Gypsy Soup

I'm sorry to report that I wasn't that crazy about this soup. It came out too thick, so I added 2 extra cups of water in the course of cooking it. I even added 8 oz. chopped Polish sausage (I know. That's not vegetarian!) to try to give it some "kick". I added way more salt (an extra Tablespoon, to be exact) and a 1/4 tsp. pepper to try to spice up this soup a bit more. It was too little; too late. It came out just so-so.