Dried Vegetable Blend-5Lb-Dried Bulk Vegetables-Soup Vegetables

Works great for making many different foods or dishes a little bit better.

I'm a vegetarian and use dehydrated vegetables all the time. This is a consistently good brand with good shelf life. Stores well and isn't full of seasonings. Just the vegetables, which is how it should be.

These are great…I wish they were bigger pieces but in all fairness it does say “flakes”.

Initially when we first got this, we did not like it. The flavor combination was weird, strong, and not so good as a soup, for our tastes. We had gotten this to make it a food supply type of item, giving us nutrition where we don't otherwise get it (poor diet!). So yeah, after buying a large quantity and trying it for the first time, we were dismayed... HOWEVER! Long-term wise, we have come to really love this stuff! Mostly I think we had to get accustomed to the flavor, and learn how to mix it in. Like: We'll add it (ground) into some homemade bread. We grind it into a powder and shake it as a spice over foods. We mix it in with mac & cheese, or in with any of many dinner dishes. We actually add large quantities of it, in ground form, into our meals, and often. We even sometimes use it as a treat thrown in with scratch for our chickens, giving them additional nutrition. A lot of times, we don't even realize the cook has added this to the meal. It has turned out to be quite fantastic! But I still wouldn't use it on its own, in soup form.

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Another reviewer complained of too many carrots, looking at the label the first ingredient is carrots and if I remember right, that's 50% of the product. That said, yes it does have a lot of carrots but I like them, they add a bit of sweetness to soups stews, along with the other vegetables in the blended mix. I like the driedvegetables in long cooking rice, it gives them.a chance to fully hydrate. I have processed some in a blender and made savory oatmeal, it was a pleasant change from the usual fruit and cinnamon. Many different uses, use your imagination. Hydrate over night and add to bread dough or pancakes, blend with other veg for a smoothie.***** I am editing this review as of 10/3/23 to note that my latest purchase seems to have a high number of woody bits in it that appear to be stems rather than the actual vegetable. Normally, it wouldn't be an issue but parts of this mix contain members of the nightshade family - potatoes, tomatoes, peppers - and those are a peculiar set where the fruits of the plant are edible but not the plant itself, and that has me concerned that the sources of these ingredients are not properly screening them for foreign matter. I wil not be purchasing again for that reason, sticking to fresh instead where I can at least see what's going into the pot.

I've been canning and freezing and dehydrating. Thought I'd try these dried veggies. Wasn't sure if they would taste right or have a good texture. Surprise! They worked very well. I used them as a base for soups, starting with homemade beef or chicken stock and water. The latest batch I added some canned and frozen vegetables and a few cubed potatoes and petite diced tomatoes and spices. Oh my goodness...Wonderful soup!!! Also could add canned meats, rice, noodles, etc. Give these a try. You can make as much or as little as you want. I made several quarts for the two of us. Then freeze, or process them on the canning selection in the instapot/pressure cooker. OR...leave them as is and use as needed.

I bought this to add to macaroni and cheese which I also make out of dehydrated milk and cheese! I previously used a different brand but it was out of stock so I decided to risk it and buy this large bag... I am now switching to this brand! It tastes better with the overall combination of veg., my husband agrees. The carrots taste much better too, and fresher. One downside is like another reviewer mentioned, although I think for flavor the amount of carrots is great, for the price it does seem a bit expensive..