I made a soup that I am calling Leave it In because I used a bunch of carrots (5) w/ the tops & a bunch of celery including all the leaves & whole grain brown rice.
The second soup I'm calling Find the Root, which ended up being a creamy, blended soup made with celery root, acorn squash, and a whole cauliflower. I didn't have any heavy whipping cream, so I added whole milk, some leftover onion & chive cream cheese and some parmesan cheese (the final & best ingredient!).
I rarely buy ingredients on purpose to make a specific soup. Instead, I love to clean out my fridge, pantry, freezer, look for inspiration online or in my cookbooks and then invent my own. Other than a few staple soups, to be shared later, I frequently just throw a bunch of ingredients together and see what happens. Today was one of those days. Sometimes they turn out amazing and sometimes they are just good, but I've never had a soup come out bad (did I just jinx myself?) So here's the rule of thumb for a delicious soup: you need fat & flavor (i.e., bacon & salt) + any vegetable &/or meat.
I have just received my 3rd weekly box from Door to Door Organics and although I was able to substitute a number of things for staples I needed, I ended up ordering a few things with which I don't usually cook: brown rice (something I love, but I can't convince my family to eat), a bunch of organic carrots with tops (we are a baby carrot family), a very small acorn squash (not big enough for even a one person portion), and a celery root (seriously, the ugliest vegetable I've ever seen!). So I googled for inspiration:
Here is what I ended up with:
Soup Recipe: Leave it In
Soup Recipe: Find the Root
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