is lacking flavour. what do you use to make yours yumm?
buzzy110,
May 24, 10:05pm
I'm assuming you are talking "a meat and meat stock free" vegetable soup. I used to make my vegetable soup with fresh, home cooked pulses. I used to love using chick peas. A can of chopped tomatoes in juice is always a nice addition.
I assumed you did saute those vegetables that improve in flavour with that process and during sauteing add something a bit spicy like a curry powder mix , or a mix of your own making.
motorbo,
May 24, 10:26pm
tomatoes - great idea that I had forgotten . not keen on a curry flavour, yup got the chickpeas, lentils and split peas. and yeah didn't brown first as I did it all in the crock pot. think I will brown some onions and add maybe cumin . cheers :)
buzzy110,
May 24, 10:32pm
You're welcome. Hope the improvements help. A little bit of fat (from sauteing) is always a nice addition.
kay141,
May 24, 10:51pm
Try a teaspoon or so of Miso paste. It adds the umami element.Start with one and build up if needed.
motorbo,
May 25, 12:52am
ahh yes ive heard its the new magic ingredient, what brand do you use?
helen149,
May 25, 12:56am
sometimes I add Maggi Chicken stock, it gives t a yummy flavour. Other times a bacon hock or some bacon pieces.
village.green,
May 25, 1:04am
This I had the same problem it is umami - soy sauce does the trick with mine - just add a little at a time and taste. However I am really fussy and only use Kikkomans as I think it has superior flavour.
kay141,
May 25, 2:25am
I always have Miso in the fridge so haven't tried soy sauce. Same thing, I guess.
sarahb5,
May 25, 2:30am
Herbs including bay leaf, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, vegetable stock cube (yeah I know but they really help with the flavour) - depends what you have around really and what vegetables you've used.
awoftam,
May 25, 2:32am
Motorbo is a vegetarian.
elsielaurie1,
May 25, 3:31am
A teaspoon or two of either Vegemite or Marmite.
motorbo,
May 25, 3:41am
nope im not, I just eat mostly vege, I will eat organic chicken and red meat if I can get it at a good price, and I adore seafood, but I eat them not often, hence I eat a lot of vege meals, my soup improved a lot by just allowing it to settle - tomorrow it will be yummy . I find eating mostly vege good for my health but I also like how it challenges me to cook better, which is funny cos today I wasn't on par . but then I also like discussion on food and getting other peoples ideas too . as to stock I buy massels - yes I know its processed and I shouldn't but I like that I can have a chicken stock that doesn't use chickens, and it has a moist-ish stock cube that has a nice flavour
awoftam,
May 25, 3:42am
Opppppppppppps, sorry motorbo, always thought you were a vegetarian. My apologies.
I agree, vegetarian meals take a bit more thought (for me anyway) and I feel great when I limit meat. I have been a bit of a carnivore lately, need to peg it back a bit. I wish I liked fish more, get it fresh by the kilo and give it away, I don't like snapper. I can eat it but prefer not to. Pity I can't beam it down to you somehow.
fefeoc,
May 25, 3:45am
I've started using vegeta stock for my soup as now I don't each much processed stuff I find soup made with maggi stock really salty. It does help if you brown your onion, and garlic if you're using it, first. And then a good grind of black pepper and plenty of parsley at the end!
motorbo,
May 25, 4:14am
no worries, I do rarely eat meat so easy to understand. omg I had to see where you were and of course you are in the other paradise . I know there are more but I like to make the journey once a year to the coromandel to see my sister and eat my fill of fish/seafood
where I now live . I think I need to be brave and learn to fish as im right by a river and a fresh water stream.
eljayv,
May 25, 3:54pm
Tomato paste.
ritebuy,
May 25, 3:58pm
add turmeric always peps veg soup up and parsley
frances1266,
May 25, 4:07pm
Vegemite or miso add flavour. Veg soup often a bit bland at first but flavour develops as it sits for a while or overnight.
hezwez,
May 25, 4:07pm
+1 Turmeric research shows it to work positively on the brain to ward off alzheimer's disease too.
buzzy110,
May 25, 4:53pm
Does that mean that people from the sub-continent of India, who eat tumeric daily, have no alzheimer's?
hezwez,
May 25, 5:49pm
Here buzzy, you're fond of links. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1702408/ But in case you haven't the will or temperament to read it all, note: "Epidemiological studies in India, a country where turmeric consumption is widespread, suggest it has one of the lowest prevalence rates of AD in the world"
motorbo,
Jul 8, 6:01am
and i have fresh turmeric too
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