Creamy Mushroom & Spinach Soup with Wild Rice

It was a good basic recipe. I made some revisions, as I do with most recipes based
on ingredients I have on hand. I have only listed the changes. My husband and I both enjoyed it and had plenty to freeze.
1. Increased olive oil to at least 2 Tbsp for sauteing the chopped vegetables and flour
2. Increased chopped celery to 1 cup
3. Instead of salt, I used vegetable, chicken, and roasted garlic base, about 2 Tbsp total.
4. I substituted no sodium chicken broth instead of vegetable broth.
5. I used a bag of frozen spinach instead of fresh.
6. I cut up about 8 spears of asparagus from our garden adding it to the wild rice to cook for the last 5 minutes. I added it all, including the unabsorbed water to the soup.
7. Instead of white-wine vinegar, I used 1/4 cup dry sherry at the end.

I really didn’t like this soup. For me, it tasted bland and tasted like it needed something I just couldn’t place. I think it’s because subtly, the red bell pepper clashed with the mushrooms.

I tried it again without the bell pepper, added more mushrooms and it was improved.

Loved it did not realize it made so much used spelt flour instead of white flour, added a little more salt

At first I thought it was a little tasteless but I added another tsp of salt. After I served it I added a little shake more salt and pepper to my soup bowl. I thought it was a wonderful soup, fabulous texture, colorful, hearty and tasty. I would serve it to guests, or give to someone needing a meal and I would definitely make it again. It doesn’t take long to make. I was rushing and made it in 30 minutes but another time I would prep and gather my ingredients beforehand.
Thank you.

I wish I hadn’t added the last ingredient.

I had high hopes for this recipe! But after following it down to measuring out the vegetables I just didn’t like it. The last step is to add the white wine vinegar, and I wish I hadn’t done that. The vinegar really just takes away from the other flavors and leaves a bad after-taste.

I would recommend to anyone considering this recipe to exclude the vinegar and instead maybe add some garlic or another spice to bring out the earthy flavors of this soup.