Winter Soup! A celebration!
I found myself one of my favorite veggies yesterday, baby white turnips, so I decided to throw them into a tasty winter soup! This soup is a wee celebration of the gorgeous bounty Mama Gaia is providing us at the moment. Plus a rare treat to top it (I don’t buy avocados often, but when they are gifted to you by a local market you can’t say no)!
What you will need:
3-4 fingerling potatoes, diced
one large carrot, peeled and diced
a heaping handful of baby white turnips, quartered
half of a yellow onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, minced
a handful of braising greens, chopped (I used lacinato kale and curly kale)
some rosemary and thyme stalks
a carton of veggie stock (you could use chicken too if you’d like!)
a can of Great Northern Beans, drained
a good splash of oat milk (or heavy cream/regular milk, whatever you have available to give it a little creamy factor)
a good splash of olive oil
salt and pepper to taste (I also threw in some crushed red pepper for some spice!)
a big pot to cook your soup in!
Alrighty, get that pot warming on the stove at a med/high heat. While it warms, give all those veggies the dicing/mincing/cutting they need! If you’re prepped it makes life a little easier later. Once your veggies are ready and that pot warm, add a heavy pour of olive oil to it, make sure the bottom is coated and thrown in your onions and carrots. Allow them to cook down, giving them a stir from time to time. When your onions start getting that classic translucent look, toss in your minced garlic. Give everything a good mix, letting it cook for about a minute and then pour your veggie stock into the pot. At this point, I usually add some salt and pepper to taste. Toss in your potatoes, turnips and herbs (that rosemary and thyme bby!) and bring everything to a low boil to get everything cooking.
After about seven minutes or so your potatoes should be cooked through. Give them a poke with a fork and if it goes through easily you are good! At this point, add your beans and greens, making sure everything gets well mixed. After about five/ten minutes, go fishing for those herb stalks (not super fun to munch on), add a hefty splash of oat milk, give it a stir and a taste (does it need anything? More salt? Pepper? Spice?) and you’ve got yourself a soup!
Pour a good helping into a bowl, top with some sliced avocado, perhaps a side of hearty bread to dip with and you’ve got yourself a meal that is dang tasty and dang filling.
I love you, your body loves you, don’t forget to fill it with good food and be well my dears!
