Features:

  • 1 Pound Bulk Bag
  • A convenient blend of veggies for making soups and other dishes calling for cooked veggies
  • All-Natural, Kosher
  • Non-Irradiated
  • Frontier is a member owned co-op, responsible to people and planet
Really good quality and super versatile

This is a really neat food product and you can use for everything from seasoning to added veggies in any dish. It grinds up easily and you can use a dash here and there in any dish, it gives extra flavor and umami. It has a clean, crisp taste and you can tell that they are dehydrating fresh produce. It really exceeded my expectations. In a quick soup, you will get partially rehydrated veggies in about 10 minutes or so, but the longer it cooks, the more it returns to larger cut vegetable. For example, I made a casserole when I came home from work, and I was just too lazy to cut fresh veggies. These rehydrated in 45 minutes to look and taste like I had spent time on the cutting board with fresh produce. I was really impressed. I keep a jar at the office to add a dash to a bowl of quick noodle soup. (don't judge) I've used it in an Instant Pot recipe and it really adds depth and flavor to any dish. I plan on keeping this product as a staple in my kitchen.

Backpacking staple

When backpacking this "soup" is a must have for me. I'll include it for multiple days/meals per hike. Fragrant, tasty, easy and relatively quick to cook and thus far a crowd pleaser. I've developed a simple recipe, utilizing three Frontier products, that I use on every hike: -- this Vegetable Soup -- Black Bean Flakes Certified Organic - 1 lb,(Frontier) -- Frontier Vegetarian Broth Powder, Beef Flavored, 16 Ounce Bag My mix ratio for two people (and it's a lot of soup!): 2 servings of Veg soup, 1 to 2 serving of black bean flakes, 1 serving No Beef broth. (2 servings of black bean flakes helps thicken up the soup a little, and makes it more filling). I almost always add in an ample pinch of (smokey) chili powder, and/or some ground pepper. I'll pre-mix the dry ingredients at home and just freezer bag each meal seperately for ease of use on the trail. Adding meats (jerky/salami/chicken, etc) is great too, if you carry such luxuries. As for cooking while backpacking; I boil the water, add soup, stir, cover and cozy the pot (see picture of my cozy'd pot, keeping the soup nice and hot until the last bite!). I'll apply a little more heat if needed, but mostly I just let it soak for 10-15 minutes, or until I just can't take smelling it without TASTING it any longer.

Great Tasting and Easy to Use!

I'm currently doing an intermittent fasting diet and need to go very low calorie twice a week. One of the best ways I've found to accomplish this involves using these great dehydrated vegetables! At the beginning of the day, I prepare super-simple vegetable soup by adding the following to a 40 ounce thermos: a half cup of these dried veggies, 3 bouillon cubes, a squirt of sriracha sauce (yum!) and about 3 cups of boiling water. By the time I'm ready for a meal or snack (say, an hour or so) the vegetables have rehydrated and I've got tasty soup. The entire thermos is only about 150 calories and I get three servings. Yay! The vegetables themselves are surprisingly good. It's a really nice mix of different veggies, and each retains its own flavor - carrots taste like carrots, peas taste like peas, etc. I was worried that they might be bland, but they're not. This is going to become a regular feature in my pantry. Highly recommended!

Outstanding flavor!

I could not believe how potent the smell and taste of these dehydrated veggies was! I was skeptical about the positive reviews, because MY only experience with dehydrated veggies has been with the half teaspoon you get in a serving of Cup-O-Noodles--which have no flavor and only serve to add color to the noodles. :) I immediately added these to a Pasta Roni cup, added more water and nuked them for 3 minutes. The flavor--mostly carrot--was so strong that I really knew that I was eating something of high quality that had been dried and packaged promptly. I normally only eat fresh or frozen vegetables, but needed these in a temporary living situation. These would make a superb addition to any soup, stew, chili, etc., that called for cut up "regular" or commonly-used vegetables. I am moving from the city where upscale markets are all around me, to a more isolated spot in the country that is not very close to any markets and it is nice to know that these are available as an option, when I want to eat something that has "lived." Highly recommend. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a soup mix, as some reviewers have mistakenly assumed; it is only a package of very flavorful dehydrated vegetables (that I hope you will enjoy as much as I). ALSO: if these were pulsed a bit in a food processor in their DRY form, they would serve as a good seasoning blend--almost identical to my Spice Hunter Salt-free Chefs' Shake Blend. :)

Excellent

I love this product. Will purchase again as it is very affordable when you look at per serving cost. I was concerned about the small pieces in my vegetable soup but all that took was one bowl to relieve that. I made veg soup totally out of the pantry...Better than Bouillon for base(H2O), Frontier veggies, can of Rotel tomatoes, 1 can Great Northern beans-- 1 t brown sugar 1 t Italian seasoning 1 bay leaf, s&p to taste. I thicken it a little with cornstarch slurry. Amazing!! The only thing that would please me more --organic vegetables--I will be calling company on that. Will be a staple in my pantry!

Great!!! Add to almost anything

These make a great addition to Ramen and Knorr Rice Sides while my wife and I are Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail this year. We add two peanutbutter jar caps of these veggies to two packages of Ramen or Knorr. We are doing the boil and mix style of cooking, so just boil your water and add to your Knorr or Ramen with these veggies and wait 15 min.

Minced vegetables, big flavor - updated review

I bought this product because in the picture it looked like hearty chunks of freeze dried vegetables for soup. They cost more per pound than "Just Veggies" which I use often for soups. I thought this chunkier version might be a nice variation for a special treat. It arrived in a mylar bag, and when I opened it I was surprised to see that the vegetables are actually very small dices and pieces. None of them are larger than a quarter inch square, and most are smaller than that. I can't imagine using them alone for vegetable soup. But on the positive side, when the bag was opened the fragrance was enticing. I am thinking of other uses for them now instead of soup. Maybe in a dip, or to create a flavor base in sauces or stock. They rehydrate quickly in boiling water and do not "plump up". They taste raw at this point. Update January 2014: I have found many uses for this flavorful mix. I use it (rehydrated) in dips, add to provide a flavor boost to stocks, and to make crockpot meals heartier. I add it to meatloaf mix. The main difference between this and "Just Veggies" is that "Just Veggies" are freeze dried and can be snacked on straight from the package, or tossed in at the end of cooking. This product needs to be rehydrated. Tiny piece, big flavor. I keep the opened package in an airtight container to preserve that flavor.

Nice Vegetable Combination With High Vitamin Content, Great For Winter

Anyone else ever been stuck inside their house for days at a time due to a bad snowstorm, etc.? This product would help when you can't make it to the grocery store for fresh produce, but still want the beneficial nutrients of vegetables. I was pleasantly surprised at the vitamin content of these as I thought dehydrating removed vitamins, but apparently not for this product. The price could use some work, but dehydrated produce are not cheap. Overall, I recommend. Directions: Bring 2 cups water to a boil. Add 1 cup vegetable blend and simmer 1-2 minutes until tender. Makes 2 cups cooked vegetables. Ingredients: Carrots, dehydrated onion, potatoes, peas, tomato flakes, celery flakes, bell peppers, parsley, green beans. Serving Size 1/2 cup dry Calories 155, Calories from Fat 4 Total Fat 0.5g - 1% Saturated Fat 0g - 0% Trans Fat 0g - 0% Cholesterol 0mg 0 - 0% Sodium 100mg - 4% Total Carbohydrate 24g - 8% Dietary Fiber 2g - 8% Protein 3g Vitamin A - 410% Vitamin C - 43% Calcium - 9% Iron - 5%

THESE ARE GOOD STEW VEGGIES!

//(~_~)\\ 5/05/16: Down to $12.25 again. 6-STARZZZZZZ!!! 3/17/2016: Back up to $14.41. 4-STARZZZZ!!! 2/27/2016: Now they're down to $12.26. 5-STARZZZZZ!!! 2/23/2016: Now they're back down to $14.41. 4-STARZZZZ!!! 2/14/2016: Now they're back up to $18.49. 3-STARZZZ!!! 1/02/2016: Now they're down to $11.99. 6-STARZZZZZZ!!!!! 10/25/15: Now they're back down to $13.00+-. Back to 4-STARZZZZ!! 09/30/2015: They just jumped up to $19.33. They aren't THAT good 3-STARZZZ! Okay, the original 5 star review: Yeah, these are cool. Paid $13.29 for them. When re hydrated, they have a good texture and flavor. The pieces are in fact a little small but that makes them just about right for soups and stews. If I were making these, I would have replaced the potatoes with another color bell pepper or a root vegetable or something, but they are good and I will be buying them again.

Frontier Deluxe Vegetable Soup Blend is one of the few "bargains" that Amazon has.

It is always better to eat fresh vegetables grown and sold locally. For many people the dehydrated versions make great emergency food in areas where electrical power can fail regularly or is non-existent as on many Indian reservations. But they also are better than canned food nutritionally (tell that to food banks). They are easier to store, weighing less. But most brands are truly expensive, making them less desirable. Usually canning factories get the best of the harvest, for some unknown reason, since all canned food tend to be cooked to more or less a degree during the canning process, degrading vitamins A, C and E. But, though dehydrated foods are often of poorer quality, they are not subject to too much heat during the process. So they hold more nutrients than canned food. They also weigh less because of the loss of the water. Many are pretty much the same as fresh when rehydrated. This makes them very desirable for long term storage. Amazon used to be the place to go to buy bulk for long-term storage, but their prices have been skyrocketing. This product has maintained the same price all year round for several years, remaining at a truly competitive price in the market for organic dehydrated produce. And being produced by Frontier, it has been kept at high quality. The price actually puts these vegetables into the "bargain" category.. I weighed dry amounts and again after full hydration. Then figured out the percentages of each of the ingredients in a cup of well mixed contents of this product. Then I priced each of the vegetables in the local grocery store. The vegetable mix rehydrates to about 2.97 times the dry weight. This means that if I were to replace this bag of vegetables with only fresh ones, I would spend about $0.12/lb less than this dried mix. That is a bargain when you buy vegetables at summer prices, and considering that dehydration is a cost that will not be covered entirely by that $0.12/lb. There may be less of a difference in price in winter. Because the price of the fresh vegetables rises in winter, these dehydrated versions may cost less than the fresh. You do not have to make a soup with this product, either. Just throw some into water to rehydrate, cook them with other vegetables and/or animal product for a one-pot casserole, taco or sandwich filling, or make them into a sauce to pour over pasta or rice. It is difficult to get tired of this product because of the diversity of vegetables in it. Because the bag is not resealable, I usually pour the contents into a glass jar. Since large glass jars are getting to be very scarce, it is easier to keep them in the mylar bag and reseal with a Euro-seal-like instrument. Plastic containers are never fully resealable because plastic "breathes." They should be a last resort only. Thus, the way this product is packaged puts them ahead of the line of other dehydrated vegetable brands.

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