Funny enough, my guy just walked in and said, "What is
this I'm smelling". So I told him
it was parsley root soup and that I was so jazzed about it that I'm smack dab in
the midst of a blog entry thereabouts. He
said, "For your regular blog?"
And I answered by reading the first sentence above. Blogs are fun.
Sometimes the stars align.
I've had a pile of parsley root waiting around for me to get inspired
since the farmers' market closed in mid October. Then, as Christmas drew near, I had a
suspicion that Santa may have been planning an immersion blender upgrade for me. So I waited until we returned from our
holiday travels to apply it to my veg.
Then, my mother-in-law got super flu-sick in the last day or
so. (Here's where the naturopathic part
comes in.) She's been coughing so
violently that the poor thing can't even get any sleep. On top of that, she reacts very poorly to
traditional over-the-counter cough medicine; it makes her stomach hurt
terribly. Then her MD prescribed
something even worse and it seemed like she had given up on feeling
better. Not only did I make her some
homemade cough syrup (which I will write about later) but I decided that she
needed a tasty vehicle for the garlic and onions that I know my own ND would
"prescribe" if it were me. Yet
another reason to make soup!
And THEN, another star falls into place. I got the latest email from My New Roots, a
blog written by "a holistic nutritionist and
vegetarian chef, Sarah Britton (BFA, CNP)". I love her writing and recipes, which
always suit my dietary needs regardless of what I'm avoiding at any given time. Lo! A
beautiful soup recipe for parsley root with a cheeky little name: Reverse
Universe Soup. Right in my inbox and exactly when I needed it.http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/
On top of it
all, I had celeriac in my larder for the first time in a year...and now I had a
place to put it thanks to her creative recipe. This soup was destined
to be made tonight.
Can I just give a shout out to the humble parsley
root? These have been hanging out for
almost three months, and they're just as hard and fresh as the day I brought
them home. What a trooper of a veggie!
Speaking
of....they've been cooking for awhile so I need to pause here...
(I wish I knew how to add a sound byte
of the Jeopardy tune for you to enjoy while I blend and taste my spoils.)
Oh. My. Oh
my! So good! I can't wait to bring some over to my MIL. This soup is a bowl of anti-viral,
anti-bacterial, anti-crappiness all swirled together in bowl of nonprescription
cold crushing power. Try this recipe. Feed it to your loved ones, sick and healthy both. And then tell your naturopath THANKS for
teaching you how to treat yourself with food, just as Mother Nature intended.
PS - I added
lotsa white pepper - cuz you can never copy a recipe exactly, right? yum.
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