Soul Soup( Soup – Vegetable )

Daily Random Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

• Various root vegetables (potatoes, carrots, parsnips etc)
  
• Celery
  
• Onion
  
• Garlic
  
• Olive oil
  
• Vegetable stock
  
• 1-2 bay leaves
  
• Salt and pepper
  
• Sage, savory or thyme
  
• TVP chunks (optional)
  
• Greens of choice (optional)
  

METHOD:
Just toss a pile of various root vegetables in a pot (potatoes, carrots, parsnips, etc) plus lots of celery, onion and garlic. Saute in a bit of olive oil, then cover with vegetable stock and bring to a boil. add a bay leaf or two, some salt and pepper, some sage or savory or maybe some thyme and simmer until veggies are cooked. For a chicken-y effect, toss in some small chunks of TVP. You can also add some greens to this if you are so inclined; I quite like baby bok choy added to this soup.

NOTES:
This may not get rid of your cold symptoms, but it will make you feel better for a little bit. I’ve got a bit of a cold right now too, but I’ve been wallowing in the lemongrass mushroom soup from the Thai restaurant a couple of blocks away.