robbies_soup
vegetable:2
meat:0
yield (meals * people):8
prep.:30
cook:45
recipe source:Robbie

1 bit margarine
6 # carrots
2 stalks celery
2 cloves garlic
4 # green onions
2 # potatoes
8 c water
4 # soup cubes
1 tbsp parsley
1 tbsp savory
2 tsp thyme
0.5 tsp black pepper

-melt butter in a pot / pan
-Cut up the garlic
-Fry the garlic for < 1 min (until it smells good)
-cut up celery, onions
-fry for a bit
-add water and soup cubes, boil
-Scrub carrots, cut them up, add them
-Add the other vegetables
-simmer 20 min
-Add lentils/barley/rice/potatoes if desired. (Try adding barley next time.)
-Add spices
-Boil, simmer 15-20 min

Note: original recipe involved 2 parts, with veggie scraps being fried and strained into the soup.  It was too complicated and wasteful though, so I modified it.
Note: I tried without the spices and there was a slightly better taste with spices, but it wasn't that significant.  Thyme might have made an especially low difference.