I was cookin’ up a storm today – even on the hottest day of the year!!! I guess I was in my element. On the menu tonight was a roasted vegetable soup. This is a soup high in nutrition, but very easy to make.  And it turned out amaaaaazing!!!  The most time consuming step is roasting the vegetables. And for those of you lucky enough to have a large stove, it won’t take you long! This recipe made plenty – I froze 2 containers.

Roasted Vegetable Soup (Vegan)

Ingredients
Note: You can add whatever you have on hand (which is exactly what I did).

1 eggplant
1 large zucchini
2 small-medium yellow squash
2 small red potatoes
1 medium red onion
1 green pepper
1 yellow pepper
1/2 butternut squash (I would have used the whole, but needed 1/2 for another recipe)
6 cups vegetable stock (I highly recommend making your own. I will post my recipe soon)
Fresh spices to taste:
Rosemary
Sage
Basil
Garlic Chives
S & P

Procedures:

1. Chop vegetables. Be careful not to chop them too fine – large and chunky is good.
2. Roast vegetables with olive oil in a 400 degree oven for approximately 30 minutes, turning once. Note that some vegetables may take shorter/longer depending. You may even do this days ahead or use vegetables that are leftover in your fridge from something else.
3. Using a blender, roughly puree the vegetables. Add in vegetable stock 1 cup at a time (but save the final two cups for later). You will need to do this step in sections.
4. Once the vegetables are pureed well, put mixture into stockpot, and add final 2 cups of vegetable stock. Simmer, and add spices. You may want to add more vegetable stock depending on what texture you like.

I served this with some fruit from our trip yesterday (blueberries, grapes, strawberries, and kiwi), and a romaine salad with some balsamic vinegar.

Micah told me not to play with food, but I didn’t listen.

But it was a cute baby grape!!!

Okay, I’ll resume my proper table manners, sir.

For dessert, homemade apple pie.  Too bad you will have to wait until tomorrow for the recipe!!!  I know, I’m sooooo mean.