Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2012

This soup is very healthy and tastes great. I added in bay leaves, rosemary, celery seed, salt, white pepper, black pepper, and garlic. I will experiment with different herbs and seasonings next time. I did not drain the water out after I boiled the vegetables. I used my immersion blender to partially blend the soup, leaving a few chunks of vegetables. I did thicken it a little with a cornstarch and water mixture.

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SUPERCAT912

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2012

I went to Ireland last year and this soup was so much like the ones I had there. I cooked the veggies in about a 1.5 cups of water and then just puréed it in the pot. I can't wait to try other combinations. In Ireland there were some of the soups that were pea based. ENJOY!

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Ree

Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2010

Why would you thorow out hte water the veg cooked in? and then add fresh water with no flavour This has all the vegetable vitamins you boiled out

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liz

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2009

Made this for Thanksgiving this year. I used kosher salt, omitted the pepper, added garlic and only pureed have the soup for an even mixture of chunky and smooth. Got great reviews. When I reheated the soup I sometimes added butter to my individual serving. I think a tangy cheese would go nicely. What I have in the end probably isn't Irish though.

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

Good basic soup. I sautee the vegetables in a little butter, then add chicken stock to cook. I omitted the potato flakes and use a little cream to finish.

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AppleCiderMama

Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2009

OMG.. I can't stop eatingthis... even without making the puree part.. just used chicken broth instead of all water... yummy!

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Jim

Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2009

As a new vegatrian, I'm also looking for new recipes. As the last review I would use vegatable stock instead of the beef or chicken stock. This is a hardy soup.

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MODIMES

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2009

I left out the potato flakes and added some barley instead. I also only half pureed so some of the veggies were still there. I thought it was very good though a little lacking in spice. Next time I make it I think I will use vegetable broth instead of water to correct that. I enjoyed it, as a vegetarian I would never use chicken broth so all the reviews that suggest meat ingredients are missing the vegetarian part of the recipe. I know it isn't authentic Irish food but that's because it's changed up for vegetarians.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2008

Although this recipe is a nice soup it is not traditional irish veg soup. In Ireland we never would blend any part of traditional vegetable soup, we cut the veg up to desired size before adding. Also this soup starts with first making home made stock using either a beef bone or chicken carcass. Then all the vegetables are added and left to simmer and near end you add seasoning. Potato is not used as a vegetable in soup. It is served with a whole boiled potato placed in bowl.

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sylvia

Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2008

I made some of the changes suggested by other reviewers: using chicken stock to simmer the vegetables, no potato flakes but adding about 1/2 cup barley, and pureeing about 2 cups of the soup (not the whole thing). I've been using a seasoning of a mixture of organic herbs. With that added, no other seasonings are necessary and the soup is delicious!

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