today was a rainy fall day, with yellow and orange leaves coating the slick streets and glistening the sidewalks. a day like this calls for a bit of warm comfort food. nothing says home like potato leek soup and crusty bread. meagan's recipe is basic and robust, but feel free to add your favorite additions. a bit of curry, rosemary, or thyme perhaps. curl up on the couch, wrap yourself in your favorite sweater, and cradle a warm bowl of soup.
(FYI: this makes a LOT of soup. cut everything in 1/2 if you want a smaller portion)
8 yellow potatoes
6 red potatoes
6 carrots
4 stalks celery
2 leeks
8 cups no-chicken broth
4 small or 2 large cloves garlic
1 pint dairy-free cream
scallions and imitation bacon bits for garnish
peel potatoes and cut into large bits, about 3/4 inch in diameter. set aside in a bowl covered with water for later.
peel and chop carrots and celery, put into a large pan and cover with water. bring to a boil, then simmer for about 10 minutes. drain and set aside.
chop garlic cloves and leeks and put into your stockpot with 1 T. olive oil and a pinch of salt. saute for about a minute, then add the no-chicken broth and cracked black pepper to taste. add your celery and carrots and bring to a boil. drain potatoes, leaving about a cup of the starchy water to add with potatoes to stockpot.
you can stand the leek sheaths up in your stockpot pan to pull out more flavor from the unused stalk. cover and bring to boil again. once boiling remove leek sheaths, cover and simmer for 1/2 hour. use a slotted spoon to remove about half the solid ingredients and set aside in a bowl.
add dairy-free cream and smash the veggies in stockpot with a potato masher. cover and bring to boil again. add remaining solid ingredients and simmer for 15-20 minutes. the longer it cooks, the better it tastes!
ladle soup into a bowl, add a sprinkle of chopped scallions and a dash of imitation bacon bits.
From when I did it last time, Raquel, I it took more than one week to really niotce it. On Monday I lined up the things I wanted to use this week along the front of my pantry shelf at eye-level, so that they're there staring at me everytime I open the pantry door This week hasn't gone so well for us, meal planning wise! Hubby had a migraine one night whilst out, so didn't cook what I'd planned because didn't know if I'd need to stop what I was doing to go and pick him up, then tonight I ducked out and got stranded in hail storm so was going to miss gym if I cooked. I did manage to use up a tin of salmon and a tin of corn on monday night though, and pineapple and beetroot today for lunches. Might cook tomorrow afterall Has yourhubby been involved in trying to get rid of the pantry stuffs too, with his cooking??
Posted by: Marivani | September 30, 2012 at 01:47 AM