To make things taste good you need to include all 5 tastes:
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Spicy / Bitter and Fat
Sweet - doesn't have to be sugar or honey, could be sweet vegetables such as carrot, parsnip or sweet fruit.
Sour - means acid, so a splash of lemon juice, apple cider vinegar etc
Salty - salt, or soy sauce, miso, celery etc
Spicy / Bitter / Pungent - your greens are very bitter, but you could also add garlic, chilli, ginger, spices, herbs, curry paste to round out the flavour.
Fat - again doesn't have to be a lot, but it gives food that 'mouthfeel' olive oil, avocado or a small amount of creamed coconut would work in your soup.
Experiement with different flavours, add small amounts of a flavour, taste, then ask yourself -
is this soup sweet enough?,
is this soup sour enough?
is this soup salty enough?
is this soup spicy / bitter / pungent enough?
does this soup have the right mouthfeel?
If anything is missing, add a little bit of a flavour you think will help and test again. You can add more than one food for each flavour. Some foods are in more than one category so for example a tomato will contribute to sweetness, but also sourness as it is acidic.
I have to say a soup made out of frozen greens would be quite bitter. Is there a farmer's market near you where you can buy fresh greens at a reasonable price?
So I would experiement with adding:
Sweet - carrot
Sour - lemon juice
Salty - salt,
Spicy / Bitter / Pungent - garlic, chilli, very small amount of curry paste
Fat - small amount of creamed coconut
or
Sweet - tomatos plus teaspoon honey
Sour - lemon juice
Salty - salt
Spicy / Bitter / Pungent - garlic, chilli,
Fat - avocado (blended in at end)
hope that helps
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