Cup of Vegetable Soup
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Instant thermos vegetable soup with dried veggie flakes, bulgur, pasta, and herbs. Just add boiling broth and wait. The ultimate portable lunch hack, ready in 10 minutes flat.
YIELD
2 servingsPREP
10 minCOOK
0 minREADY
10 minThis is the ultimate desk-lunch hack: toss a handful of dried vegetables, bulgur, tiny pasta, and herbs into a thermos, pour boiling broth over the top, and let it steep.
By the time you’re ready to eat, you’ve got a steaming cup of real soup. No microwave, no stovetop, no sad cafeteria run.
The dried vegetable flakes rehydrate and soften in the hot broth while the bulgur and pasta absorb liquid and plump up, giving the soup actual body and substance.
It’s also a brilliant camping and hiking recipe. Pre-mix the dry ingredients in baggies at home and just boil water at the campsite.
Pro Tips
- Pulse the dried vegetables in a blender until they’re pea-sized, not powdered. Too fine and you’ll end up with cloudy broth instead of recognizable veggie bits.
- Use a thermos that holds heat well and preheat it with boiling water before adding the soup ingredients. A lukewarm thermos won’t cook the bulgur through.
- Let the soup sit at least 20 to 30 minutes before eating so the bulgur and pasta fully soften.
Ingredients
Directions
Place dried vegetable in a blender and whirl til they are the size of small peas.
Measure out ⅓ cup, use the rest some other time. Put this and the other ingredients in a thermos.
Pour boiling broth over and let sit.
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