"Leprechaun Soup"
I wanted to do something special for St. Patricks Day for my family tonight. It is always a fun little challenge for myself to come up with alternatives to classic holiday meals that usually feature animal meat, by coming up with something that is as equally exciting. So I opened up my fridge to see what I had that would meet the fun criteria of green that most people honor on this day. Finding something fresh and green in my fridge is usually very easy and this afternoon was no exception. A lovely large and luscious bunch of broccoli stood out right away and so I thought I would give it the opportunity to be the star of our meal this evening.
Last week while I was grocery shopping at Oryana Natural Foods Store they had one of there recipe features that just happened to be Creamless Broccoli Soup. I must give credit where credit is due and I was thankful for the idea to give me a start- I thought this would be a fun way to create my "Green" featured food. Like always I just started throwing everything I had into the pot- celery, potato, onion and kidney beans were the players in my cream base with a yummy veggie stock. I got to use my new immersion blender that Tod had gotten me for Christmas to blend everything once it had simmered for about 20 minutes. Have you ever used one of those high power wonders? They are amazing! When I think about how I used to scoop hot soup into my blender in batches, making yet another item to wash in the clean up - oh how I love kitchen technology!
Next my lovely broccoli florets danced their way into the pot and 10 minutes later dinner was ready! It was so easy, and the chopped cherry tomato and green onion dressed it up enough to make it feel extra special! The homemade baked pita chips are a family fave so I did a quick batch of those too! Everyone loved it- and the kids said I was definitely not going to get pinched now since I was not only wearing green but cooking green too!
