rants & recipes

I've been trying to make some soup for a while, but have neglected to get things started early enough. Which is to say, before Evin gets home and objects to soup. Finally, last night, I managed to get a jump on things - and just in time, too, because I had some veggies that just needed to be used up and no real ideas for anything else to do with them.

Cabbage Amaranth Soup

• 1 onion, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 parsnip, peeled and chopped
• 3 potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 head cauliflower, chopped
• 1/2 head green cabbage, sliced into thin shreds
• ~ 10 sun-dried tomato halves, minced
• 3/4 cup amaranth
• seasoning, maybe about 1/2 tsp each of rosemary, thyme; 1/4 tsp each of ground savory, ground sage, caraway seeds; 2 bay leaves, salt and pepper to taste
• ~ 1 tbsp Better Than Chicken bouillon
• 1 bouillon cube
• ~ 2 tsp marmite
• ~ 2 tbsp tomato paste
• dash soy sauce

Hold out cabbage and cauliflower. Almost cover remaining ingredients with water. Bring to a boil, simmer for about 10-15 minutes(?). Add cabbage and cauliflower and cook until done.

Anyway, a hearty, satisfying soup but could have used a tad more flavor. It would be good with some spicy sausage. Next time.