Bob's Red Mill Vegi Soup Mix, 28 Oz (4 Pack)

I absolutely love this soup mix! It has become a staple in my diet. It is quite easy to make, and it tastes great. I also love how cheap it is. I use 1 cup of mix per batch, and there are 4 cups (approx) per bag. Each batch gives me 4 large servings. So that means this box gives me 64 servings! At the subscribe and save price that means $0.20 per serving! I dare you to find a meal that fills you up this much, is this good for you, and only costs $0.20!!!! Here's my recipe: 1 cup of the Veggie Soup Mix 6 cups of water 6 TB of Vegetable Broth Powder (you can also use bullion or liquid broth) 1 can of Tomatoes (either diced, stewed or half of each) season with Basil, Oregano, Marjoram, Salt & Pepper to taste Throw all this in a pot and cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. It's that simple! Try it, you won't regret it...

Several years ago when camping we found this mix in a small town grocery store in California. I couldn't find this when I got home so I ordered a few bags from Bob's Red Mill. It has become a staple of our diet along with a few other Bob's Red Mill soups. The great thing about this mix is that you can use it in a myriad of ways. Just plain with some salt and pepper added is great. I usually add salt, pepper, a can of stewed tomatoes, water, one onion, some corn and some mushrooms. Sometimes I add chicken broth instead of tomatoes. Sometimes I add celery and/or carrots. Sometimes I add garlic. Sometimes I add chili powder. I usually don't add meat with this mix. I use a lot of water in a seven quart pot - and about half a bag of this soup. Most of the time I just let it simmer for a few hours. But you can make a good soup with this mix in an hour. We eat it as a meal. One pot lasts us two or three meals. No matter what I do with this mix the result tastes good. Bob's Red Mill beans and soup mixes are always reliably high quality, and we love this soup.

This was my first time trying this product, as well as any product from Bob's Red Mill. After reading the reviews and information on the company, I decided to purchase this soup mix, along with the Muesli. Package arrived in excellent condition and 2 days earlier than expected. I poured 1 1/2 cups of the mix into 6 cups of salted water. Added garlic salt, parsley, and pepper. Let simmer for little over an hour, while adding water when needed for a thinner sauce. The soup had excellent flavor, with all the ingredients having the perfect contribution. I finished 1 mug of the soup and was satisfied. There is about 6-10 mugs of soup left, which goes straight into the fridge. The 1 1/2 cups of mix I used was about 1/5 of the bag, which is only 1 of 4 that come in the well designed box. The company's values, along with the product itself, including nutrition, taste, and cost, add up to an amazing product, in my opinion. I have stored 2 bags in glass storage containers, as the dry storage life far surpasses the time the mix will spend uncooked. This is another bonus. A thank you to all the reviewers of this product, Amazon for carrying the product, and to the founder himself, along with the employees, for bringing this healthy, positive product into my life.

This is really a bean soup mix, with very little veggie in it. However, the flavors are so balanced that the soup tastes great even if you leave out spices. However, everything always tastes better with a few spices added. I usually do not make this into a soup, just adding enough water to cover and then about 1/2 the resulting amount of stuff in the pot more of water, making this into a stove-top casserole. I then turn on the heat to start the cooking process. It takes about 30 min to cook thoroughly, generally. I usually have to stir frequently at first while the stove is heating up and then for a while after I turn down the heat to a simmer, just to keep the froth from building up. Stirring breaks up the bubbles. The froth is just carbohydrate dust and the cooking process breaks it down to carbon dioxide and water, thus the froth. I add small chopped pieces of veges when there is about 4 min more to cook. The water has usually been mostly absorbed at that time. Sometimes I have to add a bit more to keep the beans from sticking to the bottom during the last 4 min of cooking, and especially if I add some fresh veggies. Sometimes I cook it with barley and/or millet (added during the last 12 min), rice (depending upon the variety, last 8-10 min) and/or rolled oats (added during the last 2 min). When all are cooked, and the pot is off the burner, I add salt, and a few of spices like curry power, dill weed, cayenne or chili powder, fresh ground coriander seed, ginger, cinnamon, basil, oregano, fennel or fenugreek.. Sometimes I might add yogurt, milk, cheese, pre-cooked meat/fish, re-hydrated fruit (apricots, berries, mangoes, or pineapple) or some other substance, like coconut and/or lime juice with a little sugar. Just the variety of the additives makes it a different meal each time.

We've enjoyed Bob's Red Mill products for a long time, and I was delighted with this soup mix too. Like some other reviewers said, it is plain and mostly unseasoned, but that is the beauty of it. It's a good mix of vegetable pasta, barley, dried peas and lentils. It's quick-cooking and rich and filling, but it needs seasoning and either meat or veggies added to it. We like adding ham chunks, chopped spinach, onion, cracked pepper and canned crushed tomatoes, but we also like it with chorizo sausage (pre-cooked!), and mixed frozen vegetables. I added some chopped cabbage once and it was great. It thickens as the peas and lentils cook, so you can add more or less water as you wish. One of the best things about this soup base is that you add your own salt. So many products come heavily and unhealthily salted but not this one. It's much better to add your own as desired! This soup is a little expensive - about $4 per bag - but it makes a big pot of soup, and with free SuperSaver shipping it's a good deal and something that I'll order again.

First of all, don't be put off by the price. If you've kept track of grocery store receipts lately or the sharp increase in basic foods over the last year, you may see how this product could save you time, gas and MONEY. At the time of this writing, it cost about $16.88 for four packages of this mix. EACH package easily serves 8-16 people with soup left over. While the instructions note to add 4 cups of water or a water and broth combo, we quickly discovered we had to double or even triple the liquid added. No problem there, because we had more soup! If you don't have fresh veggies or spices around, this will suffice as is and it is thick and satisfying. If you garden, you'll improve the taste by adding fresh chopped parsley, garlic and whatever veggies you want. A can of tomatoes (or fresh, chopped ones) does no harm. This is a mix you can play with, add ingredients and spices. IMPORTANT: this is not a salted mix. It is full of split peas, barley, lentils, whole wheat pasta, dehydrated spinach, tomato, onion, etc. If you don't use salt, consider adding a salt substitute. I also added basil. It was delightful, quick and is now a pantry staple. Nutrition: 330 calories (1/2 cup) only 20 calories from fat. Significant source of iron at 22% of the Daily Value. Protein: 20 grams. Fiber - 8 grams. Add some bread and you have a meal, rounded out with some greens, perhaps.

I usually cook soup from scratch and rarely use canned or dry soup. However, sometimes in the dead winter or cool spring, I long for a bowl of hot soup but too lazy to drive out and shop for fresh ingridients. After reading great reviews about the Bob's Red Mill soup mix, I decided to try it for those special occasions. The reviews were all true. The soup mix is easy to use, delicious, fullfilling, and nutritious. I sautee some onions and garlic which are constant stables in my pantry. When I have leftover baked ham, I would freeze them and use the in this soup. Then I add water and the soup mix, bring to a boil, cover and turn off the stove. After a while or overnight, turn on the stove and stir the pot once in a while to prevent sticking. Cook until desired consistency. I only add pepper, but some people may prefer to salt the soup. One reviewer online suggested making a larger portion and freeze leftover to save cooking time. I tried it and found the leftover as good as a new pot once reheated on stove. Try this soup with bread or any meal. Delicious!

I’ve been using this mix for years. It’s very delicious and the Amazon price was less than in grocery stores. A clean product with no additives. You can’t go wrong with this mix.