Still we get the same old gruel

[venta]

Another recipe request: anyone got any good ideas for interesting vegetarian soup which will also appeal to committed carnivores? Must be something which can be easily prepared in advance and reheated with minimum fuss, possibly more than once.

Your answer must not include lentils :) (I don't have anything against lentils, just two of us are supposed to be making soup so there is a choice, and the other soup-maker is planning lentil and vegetable).

For bonus points, any tips on making good vegetable stock appreciated. I usually make vegetable soup with meat stock of some kind, and when cooking soup for vegetarians I always find the results are just less tasty than I'd hope. Last time I made leek and potato soup it was really quite woefully bland with vegetable stock. I assume this is a resolvable problem which is just me doing it wrong.

Some of the committed carnivores are also the sort of people who are liable to look askance at anything which might be regarded as "a bit funny". So the ideal recipe will avoid outré ingredients like, say, anything which has not been commonly used in Britain since the 1950s. Identifiable ingredients, that is :) What they don't know won't hurt'em.

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Potato, Parsnip, Celeriac. (1 medium spud and 1 biggish parsnip per person plus 1 medium head celeriac per 3 people) Chop, boil in bouillon or veg stock (enough to cover veg, add a bit more if needed later). Add mushroom ketchup, a bit of cumin, cayenne, coriander and a teeny tiny bit of mace. Boil till parsnips fall apart when you try to pick them up with a fork. Blitz for smooth soup, mash and stir like mad for "rustic" soup. Add torn-up chestnut mushrooms, boil a bit loger and serve.