Best packaged vegetable soups according to redditors

No it doesnt.

https://www.campbells.com/swanson/lower-sodium-broth-stock/natural-goodness-chicken-broth/

15Kcal/8floz

+https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/roundys/wisconsin-blend-vegetables

1 cup of ckn broth with 1/3 cup of veggies, according to these, is only 40 calories, so 55 cal on the packet is hardly outrageously low. While certainly less convenient than a single serve dehydrated packet, making your own would be cheaper and tastier.

Im trying to think of a way to make it just add hot water portable, bouillon cubes are kinda shit, but dont require refrigeration like soup base... and im going to assume you can get freeze dried mixed veggies in bulk...

https://smile.amazon.com/Harmony-House-Foods-Dried-Vegetable/dp/B0039QXWPM/

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https://www.amazon.com/Herbox-Granular-Chicken-Bouillon-3-3-Ounce/dp/B00473P6PA

$.20 a serving for the boullion, $.43 for two tablespoons of veggies, + a pinch of salt. $.64 a cup of no refrigeration just add hot water chicken vegetable soup.

omg did you know you can buy the broth packets and DIY hotpot? You can get these at a large Asian grocer, and they're amazing for when I am lazy. Also, you don't have to buy a dedicated hot pot - a rice cooker will do!

Hello! I don't know how many of you are filipino or familiar with filipino food but this is a simplified version of sinigang, a sour tamarind stew.

when i make this, i use shrimp or salmon.

i use tamarind soup/sinigang mix from knorr for the soup base. you can probably find it in filipino stores or amazon. here's an amazon link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005QTFLDQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_HTQNAb4S2MWNQ

the recipe is very simple, i like mine salty and sour so adjust it to your liking. and the amount of kangkong (chinese water spinach), shrimp etc depends on how much i have on hand or how much i want to put.

chinese water spinach - 40-50g,
red onion - 15g,
peeled shrimp - around 90g,
knorr sinigang mix - 10g

all you have to do is put some water (i put a cup or a little more than a cup) and put the chinese water spinach, onion and the sinigang mix and wait for the water spinach to wither down. then, i put my deshelled shrimp and wait for it to cook. as soon as the shrimp is done cooking, it's ready to eat. its usually done in less than 5-10 mins. you can also add some red chili if you want it spicy. or if you're lazy, put some tabasco in the soup. sometimes i eat this with a little bit of rice but most of the time, i get so full from the amount of soup that i dont need the rice.


edit: forgot to add the macros. 19g protein, 8g carbs, 4g fiber and 2g fat. so if you're on keto, this is only 4g net carbs!

The Black bean soup is 9g at 170 calories here

The split pea soup is 8g at 130 calories here

All-in-all they are pretty good too!

Plus one for Knorr sides. I also had instant potatoes a couple times that I mixed with dehydrated veggies someone had left in a hiker box. (You can buy a pre-dehydrated mix in advance, like here: https://www.amazon.com/Harmony-House-Foods-Dried-Vegetable/dp/B0039QXWPM?th=1) Mix the veggies in with the water first and then add the instant potatoes for a creamy veggie soup (adjust water for preferred thickness). Don't forget salt and pepper!

I don't know where you live, but if you can order from amazon I would highly recommend these soups.

This one is only 190 calories per container, has 12g of protein, 12g of fiber and 360mg of sodium. It is hands down my favorite lunch food. It has a strong smokey flavor that I hated the first time I ate it, but grew to love by the 2nd cup. I usually pair it with potatoes, a salad or a scrambled egg.

This one is 360 calories, has 20g of protein, 28g of fiber, and 660mg of sodium. This one makes a good lunch on it's own for me.

Yes but you can use kombu dashi instead (vegan). It’s so good! amazon sells it

We backpack. My wife is vegan, I'm not, but I just supplement a little cheese or jerky to otherwise vegan meals.

For hiking, cutting water is where you're usually going to cut the most weight. So, the most important thing for us was to get a quick way to sterilize water as we came across it. We use a steripen and can create a liter of drinkable water in about 2 minutes.

For breakfast we'd bring black tea bags and oatmeal. We'd mix in dried fruit from trader joe's.

For lunches we'd use the same dried fruit and powdered peanut butter (p2b) from target. We'd put these on pita or thin bagels and have a pretty nice sandwich. Sometimes we bring powdered hummus for the extra pita, but it's real hit or miss.

For snacks we'd bring a bag of cliff bars for me and larabars for my wife (though I'm starting to like larabars way more). We'd also make our own trail mix. Ususally some nuts for protein, fruit for flavor, chocolate for morale (though it melts and gets your hands sticky), and sesame sticks because they're crack.

For dinner's we got this big ass box of dried veggies. A lot of time we'll bring ramen, which gives you a lot of fluid and a lot of salts, and cook it with the veggies. We've also brought protein pasta like lintel pasta, to mix with the veggies. But without some olive oil or the flavor packs from the ramen, it's pretty dull.

Lastly, we sometimes get something like this. They're microwave meals but usually have directions for if you want to put them in boiling water. You put them in, boil them, take them out, then pour the boiling water on cous cous. Let the cous cous absorb the water and cook, your masala will cool and you'll have a great meal without wasting water. Good stuff.

That was more rambly than I intended but I hope it helps.

Pork Sinigang Soup.

The recipe linked is a more traditional recipe, but I'm lazy and just add onions, garlic, pork neck bones, cabbage, tamarind soup mix, and serve with rice. (That's how my mom always made it anyway lol). I also like to use the least amount of ingredients.

You can get the tamarind soup base from any asian store or order on amazon.

Yes. Here you go: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BVUBMA0?psc=1

I have made this at home and it takes about an hour of simmering on the stove. It's delicious but I don't think it would cold soak quickly. It's not instant.

edit: I've eaten these when I'm lazy https://www.amazon.com/Dr-McDougalls-Right-Foods-2-5-Ounce/dp/B000FFPXF2/ref=sr_1_11_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1520272419&sr=8-11&keywords=split+pea+soup+mix
If you repackage it, it might work for cold soaking.

I'm a big fan of adding these freeze dried veggies in with my Raman when I just want something quick.

> Tom Yum Goong

Mmmm....... Love me some Tom Yum.....

I actually regularly make a fake Tom Yum using Tom Yum paste and NongShim Shin Black Noodle Soup

Just make the noodles as if you were making Ramen Noodles, including all the spice packets and what not that come with the noodles, add fresh cilantro, basil, and green onion, fresh jalapeno slices, and purple onions. I also cook up some small meatballs made from hamburger and throw in but you could use any meat.

Turns a package of noodles into a frigging meal.

Speaking as a broke as hell grad student and formerly a broke as hell undergrad, Nong Shim is easily my favorite instant ramen brand.

I think nowadays, green onions and some eggs are pretty standard additions to jazz up instant ramen. One time, out of desperation for protein, I tore up a few chunks of beef jerky and threw that into the bowl with the boiling water. It's fantastic if you've yet to try it.

Also, you can buy giant tubs of dehydrated vegetables on amazon (or costco) which also makes a great addition to some ramen, and can also lend some textural variety if you eat them before the thicker pieces of veggies are fully reconstituted.

They have a no MSG version, but looks like their standard is with MSG.

http://www.amazon.com/Vegeta-Gourmet-Seasoning-17-5oz-500g/dp/B0012S8VHS

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DQYGE/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687462&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0012S8VHS&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=16RQ951SWD4R62XPNT5H

>I'm wondering what foods I can buy beforehand that will be a good snack on the road (high fiber/ antioxidants/ protein).

Ah. Prepackaged vegan food for the lazy -- my specialty! I recently drove across the country (2 vegans driving the whole way, non-stop from Boston to SoCal), so this is all fresh in my memory. I'll use Amazon links, but there may be other places to buy these products for cheaper. Unfortunately, for most of the pre-packaged things, you're either going to have high sugar or high sodium. Also, I'm linking my favorite flavors for each brand, some may have lower/higher sodium/sugar content.

High sodium, but convenient:
Vegan jerky, McDougall just-add-hot-water soups, tofurkey sausages

Lower sodium, higher sugar:
Cliff Builder Bars, Lenny and Larry's vegan cookies (EDIT: Lenny and Larry cookies are are 16g protein to 380cal, actually pretty good protein, and super delicious with some soy/almond milk)

Low in both, actually healthy, but generally less convenient: Unsalted peanuts, fruit cups (berries are relatively convenient to eat in a car), G.O.R.P, crackers and hummus, pickles, dry cereal, oatmeal. I've also seen people make their own protein bars to bring along. Oh, and Soylent would also be an option, if you know anyone who has some.

Also, you can always fall back on the classic "Pack fixings for PB&Js." Even the larger group might want to join in on a few of those.

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Soup, or surprise me with Birthday Shenanigans!

Well, you could buy this and then this and also these and then follow these directions.

You can probably find all of this stuff locally. Persian tea is pretty similar so you could try a middle eastern shop. There's a grocery store/market next to the Pita Inn in Skokie that might be worth checking out. Also fresh-from-the-oven pitas - so good.

You can find bulk ramen powder online with a little digging. I found this on Amazon with little effort. There's also a ton of ramen powder recipes online.

The ramyun powder was such a good idea that I found it on [Amazon] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQQEMQJ/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_kk4SybRB36PZP).

It's not Shin tho.

I get Jimmy joy its cheaper but it's less smooth. Soylent use to be a good option but they jacked their prices up year after year. It definitely saves a ton of cash if you get jimmy joy. It's like $2 a meal.

Just a warning mixing soy-lent or any of these products in liquid above room temperature destroys many of the vitamins. If you want proof mix it in high temp inside an airtight bottle, it will create a ton of gas.

As far as no kitchen. Get a mini-fridge ($70) and a hot plate ($15). Perfect size pot for hot plate. An electric kettle is pretty useful too. I have all this crap in my room because I have 4 roomates and trying to get in the kitchen is fucking annoying.

Other option for cheap food is rice / beans / eggs / veggies ect. All can be cooked with a hot plate. Dehydrated veggies are a god send

Soak overnight a whole packet of any dried bean soup mix like this one for example. Drain the hydrated beans and rinse until the water runs clean. Throw the drained hydrated beans in with the broth/sauce/juice mix. Bring to the boil then reduce to a simmer and it should be ready in half an hour. You may have to add more liquid as it becomes clear how much is being absorbed by the mix.

Alternatively you could throw the dried mix packet into the broth/sauce/juice mix without soaking and just leave the slow cooker going on low overnight (probably best to add more water than you think will be necessary) or turn it on in the morning before work and it will be ready by the time you get back.

This should produce a pretty nice result, but if you like it more spicy just add some more hot sauce, sriracha, chili powder whatever.

[Soup Base:] (https://www.amazon.com/OSEM-Consomme-soup-seasoning-14-1oz/dp/B00AXCP6F4/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1536509078&sr=8-2&keywords=Osem&dpID=41A%252BP2Vu42L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch)

[Matzo Ball Soup Mix:] (https://www.amazon.com/Matzo-Ball-Soup-Mix-Pack/dp/B007DUZFEQ/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1536509165&sr=8-3&keywords=vegetarian+matzo+ball)

This stuff: http://smile.amazon.com/Little-Sheep-Soup-Base-235-Grams/dp/B004XY6IPK/

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Since I don’t like to cook and am very impatient, one of go-to soups is instant. Japanese Osuimono Soup is a flavorful, clear broth with some onion and mushroom bits. Great snack if you are craving some salt or alternative to coffee or tea on a cold day. I bought some from Amazon Nagatanien Matsutake Flavor Osuimono Soup

Hey, do you still need help? I can send you some of this if you like

These are awesome and you can find them almost anywhere. Just add water and your choice of seasoning. When I backpack I like the "anything on a stick" approach if it's a short trip. Just pack salt, pepper, and spices and throw it in the fire. Whole corn cobs, onions, whatever. A little nice treat I learned is apples. Roast 'em over the fire and roll them in a little cinnamon. Amy's canned chili is awesome too. Just open and set gently into fire. At this point you probably realize how lazy I am, but those all always come out quick and delicious.

Also I know you asked for dinner ideas, but if you have a food processor or good blender proccess some dates and knead in crushed nuts for amazing energy bars.

I love ramen for cold nights. The shin black is OK, but this one is spicier and I like it a lot more. I add a dehydrated veggie mix like this one.

This makes for a relatively low-sodium soup. Add chicken or some other freeze-dried protein and it’s a light weight and tasty trail meal.

You can absolutely cook ramen noodles in the microwave; I've done it tons at work. Put the noodles in the water, nuke for 5 minutes or more until done. Then either drain the water and just use the sauce packets to make flavored noodles, or leave some of the water and add the stuff you want.

Things you can add: amazon has dried veggies - you probably don't need the 120 servings package unless you're trying to make ramen for your whole unit, but there's other smaller packages like this sampler or you can get the stuff you like in individual packages (mushrooms, corn, carrots, etc). I found I like the cabbage because it ends up being a little bit sweet.

I don't know where you're gonna get eggs in the desert, but maybe your chow folks could hook you up? Hard boiled are good but if you can get raw, you can microwave them too - stir them up in a small bowl with whatever spices you like in your eggs (I have a sweet tooth so I add half a spoonful of sugar and some garlic and basil). Then nuke for 45 seconds, stir, nuke again for 35 seconds, stir, make sure they're cooked. You can dump them in the soup or have them as a side.

The other thing might be - do you guys have a chow hall that does a salad bar? Maybe ask the cook if you can have a spare carrot, or something. Chopped carrots in ramen are delicious and colorful. Never underestimate the delight a nice colorful meal can bring you on a miserable shift. It only lasts about 5 minutes, but damn, that's 5 minutes life isn't boring.

They do dried textured vegetable protein, or you can add jerky to your ramen for some meat flavor. Jerky was the first thing I learned to drop into ramen after cheese. Speaking of cheese, you can get one of those bottles of shelf-stable cheese and melt that into the ramen if you want it creamy. You can make a nice version of cream of mushroom soup that way. There's a whole section on mushroom powder if you don't feel like soaking whole mushrooms. Alternately, cheese powder. Be careful though; it can be wicked salty.

There's also a whole section of powdered soups that includes some wild stuff - you can make a nice curried pumpkin soup out of the pumpkin powder, if you want. It would probably be good on noodles too.

I know liquids are more expensive to ship, but a bottle of shrichana or some hoisen sauce make good flavors for the noodles for when you get solidly tired of the crap in the packets. I love hoisen sauce on my noodles.

Anyways, I don't know if those ones I linked are the cheapest ones - shop around on Amazon, or contact individual sellers and ask if you can get a military discount, maybe?

Good luck!

I'm a big fan of the $1 snack items at walgreen's- dried fruits, nuts, sunflower seeds, and sesame chips.

Get the lettuce of your choice- I keep a vinaigrette in my desk from Sam's that's got mustard in it, but dressing or no dressing depending on your choice. It's fairly easy to eat loose spinach leaves or break up a head of lettuce with your fingers.

If you have hot water, you should be able to make minute rice as a main dish. Maybe invest in something like this http://www.amazon.com/Harmony-House-Foods-Dried-Vegetable/dp/B0039QXWPM/
When I worked in a hotel we did oatmeal cups- dried quick oats in little cardboard bowls, with brown sugar and a couple dried fruit or nut options, and then people could add hot water- you could make those and have them portioned out in tupperware or something, and do something similar with minute rice or rice stick noodles, dried veggies, and maybe a bottle of some type of sauce-

According to elderly hmong ladies in my community, this is what you buy instead of soy sauce. http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Mountain-Seasoning-Sauce-Ounce/dp/B002TRBNOO/ It's much cheaper at asian food stores.

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it’s like a japanese broth that is supposed to have a mushroom flavor i think? to me, i feel like it tastes like the broth of a miso soup without the miso!!

Get this and thank me later.

https://www.amazon.com/Knorr-Zupa-Grzybowa-50g-Pack/dp/B01MR6B95M

https://www.amazon.com/Harmony-House-Foods-Vegetable-Emergency/dp/B0039QW1HM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dehydrated+veggies+harmony+house+food&qid=1556137257&s=hpc&sr=1-1-catcorr

Did a midwest > NorCal last year. The best advice I can give is this:

• If you're going to NorCal: try to hit the rockies in the daytime. They're amazing. Driving through them in the dark won't let you see much.
  
• If you're going to SoCal: Try to do the bulk of your driving through the desert around dawn and dusk, or at night. The midday heat is brutal, and sometimes the AC just can't keep up.
  
• For lumbar support This is my favorite travel pillow. It can become a comfy neck pillow for sleeping, and has a removable cover for easy washing.
  
• A lot of truck stops have hot water dispensers for tea. (and some have really good tea!) The hot water can be used for instant foods like oatmeal and soup, and you can usually obtain a big cup of water for cheap/free. While instant noodles are tempting, something like a hearty soup will keep you energized for longer. Backpacking foods are also good for this, and usually only require hot water.
  
• Keep water in your car, especially if you're travelling through the hot southern states. You'll notice the farther west you get, the less frequent amenities become. Don't make an opportunity to get stranded without it. Keep water in your car
  
• A store with a large bulk foods section, like Whole Foods, Meijer, or Winco is your best place to buy road snacks. They're usually sold by the pound, and have a great selection of healthy snacks like trail mixes, dried fruits, nuts, chips and the like.
  
• For late night drivng: listen to some high-energy music, like ABBA or Katy Perry.

this stuff is pretty good and quite filling

Whenever I don't have some of my own on hand or don't have the time I use Kitchen Basics since they have some unsalted versions available (better for reducing when I can control the salt content.)

Do you have Prime? That helps a lot.

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• Dehydrated soup veggies - great for making an inpromptu soup
  

For the pea soup, I believe I used something similar to Ina's but with vegetable stock and the additions I mentioned above! I used to be able to find powdered instant split pea soup in the bulk bins at Whole Foods but I haven't seen it there in a while. It was very similar to these, which are awesome on the go and have 13g of protein!

Also this is my favorite black rice recipe - it's so beautiful and delicious! You can make it with any roasted gourd or root too.

Sorry it took a couple days. Can't give you exact measurements since I do it by taste more than anything.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb Salmon skin off and cut into 1 in cubes. Any firm fish will also work. Also can use shrimp.
  
• 4 large tomatoes diced
  
• 1 onion diced
  
• 1 tablespoon garlic minced
  
• 2 stalks lemongrass cut into 3 inch sticks
  
• 2 in knob of galangal sliced
  
• 3 green onions chopped (whites and green parts)
  
• 1 can Coco Rico
  
• 3 quarts chicken stock (I use Better than Bouillon out of convenience)
  
• Approx 1/4 cup sugar (I use rock sugar and I add more at the end to adjust for taste)
  
• Approx 1/4 cup fish sauce (I add more at the end to adjust for taste)
  
• 1 pouch of tamarind soup mix. (You can use tamarind pulp or whatever. I use this out of convenience)
  
  Directions
  
  

1. Saute onions until translucent.
   
2. Add tomatoes and garlic and cook until liquid released. Up to this point it will look like you are making Italian tomato sauce.
   
3. I add 1.5 tablespoon of Better than Bullion and stir into the tomato mixture and then add the can of Coco Rico. If you are using chicken broth, just add that.
   
4. Bring mixture to boil and then lower heat to simmer.
   
5. Bruise and add lemongrass.
   
6. Add galangal.
   
7. Let it cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
   
8. Add can of Coco Rico.
   
9. I add 1.5 tablespoon of Better than Bullion and stir into the tomato mixture and then add the can of Coco Rico. If you are using chicken broth, just add that.
   
10. Add green onions.
    
11. Add sugar.
    
12. Add fish sauce.
    
13. Let soup mixture simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Taste it along the way to see how the flavor evolves.
    
14. After 30 minutes, start to add more sugar and fish sauce until the right taste.
    
15. Add 1/4 of the pouch of tamarind soup mix, stir in and taste. You can add more if you want more sour.
    
16. Gently add fish cubes and let the soup simmer for about 10 minutes. That should be long enough to cook the fish through.
    
17. Scoup out into serving bowls, garnish with fresh chopped scallions and cilantro. Serve with Rice.
    
    Note:
    
    If I have the ingredients fresh at hand, I will add bean sprouts at the end and let it cook for 2 minutes. Also before adding the fish, you can add elephant ear stems, okra, mushrooms or any other veggies. Time it so that everything finishes cooking at the same time. I have also added pork riblets into the broth and let that simmer for an hour until fall apart, then added the fish. That's really awesom! For the soup in the post, I just made extra broth and served with udon noodles from the market.
    
    
    
    

Fire up a Mongolian hot pot. Little Sheep brand paste is my favorite (Link). It needs about 20 cloves of garlic a pot.

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Forgive me for my ignorance is there is any. But I think japan would have amazing vegetarian options. Who gets tired of vegetable rolls? Not me. She should try some avacaodo, veggie, and squash rolls, as well as Inari and vegetable tempora. Depending on the soups, she can probably have an undon noodle soup!

Asian tofu dishes are amazing. My friend traveled to asian countries and as a vegan and had little problems. She even wrote about the food she ate.

Bring her some. of these!
http://www.amazon.com/Tasty-Brand-Organic-0-8-Ounce-24-Count/dp/B004U49T36/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369042162&sr=8-1&keywords=vegan+gummies

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-McDougalls-Right-Foods-1-4-Ounce/dp/B0017U48KK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369042131&sr=8-1&keywords=vegan+foods

http://www.amazon.com/Well-Baskets-Vegan-Gift-Basket/dp/B0013F7MUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369042211&sr=8-1&keywords=vegan+gift+basket

http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Booty-Veggie-4-Ounce-Bags/dp/B000CPCPWO/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1369042232&sr=8-8&keywords=vegan+puffs