There is no way on earth I would assume anything with "detox" in the title is going to be a pleasant time.
There's also the fact that anything with "detox" in the title or description, other than your liver and kidneys, is probably complete bunko too makes me think this is just a nonsense recipe book with AI photos.
I can recommend Jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke soup if you ever feel like needing to clear out your intestines. Tastes amazing, it’s one of my favorite soups! But you have to be prepared for the aftermath
My GF bought some "detox" drink a while ago, lemon aid flavored but had activated charcoal. I told her about activated charcoal and what it can potentially do to the anxiety meds she is taking. Not to mention how delicious lemon aid flavored charcoal sounds. It disappeared shortly after that.
I've never seen broccoli soup that didn't contain a bunch of cream, butter, and salt. You might be able to salvage it by transferring to a stockpot and adding cream and butter (maybe some cheddar too if you like cheese).
I make a broccoli soup all the time that’s just frozen broccoli, throw it in a sauce pan with some water, blend it, add some salt and more water if needed. It’s basically baby food but it’s surprisingly decent broccoli soup without any fuss.
It’s called DETOX soup—so not only is it probably not geared towards tasting good, it’s leaning hard on dubious science. Your body detoxes just fine on its own unless you are missing/have issues with your liver. As far as this recipe—the other poster is right. Needs cream, butter, fat—at the very least a boost of umami, so a bouillon to boost the stock.
As soon as I saw the name of the soup I was like “ooh, yuck!” Clearly the author is more interested in making money than making healthy or edible food.
OP, the things that make broccoli soup good are milk/cream, cheddar cheese, and a good bouillon/stock/lots of salt. None of those things are going to be found in a recipe book geared toward the “crunchy” crowd.
I love broccoli soup with cream and cheese, but this super basic version is actually really good too. That being said, the easy way to mess it up would be putting it in a slow cooker, you definitely don't want to over cook the broccoli.
Yeah, this recipe is terrible. Even for something lighter like I'd expect a "detox" soup to be. (Also as others have pointed out, a detox is bullshit but I totally understand craving a light soup.)
But in no universe does broccoli need to be slow cooked for 4-8 hrs, god damn! No wonder it's nearly grey. You could prob simmer the soup for twenty min and be fine
It says „salt and pepper to taste“, so OP is at least partially to blame. The weird thing is that it appears in the ingredients, but not in the recipe, just „add“.
Probably because it was a bad assumption on the recipe developer's part that someone would not need to be told in the recipe to add S & P to taste...lol
Honestly idk what you were expecting? It's a detox soup. Those are often bland and boring. It's not meant to taste good, it's whack jobs pretending to help you "feel better." It actually came out pretty close too. She added toppings for embellishment, likely some food color for the extra green look and blended it better than you did, which I assume was on purpose on your part to make a funnier photo.
Professional photography and better blending aside you made the same soup. Maybe don't get a pseudo science cookbook next time?
People are calling out the detox element, but I looked at the ingredients and didn't see anything particularly egregious. It seems to me like you just didn't season it enough during the cooking process. Salt is what fixes "bland." It says to salt to taste, but it seems like you didn't actually salt it until the blandness was corrected.
Personally, I'd also add a bit more liquid of some sort (heavy cream?), and maybe use chicken stock instead of veg. But it should be fine if you just actually season.
The color of overcooked broccoli is very unappetizing, slow cooking broccoli this long is wholly unnecessary and I bet you could get good results just steaming to al dente instead. "Salt to taste" means use your judgement. The recipe looks okay, but you needed more salt if your result is bland.
Gordon Ramsay’s broccoli soup recipe (if I remember right) is literally just broccoli, the water it was boiled in, and salt. It’s decent, assuming you like broccoli lol
I’ve made it before and enjoyed it. I think I added the olive pile and maybe some walnut or something. But the base being literally just broccoli is pretty funny, but it is nice.
The picture in the cookbook is misleading. It’s a nice bright green while yours is olive drab. What they have in the picture (I can ASSURE you) was not slow-cooked for 3-4 hours. I wouldn’t even slow cook this. I would steam the broccoli and then shock it in cold water to preserve the color. Hell, steam the carrots as well and then shock. Make the rest of the soup, add shocked vegetables at end and puree. A splash of lemon juice or red wine vinegar would probably go a long way as well.
Yeah, because as broccoli cooks it’s got a chemical that breaks down into a fart smell/taste. All the brassica do that. Cook the soup without the broccoli then steam it at the end and add it in
4hrs high or 8hrs on low seems like a crazy long time for just vegetables. I'd imagine this thing had a pretty bitter taste. That's an hour long cook time on high max. Probably better without blending everything together as well..
It would probably taste alright if you doubled (or tripled) the seasonings, added some cream (or coconut cream) and cooked it on the stove. Caramelizing the onions would also improve the flavor.
The slow cooker is not the way to go here. Just cook this on the stove. 30-40 minutes and you’re good. For those that say it needs cream or butter - nah - just up the stock.
This is an amazing book, I'm a gardener and I like to grow every new vegetable I can find. There's a chapter for everything. I made collard greens for the first time and it was this velvety, rich delicious pot of greens. Better than I've had in restaurants!
I'm not a vegetarian, but this makes it really easy to use up a CSA box, or hit up a farmer's market and come home and use those veggies to their best potential.
My boss gave me a couple bunches of like, 3-foot long dandelion greens, there was a recipe!
There are some vegetables I absolutely refuse to slow cook. Broccoli is one of these because it loses nutrients and color. The recipe might be ok if you quick boiled the broccoli.
You can blanch fresh broccoli for 1 minute or less then ice water bath to try and keep the green color (instead of grey). Then add to Try a little miso paste. Adds a salty note and is fermented so it’s good for your stomach. You can also add dulce (seaweed seasoning) as it’s salty naturally
Every time I use vegetable stock that I didn't make ahead of time the end result turns out terrible. There's also a reason cream of broccoli is a thing. Lastly soup needs a lot of salt or msg and a splash of lemon or vinegar to brighten the end results.
My broccoli soup recipe:
Steam broccoli
Put broccoli and steamed water in a blender
Add more water if needed
Blend
Add salt
Goat cheese if you want as garnish.
First off, I would be skeptical because I have a hard time believing that broccoli cooked in a slow cooker for hours would be the shade of green that the book's illustration shows.
And then, as others have pointed out - selling something as a "detox food" because it's high in fiber is disingenuous to me.
Yeah, this ain't the way. The best broccoli soup recipes I've tried want you to cook the broccoli until it's just tender (i.e., for minutes, not hours).
Everything you said makes perfect sense. I make a lot of “creamy” vegan soups at work & it’s all about what you said. Should you use more onions & garlic? Should you try adding some spices that you know you like aside from salt & pepper? Taste it. Slow cooking is a little different because you are supposed to be able to “set it and forget it” but you could taste it after blending and season accordingly.
Some of my favorite dried/powdered spices include: smoked paprika, cumin, coriander, thyme, rosemary, sage, curry powder, turmeric, and let’s not forget our basic flavor saviors garlic and onion powder.
Agreed. Maybe people are upset that you haven’t used a recipe because you have got your own process down, & that OP is asking why the recipe sucked. I don’t use recipes either but sometimes I use them as a general reference.
There is no way on earth I would assume anything with "detox" in the title is going to be a pleasant time.
There's also the fact that anything with "detox" in the title or description, other than your liver and kidneys, is probably complete bunko too makes me think this is just a nonsense recipe book with AI photos.
It’ll probably clean out your digestive tract with all that fiber! Gear up for a night in the bathroom with plenty of candles!
Ooh, spa vibes! :D
I can recommend Jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke soup if you ever feel like needing to clear out your intestines. Tastes amazing, it’s one of my favorite soups! But you have to be prepared for the aftermath
Looks like they detoxed into a bowl…
r/poopfromabutt
It was what I was expecting but I still don’t know why I clicked.
My GF bought some "detox" drink a while ago, lemon aid flavored but had activated charcoal. I told her about activated charcoal and what it can potentially do to the anxiety meds she is taking. Not to mention how delicious lemon aid flavored charcoal sounds. It disappeared shortly after that.
This looks like a detox.
I've never seen broccoli soup that didn't contain a bunch of cream, butter, and salt. You might be able to salvage it by transferring to a stockpot and adding cream and butter (maybe some cheddar too if you like cheese).
This recipe called for salt to taste ... It just seems like OP didn't actually salt "to taste."
I make a broccoli soup all the time that’s just frozen broccoli, throw it in a sauce pan with some water, blend it, add some salt and more water if needed. It’s basically baby food but it’s surprisingly decent broccoli soup without any fuss.
It’s called DETOX soup—so not only is it probably not geared towards tasting good, it’s leaning hard on dubious science. Your body detoxes just fine on its own unless you are missing/have issues with your liver. As far as this recipe—the other poster is right. Needs cream, butter, fat—at the very least a boost of umami, so a bouillon to boost the stock.
As soon as I saw the name of the soup I was like “ooh, yuck!” Clearly the author is more interested in making money than making healthy or edible food.
OP, the things that make broccoli soup good are milk/cream, cheddar cheese, and a good bouillon/stock/lots of salt. None of those things are going to be found in a recipe book geared toward the “crunchy” crowd.
https://youtu.be/5vj42kKsTBI
I love broccoli soup with cream and cheese, but this super basic version is actually really good too. That being said, the easy way to mess it up would be putting it in a slow cooker, you definitely don't want to over cook the broccoli.
Theres a mix in by McCormick called UMAMI. You only need a little. Mostly mushrooms MSG. It helps.
It is called detox soup, I don’t think flavor was the goal
It's like detoxing of flavor was the goal
Someone is holding a flavor intervention in your cookbook.
What were you looking for when you picked this recipe? What kind of cookbook do you have?
Yeah, this recipe is terrible. Even for something lighter like I'd expect a "detox" soup to be. (Also as others have pointed out, a detox is bullshit but I totally understand craving a light soup.)
But in no universe does broccoli need to be slow cooked for 4-8 hrs, god damn! No wonder it's nearly grey. You could prob simmer the soup for twenty min and be fine
Cooking broccoli for 4-8 hours wth 💀
Broccoli soup, more like broccoli goop
😂😂😂
Looks like baby food....
Some salt and a hit of acid would help it out.
Broccoli and lemon are lovely together!
It says „salt and pepper to taste“, so OP is at least partially to blame. The weird thing is that it appears in the ingredients, but not in the recipe, just „add“.
Probably because it was a bad assumption on the recipe developer's part that someone would not need to be told in the recipe to add S & P to taste...lol
BTW, good catch.
r/ShitFromAButt
Thought I was on this sub already.
Honestly idk what you were expecting? It's a detox soup. Those are often bland and boring. It's not meant to taste good, it's whack jobs pretending to help you "feel better." It actually came out pretty close too. She added toppings for embellishment, likely some food color for the extra green look and blended it better than you did, which I assume was on purpose on your part to make a funnier photo.
Professional photography and better blending aside you made the same soup. Maybe don't get a pseudo science cookbook next time?
People are calling out the detox element, but I looked at the ingredients and didn't see anything particularly egregious. It seems to me like you just didn't season it enough during the cooking process. Salt is what fixes "bland." It says to salt to taste, but it seems like you didn't actually salt it until the blandness was corrected.
Personally, I'd also add a bit more liquid of some sort (heavy cream?), and maybe use chicken stock instead of veg. But it should be fine if you just actually season.
I would say add some salt or liquid seasoning to boost the flavours.
The color of overcooked broccoli is very unappetizing, slow cooking broccoli this long is wholly unnecessary and I bet you could get good results just steaming to al dente instead. "Salt to taste" means use your judgement. The recipe looks okay, but you needed more salt if your result is bland.
I keep seeing these awful A.I. cookbook recipes....I need to just go ahead and make my own that's not awful
Tell me what "toxins" this soup was meant to remove from your body.
Gordon Ramsay’s broccoli soup recipe (if I remember right) is literally just broccoli, the water it was boiled in, and salt. It’s decent, assuming you like broccoli lol
https://youtu.be/5vj42kKsTBI
I looked it up, you were right. I'm a bit skeptical on the taste...
He does add a bit of goat cheese in there lol
I’ve made it before and enjoyed it. I think I added the olive pile and maybe some walnut or something. But the base being literally just broccoli is pretty funny, but it is nice.
The picture in the cookbook is misleading. It’s a nice bright green while yours is olive drab. What they have in the picture (I can ASSURE you) was not slow-cooked for 3-4 hours. I wouldn’t even slow cook this. I would steam the broccoli and then shock it in cold water to preserve the color. Hell, steam the carrots as well and then shock. Make the rest of the soup, add shocked vegetables at end and puree. A splash of lemon juice or red wine vinegar would probably go a long way as well.
🎶 Detox comin’ at you with a bad soup 🎶
Yeah, because as broccoli cooks it’s got a chemical that breaks down into a fart smell/taste. All the brassica do that. Cook the soup without the broccoli then steam it at the end and add it in
4hrs high or 8hrs on low seems like a crazy long time for just vegetables. I'd imagine this thing had a pretty bitter taste. That's an hour long cook time on high max. Probably better without blending everything together as well..
onions golden within five minutes in a crowded pan?
Well, yeah, it's a detox soup. Do you want a real broccoli soup? It's got to have cheese and cream and all that good tasting stuff in there.
It would probably taste alright if you doubled (or tripled) the seasonings, added some cream (or coconut cream) and cooked it on the stove. Caramelizing the onions would also improve the flavor.
That's all healthy stuff. There's no flavor because there's no fat.
8 hours!
The slow cooker is not the way to go here. Just cook this on the stove. 30-40 minutes and you’re good. For those that say it needs cream or butter - nah - just up the stock.
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEEEEEOOOOOOOPPPPPLLLLLLLEEEEEE
Well. It doesn't give an amount of salt needed and I'd guess it needs a shitton to properly season all the vegetables.
My friend, I have the best fucking cook book recommendation for you. You'll own this for the rest of your life, it's a tome.
Deborah Madison "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone"
This is an amazing book, I'm a gardener and I like to grow every new vegetable I can find. There's a chapter for everything. I made collard greens for the first time and it was this velvety, rich delicious pot of greens. Better than I've had in restaurants!
I'm not a vegetarian, but this makes it really easy to use up a CSA box, or hit up a farmer's market and come home and use those veggies to their best potential.
My boss gave me a couple bunches of like, 3-foot long dandelion greens, there was a recipe!
Misprint. That recipe was for broccoli goop.
Congratulations! You made baby food. Just wait for gerbers call! Ngl great first attempt. I would have failed even worse
There are some vegetables I absolutely refuse to slow cook. Broccoli is one of these because it loses nutrients and color. The recipe might be ok if you quick boiled the broccoli.
You can blanch fresh broccoli for 1 minute or less then ice water bath to try and keep the green color (instead of grey). Then add to Try a little miso paste. Adds a salty note and is fermented so it’s good for your stomach. You can also add dulce (seaweed seasoning) as it’s salty naturally
Yes, but their AI did, so you can thank them for the false advertising that duped you into thinking this was going to look and taste good.
Made the mistake of making broccoli and cauli soup a while back in the fall. Holy crap.... literally. Never again lol
It looks like it turned out exactly how I would expect this recipe to turn out.
Needs butter, fresh parm or asiago, lemon, and some cream.
Every time I use vegetable stock that I didn't make ahead of time the end result turns out terrible. There's also a reason cream of broccoli is a thing. Lastly soup needs a lot of salt or msg and a splash of lemon or vinegar to brighten the end results.
My broccoli soup recipe: Steam broccoli Put broccoli and steamed water in a blender Add more water if needed Blend Add salt Goat cheese if you want as garnish.
Eat soup.
Very easy and fam loves it.
Are you sure this wasn't swapped for vegan split pea while you weren't looking?
First off, I would be skeptical because I have a hard time believing that broccoli cooked in a slow cooker for hours would be the shade of green that the book's illustration shows.
And then, as others have pointed out - selling something as a "detox food" because it's high in fiber is disingenuous to me.
Ick. That cookbook belongs in the trash.
Yeah, this ain't the way. The best broccoli soup recipes I've tried want you to cook the broccoli until it's just tender (i.e., for minutes, not hours).
Hey we have the same bowls!
Muji?
Must be, I don't know off the top of my head.
Well of course not. It has broccoli. 😉
Try it with cauliflower and more stock.
Nope
Looks like you cooked the broccoli too long. Only needs to get soft. You're broccoli is brown pulp
Bro that's the after detox in the bowl 💩
Haha. Yeah great recipe. I haven't used a recipe for a very long time for anything.
Step 1 learn about seasoning and spices. How they work together, the rule of thumb ratios, etc
There are lots of videos to watch on YouTube that can give you tonnes of information. Eg https://youtu.be/bsYzWK3cxOM?si=55m56yjK2IyEYYZI
Step 2 cook something simple that calls for several spices and seasoning. Apply your learned measuring, not what the recipe calls for
Step 3. Taste as you make it all the way along and adjust your seasoning and spices as necessary
Step 4. Record your final ratios.
Step 5. Repeat several times with different dishes.
Step 6: analyse your data and understand what spice and seasoning works for you.
Step 7 onwards - do the same with groups of food to learn the science behind proteins, starches, vegetables, etc
Wtf why did you get downvoted…
Everything you said makes perfect sense. I make a lot of “creamy” vegan soups at work & it’s all about what you said. Should you use more onions & garlic? Should you try adding some spices that you know you like aside from salt & pepper? Taste it. Slow cooking is a little different because you are supposed to be able to “set it and forget it” but you could taste it after blending and season accordingly.
Some of my favorite dried/powdered spices include: smoked paprika, cumin, coriander, thyme, rosemary, sage, curry powder, turmeric, and let’s not forget our basic flavor saviors garlic and onion powder.
Yeah honestly I don't get it either lol. That process just makes cooking more fun too!
Agreed. Maybe people are upset that you haven’t used a recipe because you have got your own process down, & that OP is asking why the recipe sucked. I don’t use recipes either but sometimes I use them as a general reference.
Same. You can't be expected to know or remember everything. Nothing is exclusiveness it comes to learning new things imo
Well yeah it's supposed to have cheddar. Gotta get the panera recipe!