Reviewer:

Reviewed: May 1, 2013

This soup turned out very good. I used spicy v-8 instead of tomato juice. I was a little disappointed because I was in the mood for cabbage soup and in my opinion this is more of a tomato vegtable soup.

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful

Reviewer:

Ralph

Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2013

yes I made this Recipe Loved it

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful

Reviewer:

Jennifer.A. Svensson

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Apr. 23, 2013

Giving 4 stars since I did have to add some seasoning. Instead of adding Tabasco or something like that after the fact; I added crushed red pepper, red cayenne pepper, and some garlic powder. Made it a spicy delicious soup! Very filling and you can certainly cut this in half and still have it for dinner every night for a week. I thought it would be too much cabbage and onion, but turned out perfectly. Simmered for about 40 minutes and the vegetables were nice and tender but not mushy. I will be making this again!

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
1 user found this review helpful

Reviewer:

Coopsti

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Lakewood, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 23, 2013

TASTY! I added an 8 oz jar of rich salsa and cilantro. It came out with too much tomato flavor where you couldn't taste the other veggies I added (snap peas w/ pods, broccoli, cauliflower, bell pepper and at the last second - per bowl: baby spinach). Heeding another reviewer's suggestion, I added a can of sauerkraut, too. So I could use this too-tomato-ey concoction, I drained off much of the tomato broth and added chicken broth. THAT turned out very good. Also, take a look at the "Ginger Beef" recipe (Allrecipes). The flavors in the two recipes are quite similar, so you might explore using this soup as base, and adding the Ginger Beef portion as a variety.

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful

Reviewer:

TartanSongbird007

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2013

I'm not a huge fan of the normal cabbage taste, so I used Napa cabbage (which has a mild, almost peppery flavor) for this recipe. I followed everything else to the letter, and it turned out great!

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful

Reviewer:

Livewire

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2013

I think I can eat this everyday for lunch! I put a couple shakes of curry powder! Wow, its really good.... I hope it burns the fat!

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful

Reviewer:

monimoni75

Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2013

What caught my eye was the weight loss angle (just those few pds left over from holidays) but this soup actually tastes very good! Surprising good and I am not a cabbage or,tomato juice fan. I half recipe and froze a few bags. What was really incredible is how filling the soup is. I had a small sample bowl to check salt/spice level and I was barely ready to eat dinner a few hours later. Tis would be great on a short weight loss effort...

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful

Reviewer:

bmcgowan13

Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2013

This was fantastic! I made just a couple of small alterations: don't care for tomatoes or celery, so I substituted some mushrooms - which were GREAT - and added some of my own spices for some flavor. I also used a little bit of the V-8 hot&spicy vegetable juice, which added a nice "kick". This soup worked great to drop some lbs fast! I ate it almost every day for lunch, along with a slice of margarine bread, for the 2 weeks leading up to a wedding that I was in. And the lbs STAYED off! It's the most effective diet I've ever tried. Also, it freezes well.

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
1 user found this review helpful

Reviewer:

MeghanB

Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2013

I make this recipe, but I will spray a frying pan with cooking spray and I will saute my celery, onion and cabbage (sometimes the carrots too) first, to get that roasted flavor a bit first. I suppose you could also roast them in the oven on a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray too. It just adds a bit different flavor to the soup. I also use V8 instead of tomato juice, and I omit the tomatoes because I do not like them. I also don't use the packet of onion soup mix, because it is way too high in sodium and there is already sodium in the V8 and the beef broth. Too much sodium makes this soup not so healthy. Using low sodium products would be much better, however the soup isn't as tasty without all the sodium so you do need to try and spice it up some with extra herbs. But all in all, a great soup base recipe.

Was this review helpful? [ YES ]
0 users found this review helpful