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Do This With Herbs Just Before Adding Them To Soup So The Flavors Pop The Hardest By Jonathan Kesh Nov. 22, 2025 11:00 pm EST

If your homemade soup is bland , or if you're hoping to upgrade canned soup , the answer is often to add more herbs. This can be as simple as a garnish, but the addition of basil or rosemary can add a lot of complex flavors and aromas to a simple soup. Are you bruising your herbs, though? This doesn't mean punching them, or at least not literally. Bruising an herb refers to breaking the herb down in a way that releases its scents and flavors. Bruising isn't always recommended in recipes, so we spoke to Morgan Peaceman, recipe blogger and content creator at Nomaste Hungry , about herb bruising basics.

According to Peaceman, "Bruising her

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