zucchini soup

After admitting to the world that I have an entire case of peanut butter patties on top of my fridge, I thought I'd better make up for it with a big old bowl of vegetables.

Ha.

Just kidding.

But I really had no idea what we were going to have for dinner and I just started pulling a bunch of stuff out of the fridge, including one very large zucchini and decided to make soup.

Because it was like 86* and nothing sounded better than a steaming hot bowl of soup.

{raise your hand if your haven't set foot outside all.day.long...}

Basil Zucchini Soup



In the mix::

• 1 t olive oil
• 1/2 white onion, chopped
• 1/4 red onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 6 medium new potatoes
• 2 cups broccoli
• 4 cups zucchini
• 1 cup carrots
• 1 t red pepper flakes
• 1 t garlic powder
• 1 T lemon juice
• 2.5 cups veggie stock
• 1/2 cup basil, loosely packed
• 5 cups spinach, loosely packed

This soup really couldn't be much easier - heat the olive oil in a medium pot, add the onions and garlic and saute over medium heat. While those are cooking away, give all of the veggies a quick chop chop, and throw everything into the pot except for the lemon juice, basil and spinach.



Cook until all of the veggies are fork tender, about 30-40 minutes and then stir in the lemon juice, spinach and basil.

Using an immersion blender, blend until smooth, or working carefully in small batches, blend in a blender.

Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve with some crusty rolls!



Our crusty rolls were tomato basil rolls that I made this morning. It wasn't a kitchen success, but it wasn't a failure either.

You see, today I tried to grind my own flour.

And it worked...kind of.

I think I need to try it again before I go posting a recipe for the rolls though.

The soup was really good. I think Nic was a bit skeptical at first (it is verrry green!), but after a few spoonfuls he gave it a thumbs up. The recipe is pretty versatile as you could just throw in pretty much whatever veggies you have on hand.

Green soup...yum!