how to substitute for potato in soup?

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I came across what looks like a nice soup recipe with only one illegal

(potato) in it. It is a spicy cabbage soup with basically chicken

broth and some vegetables. I'm not real experienced at figuring out

what can be used as a substitute and still make a recipe come out.

What can I use as a substitute for potato in a soup. Broccoli or

cauliflower maybe?. I don't care if it looks or tastes like potato,

I'm just not sure if the potato is needed to thicken the soup or maybe

it is just used to make the soup more hearty.

I hesitate to include the link to the recipe as it is not legal in its

current form. I can experiment with it and if it comes out I can sent

a legal version of the recipe or I can send a link off list if anyone

is a cabbage lover like me.

Thanks,

--

CD 7 years

SCD since 6 Aug '06

email: andrew.bodley@...

" I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet. " -

Persian Proverb

[Guest guest]

Is the potato pureed or is it left in pieces?

For pureed, I'd say substitute pureed cauliflower, for

potato left in pieces, I'd try pieces of

butternut squash or something similar.

But this is just a guess, as it is very hard to come up

with replacements for a recipe you cannot look at.

Mara

> Hi All,

> I came across what looks like a nice soup recipe with only one illegal

> (potato) in it. It is a spicy cabbage soup with basically chicken

> broth and some vegetables. I'm not real experienced at figuring out

> what can be used as a substitute and still make a recipe come out.

>

> What can I use as a substitute for potato in a soup. Broccoli or

> cauliflower maybe?. I don't care if it looks or tastes like potato,

> I'm just not sure if the potato is needed to thicken the soup or maybe

> it is just used to make the soup more hearty.

>

> I hesitate to include the link to the recipe as it is not legal in its

> current form. I can experiment with it and if it comes out I can sent

> a legal version of the recipe or I can send a link off list if anyone

> is a cabbage lover like me.

>

> Thanks,

> --

>

> CD 7 years

> SCD since 6 Aug '06

> email: andrew.bodley@...

>

> " I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet. " -

> Persian Proverb

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I would use butternut squash cubed.

> Hi All,

> I came across what looks like a nice soup recipe with only one illegal

> (potato) in it. It is a spicy cabbage soup with basically chicken

> broth and some vegetables. I'm not real experienced at figuring out

> what can be used as a substitute and still make a recipe come out.

>

> What can I use as a substitute for potato in a soup. Broccoli or

> cauliflower maybe?. I don't care if it looks or tastes like potato,

> I'm just not sure if the potato is needed to thicken the soup or maybe

> it is just used to make the soup more hearty.

>

> I hesitate to include the link to the recipe as it is not legal in its

> current form. I can experiment with it and if it comes out I can sent

> a legal version of the recipe or I can send a link off list if anyone

> is a cabbage lover like me.

>

> Thanks,

> --

>

> CD 7 years

> SCD since 6 Aug '06

> email: andrew.bodley@...

>

> " I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet. " -

> Persian Proverb

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 11:25 AM 1/14/2008, you wrote:

What can I use as a substitute

for potato in a soup. Broccoli or cauliflower maybe?. I don't care if it

looks or tastes like potato,

I'm just not sure if the potato is needed to thicken the soup or maybe it

is just used to make the soup more hearty.

,

Cauliflower is good, depending on what other vegetables you have in the

soup.

Squashes are good -- peeled chunked zucchini, or any of the winter

squashes, peeled and cooked.

I've used properly soaked and cooked lentils or white beans, again

depending on what other vegetables are in the soup.

My current favorite potato substitute is celeriac, or celery root. Peel

it, chunk it, boil it, add it to the soup like chunked of cooked potato.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

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