Rustic Vegetable and Polenta Soup

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Good soup and polenta made it hearty. I agree with the others, it is a bit bland though, but add some pepper flakes. I also agree that adding some shredded rotisseree chickent to it would be delcious.

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When I saw this recipe on TV this week, I knew I had to make it. We love vegetable soup and we love polenta....it's a perfect combination and so easy to make. The flavors are fantastic and the polenta gives this soup a beautiful creamy consistency. I did add chopped celery and increased the amount of the other vegetables. It is a very filling soup so, a simple side salad is all you need. Wonderful recipe, Giada! Thank you!!

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This soup is ok - it's not extremely flavorful though & it's not as wonderful as many of Giada's other soup recipes. I added some celery at the start too, for some extra veggies. I omitted the polenta because I don't like it. I liked the thyme flavor.

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Great way to get a lot of veggies in! My whole family loved it and it could not have been more easy and time efficient. I added an extra two cloves of garlic and topped it with freshly grated Romano...YUM!

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My husband and I both liked this soup very much, but our usually picky 21 month old daughter LOVED it. She ate a whole bowl and even asked for more. I added a can of kidney beans to give the soup a little protein and omitted the parsley (since I was out of it but other than that, made this wonderful soup as described in the recipe. Thanks Giada!

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This soup was easy, hearty and delicious! I've never cooked with polenta before but I certainly will in the future! The combo of the subtle corn flavor from the polenta with the butter made a wonderful creamy flavorful base for all the fresh vegetables, and the hint of thyme was perfect. Yummy!

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This is a good base to springboard from.

Here's how I modified the recipe

No Parsley. I didn't have any on hand.
2 tbs olive oil & 1 tbs butter at the beginning to cook veg
1 cup white wine - added & reduced after cooking veg
Doubled the amount of thyme
A couple pinches of ground fennel
2 hot Italian sausages diced
A couple tbs each of grated Parmesan and Romano cheese
I didn't add butter at the end
Acid - I thought this needed an acid to brighten the flavors. Some lemon juice, red wine vinegar, etc... I used a combo of acids.
Didn't have instant polenta on hand so I used Masa Harina.

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The polenta was a nice addition, I enjoyed the thickness of the broth with the veggies but in flavor this one fell a bit flat for me (although the next day the flavor did elevate a bit.

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Soooo flavorful!! My family loved it. Each vegetable stood out and the addition of polenta made it so creamy. My husband could tell that butter had been added to make it rich which he loved. It was so good it didn't even need additional seasoning at the end. The only thing I did differently is that I only had regular polenta that needed 25 minutes to cook so I cooked the soup for 1/2 hour instead of the 8 minutes. I think the extra time made the veggies extra tender and the flavors meld even better. The ultimate comfort soup.

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Super easy to make, however I could only give it 3 stars because it seemed a little bland. The vegetables were great but I would recommend adding chicken or and cooking the veggies slightly longer to soften them up a bit more. The butter was not needed at all and I regretted adding it, it wasn't really creamy but ended up tasting a little greasy. My daughter(8yrs old ate a little and said she liked the flavor but would have preferred noodles instead of the polenta or chicken in the soup along with the veggies.