Your Plant-Based Soups Won’t Taste Bland With These Tips

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Chris L
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A good soup usually starts off with a vegetable or chicken broth base, but when it comes to plant-based soups, it’s not all about the broths. The secret lies in the details, and with these tips—your vegan soups won’t taste bland ever again.

Salt

Salt adds a much-needed flavor when you cook with vegetables. Vegetable soups often use beans to give protein, and salt helps bring out the unique flavors in beans.

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Water

Water makes the base of soups—and a key thing is to only add it once. Even if your soup is a bit thick, don’t add it again. Also, remember to season the soup with salt, pepper, and dried spices.

Texture

When cutting the vegetables, make sure you keep them in large pieces so they can stay a bit crispy. When you’ve finished the soup, top it with seeds or salad greens.

Spices

For a rich flavor, make sure you add spices. If you want a savory/umami flavor—add nutritional yeast, and for a smoky flavor—add smoked paprika.

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Happy so many of you are not too hot for soup! Got lots of requests for this recipe from my insta story last night. 🌽🍲 If you make one soup this summer, MAKE THIS ONE. Dairy free and honestly so good I couldn’t stop eating it!! Ingredients: •one bag frozen fire roasted corn (Whole Foods has an organic one) •1 red pepper, diced •1 red onion, diced •4 cloves garlic, minced •2 jalapeños •1 cup cilantro, chopped •3 cups Yukon potatoes, diced •4 cups vegetable broth •1 tsp each: cumin, pink salt •1/2 tsp each: smoked paprika, celery seed •2-3 tbsp nutritional yeast •4 oz vegan cream cheese (I used Kite Hill) •red onion, jalapeños & cilantro for topping 1. Sauté the onion, garlic and red pepper in a soup pot for 5-8 minutes. 2. Add cream cheese and mix until blended 3. Add in potatoes, broth, nutritional yeast, spices and cilantro. Bring to boil and then reduce to low for 5 minutes. Add frozen corn and cook 5 more minutes. (Taste the potatoes to make sure they are done) 4. Blend half the soup in a blender (or immersion blender) 5. Top with more red onion, jalapeños and cilantro! Happy Monday!! Link in bio for online class info! 🍋🥦🍓🍅🥝

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Acid

When the soup is finished, add some flavor with a dash of apple cider vinegar, sherry vinegar, or lemon juice.