A few weeks ago I mentioned that I enjoyed some vegetable soup broth (with dried veggies) at CiCi’s in Smithfield, NC. As I said then, that I normally would not use dried vegetable flakes to make vegetable soup, but the intense flavor of this broth was addictive.

I looked online and saw several sources (at Amazon) of dried veggies. Many of these were expensive, for “giving it a try” some from $45 – $62 for a container of dried veggies. I did see a few offers at about $20, so I ordered one of these a few days ago. My order arrived today.

The container was small, even fitting in my mail box.

My first attempt, I just used water for the broth, adding a little salt, and putting in way too much of the dried veggies. The outcome wasn’t quite what I had wanted. But later, I tried again, this time using some of the Chicken Broth from WalMart. This had been on special for only a dollar a container. I guess this is a special price for the upcoming holidays.

I added just a little water to the chicken broth, and then only a few of the dried veggies, trying to make the consistency as I had tasted it at CiCi’s. This time, it was spot on. Good, intense vegetable flavor, salty and hot.

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Made some soup again and this time I had some white meat from the Roasted Chicken that I had bought from Publix. Ingredients: chicken broth, about a tea spoon of dried veggies, about a 1/4 cup of white chicken breast shredded, S&P and a little water. Once again, this was just as satisfying as the CiCi’s broth, and an alternative to the Soy Sauce Ramen Noodles. Perhaps even a little quicker because it is heated in the microwave for about 2 minutes.

Bought some of the dark wheat Mountain Bread from Publix today. It is a little moister than the white wheat bread, but both are good. I think I might like a deli meat sandwich with the darker bread. Didn’t have any of the bread with the soup.