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09-22-2012, 08:25 PM | #1 |
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Fall Sweet Potato Soup
My creation from last night http://theluttonfamily.com/fall-sweet-potato-soup.html
This year my birthday (yesterday) fell on Friday, and we had my best friend and her family over for Shabbat dinner. I wasn’t sure what I wanted until about mid-day, but I came up with a recipe that I was excited about and when we got it made . . . . YUM! My family loves it and we’ve been eating it all day today as well When I come up with recipes I usually have a taste in my mouth and then I mentally unpack it and figure out what will make those flavors. I can imagine them all together, and when I smell or tase the food, I know what’s missing. It’s just how I come up with recipes–it’s my process This time I decided to write it all down before I forget it LOL 1 large sweet onion, diced and sauteed in a generous amount of olive oil, and add 5 garlic cloves Add 5 thinly sliced celery stalks, and 5 cubed carrots and keep sauteeing. It would be best to do this until they are soft Add 8 peeled and cubed sweet potatoes, 1 box of chicken-free broth (or whatever broth you want), and a bag of frozen spinach Add 16 cups of water Add a good amount of salt (I use Himalayan) and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and cook until everything is soft Transfer a blender amount at a time into the blender (we love our Vita-mix, or whatever you have) and blend, then restore to the pot. Add between 2 and 3 teaspoons of nutmeg, and between 2 and 3 teaspoons of thyme. (in full disclosure, I just grabbed both out of their containers and added until it felt right, but I think that is about the amounts ). Serve and enjoy! ***Today, during out enjoyment of leftovers, I added some black-eyed peas to the bowl of soup and it was delicious.
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09-22-2012, 09:59 PM | #2 |
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Re: Fall Sweet Potato Soup
I recently made a soup almost identical to this but it had an apple and some cinnamon in it.
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09-22-2012, 10:10 PM | #3 |
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Re: Fall Sweet Potato Soup
Interesting! One of my fondest memories of traveling in Europe was all of the yummy blended soups like this
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09-22-2012, 10:24 PM | #4 |
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Re: Fall Sweet Potato Soup
Sounds delicious! Happy birthday for yesterday.
I'll have to google sweet onions before I give this recipe a go.
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09-22-2012, 11:31 PM | #6 |
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Re: Fall Sweet Potato Soup
You could use any onion (though it might have a slightly different zing or zest ) but I only use sweet onions. I just love them
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09-23-2012, 04:02 AM | #7 |
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Re: Fall Sweet Potato Soup
As another one who loves to make up recipes, than you! It sounds delicious!
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09-23-2012, 12:26 PM | #8 |
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Re: Fall Sweet Potato Soup
My fav part about fall is falling in love with soups So warm and comforting when there's a chill in the air. We've had butternut squash and potato soups this week, I'll make yours next week.
I make so many more soups now that I have one of those hand held immersion blenders and I don't have to pour the soup into the blender to puree it. And my veggie phobic 4 yo will eat ANY veggie if she can't see it. She had 4 bowls of each soup this week and kept saying "This is DELICIOUS!!" |
09-23-2012, 01:45 PM | #9 |
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Re: Fall Sweet Potato Soup
How many servings do you estimate this recipe makes?
It sounds really good. My issue with blended soups is dealing with the blender portion. I never do a good job at it and it usually doesn't taste as good. |
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