Wednesday, October 24, 2012

My Favorite Fall Soup

Okay, so really this is just one of my favorites.

I great up in a household where the only soup we really had was homemade chicken or turkey soup when we were sick or after a holiday bird was cooked. Needless to say, I no longer eat these soups, nor did I ever really.  Soup was never really my thing.  I was a kid who didn't like my food to touch so I was clearly never going to like them cooked together.  Then one day, I don't even really remember when that was, I found that soup was so much more than chicken, carrots and rice.

I know since that time this soup has been one that warms my heart and my body on those cold Autumn days.   I often play around with it, and my soup is always kind of chunky  because that's how I like it but you can add more to less stock to taste.

This recipe has been adjusted from Ina Garten's Roasted Vegetable Soup


  • 1 1/2 pound carrots, peeled
  • 1 pound parsnips, peeled
  • 1-2 large sweet potato, peeled
  • 1 small butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled and seeded
  • 3 tablespoons good olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 3-5 cups Vegetable Stock
Place all the cut vegetables in a single layer on sheet pans. Drizzle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Toss well. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender, turning once with a metal spatula.

Place vegetable mixture in a food processor and add stock, along with parsley until blended to desired consistency. 
I tend to use less stock, but you can add more to think the soup out.

Serve with bread or crackers of your liking.  Or make a delicious Vegan Grilled Cheese with Vegan/Gluten Free Bread, veggies and Daiya cheese, the flavor that strikes you today.  (I really like the spicy cheeses from them). 



No comments:

Post a Comment