Fridge Soup…
photo credit: meaduvaCleaning out the fridge?
Rather than throwing out those wilted, last couple of carrots, few potatoes and onions, why not make a nice pot of soup.
You can use many different vegetables, except strong types such as turnips.
-Cut up the equivalent of about five potatoes, a few carrots and one or two onions;
-Melt one or two tablespoons of butter or margarine in a large pot;
-add vegetables and sauté until onions are slightly translucent;
-add about five or six cups of water and five or six bouillon cubes or envelopes of
whatever flavour you like, chicken is good and we especially love the vegetable flavours;
-add some spices such as a bit of garlic, thyme, rosemary or whatever else you like and a couple of bay leaves.
-Cook and simmer until the vegetables are tender-about thirty minutes.
When done, remove the bay leaves and use a hand mixer to mash down the soup. You can also use a blender, or any other kitchen tool such as a potato masher. You can puree the soup to whatever consistency you prefer.
-add about one cup of milk to the finished soup for a nice milky texture and you have a lovely, nourishing meal.
This can be frozen in individual servings if you like.
Flavour suggestions: broccoli, broccoli and cauliflower, carrot, carrot and onion, potato, potato and onion, potato and carrot, zucchini and onion, zucchini and broccoli, sweet potato, etc, just use your imagination and you will love the results.
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