw hamburger that is 15% fat or less as you get lots of flavor from the fat in the meat when you add it to the soup raw but you don't want alot of the fat If there is (what I think) TOO much fat, I put the pot of soup in the refrig or in the freezer and let the fat solidify then just lift it off. For seasoning, I use what other's have suggested...Italian Seasoning, garlic, bay leaf, parsley, just a dash or two of cinnamon, NO BASIL for me as I think it sweetens the tomatoes too much for our taste. My grandkids think I make the best veggy soup ever! They melt my heart! Good luck with your soup!

auntluc

I made a pot of soup yesterday....my internet service was out until this morning so after I posted asking for suggestions to spice up the flavor of soup, I couldn't get on the forum to get your responses but thank you for your suggestions.
Anyway, I started with some leftover beef roast that had been roasted in soy sauce and worchestershire sauce...added frozen mixed vegetables, some frozen lima beans and peas to finish up the packages that were opened. I cut up some onions, potatoes, cabbage and added home canned tomatoes, kidney beans, lots of beef broth, 3 cubes of beef boulion and topped the pot off with V8 juice.
I threw in a couple of bay leaves, italian seasoning, celery seed, tyme, oregano, basil leaves, onion salt, chilli powder and black pepper. My DH said it was good...but you know what I could taste? Only the kidney beans. :shock: I need a taste bud transplant.