the original soup was pretty tasteless.  however, by adding the following to the original recipe it ended up being fabulous.

  1.  onion salt, garlic powder, red hot flakes, 1 package of passover dried mashed potatoes (there are two to a box), one shake of nutmeg, 1/4 cup of creme fraiche, and 1/4 cup of grated cheddar into the soup. i put the soup in the serving bowls and wrap with plastic wrap.  take out one hour b4 serving.  nuke a few minutes (i did two bowls at a time for about 3mins) till hot, put a teaspoon dollap of creme fraiche and then top with crisps and italien parsley for garnish.
                           2.  for the crisps, use grafton cheddar (white, from whole foods). do day ahead, then carefully wrap in paper towel to keep.  careful cause they will break easily.
 

I thought the recipe was simple to make and delicious as is!

I hat to report that I have to agree with my normally-broccoli-loving daughter:  "BLECH!"  This was a terrible soup.  I even tried to make it with a combination of chicken stock, milk and water to add some flavor and it did not help.  Very disappointing.  Would not recommend for any reason.