• Shrimp is a common ingredient in creamy seafood soups.Avocado and Cucumber Soup image by William Berry from Fotolia.com
  
  Creamy seafood soups warm stomachs all over the world. Every coastal region has its own recipes and traditions, but creamy seafood soups typically contain varying amounts of milk, cream and often potatoes. The seafood may be scallops, haddock, oysters, catfish or anything else that swims or lives in the sea. The one thing the various creamy seafood soup iterations have in common is that all use spices to add extra flavor.
  
  

Parsley

• Parsley goes well with potato-based soups.parsley image by Zbigniew Nowak from Fotolia.com
  
  Parsley is one of the more common culinary herbs found in North America. Cooks often use it as a garnish, and parsley's fresh taste mixes especially well with creamy seafood soups that contain potatoes. The Petroselinum crispum, or curly leaf variety is the most common variety of parsley that stores sell.
  
  

Thyme

• Thyme is an excellent secondary herb.thyme herb as a spice image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
  
  Common thyme, the variety supermarkets sell nationwide, has a slightly peppery taste with undertones of lemon. Thyme is an excellent secondary herb to add to creamy seafood soup because its taste is not overpowering. Fresh thyme is more flavorful than dried thyme but has a very short shelf life. If you are using dried thyme, add significantly less to the soup than you would if using fresh thyme.
  
  

Saffron

• Saffron stigmas in a spoon.Spoon filled with saffron image by Han van Vonno from Fotolia.com
  
  Saffron, made from the flowering stigmas of the Crocus sativus flower, is a bright red dried herb that you can buy either as a powder, crushed or by individual stigma. The most expensive spice on the market, saffron has a sweet taste vaguely reminiscent of hay that blends well with more delicate seafoods. When you add saffron to creamy seafood soups, the cream turns a striking ruddy-orange color.
  
  

Salt and Pepper

• Salt and pepper are in almost every kitchen.salt and pepper image by Jan Will from Fotolia.com
  
  Salt and ground black pepper, found in shakers on tables and in spice racks across the United States and the world over, are synonymous with cooking, and for good reason. Cooks can add salt and pepper to taste to almost any dish. Black pepper's mild heat adds to the warming effect of creamy seafood soups, and salt enhances and magnifies the tastes of the other ingredients.