This is a very healthy and delicious soup made from dried vegetables. I recently bought a new food dehydrater and this was in a recipe booklet that came with the product. This soup cooks in your thermos and is ready to eat by lunchtime making it perfect to throw together in the morning and take to work or on hikes, etc. I usually prepare all of the ingredients the night before and store them in the thermos and then just add the boiling stock in the morning.