Are you growing too much lettuce, spinach, or other greens and cannot even give them away?
If you buy lettuce and it looks as if you cannot eat it fresh before it wilts too much, try this soup.
Cream of lettuce soup- serves at least 3-4 people
Ingredients:
1 peeled and chopped onion
3 large heads of lettuce washed and cut into chunks and/or bunches of spinach or other greens
½ cup chopped fennel (optional; can use celery instead)
1 medium sized chopped potato
chicken or vegetable broth
rice or nut milk
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley or cilantro
grated nutmeg (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in soup pot and add in onion, and fennel/celery if using, and potato. Soften by heating over medium heat until soft- 5- 6 minutes. Toss in on top of them the washed but not dried greens and herbs. The water from the lettuce will add enough moisture to keep the potatoes and other vegetables from sticking. Add enough broth to cover and simmer until all is soft- @15 minutes. Add enough rice or nut milk until there is enough liquid to make it a soup(or it remains a vegetable potage). Blend together with stick blender.Grate as much nutmeg (start with ¼ teaspoon and then add more) as you like and add in salt and pepper to taste.
Suggestions:
*You can use all rice or nut milk and skip the broth. If you don’t add in additional milk after the vegetables are cooked, it becomes creamed greens- a creamed potage.
*You can also add a tablespoon or so of fresh squeezed lemon juice for a more tart flavor.
*Add in any other chopped fresh herb while cooking; basil, fresh mint, dill, or rosemary.
*Place slices of turkey bacon under the broiler while vegetables are cooking and broil until crisped. Cut into small pieces and serve on top of each bowl of soup.