Plant count: 6

Celeriac & Fennel Soup with Broccoli Microgreens

Whilst celeriac isn’t the most attractive vegetable, it’s by far one of the tastiest. Its tastes great roasted, slow bakes, grates in rosti’s and is smooth and creamy in soup. This particular soup came to being after I was gifted a celeriac that was past its use by date. I had a couple of cauliflower florets in the fridge that were begging to be used and, a fresh fennel bulb. This is a trio made in heaven, and it’s a soup I’ll definitely make over and over again. I pimped it up with some miso seeds and crispy onions, but the fresh broccoli microgreens added a fabulous fresh and tasty crunch. I almost wished I has some sticky balsamic glaze to dot around the bowl, but I’ll leave that to you.

Tip – don’t be fooled by use by dates on vegetables, root vegetables keep for much longer that the suggested times and even if they are a little bendy or have a few scabby patches, cut, peel or scrape them off. If you have a local community fridge, grab yourself some veg, save it from rotting in landfill and save yourself some money in the meantime.

  • Servings:

    6

  • Prep time:

    10 Mins

  • Cook time:

    30-40 Mins

  • Plant count:

    6

Ingredients

  • 1 white onion
  • 2 celery sticks
  • 3 large cauliflower florets
  • 1 medium celeriac
  • Half a fennel bulb
  • Quarter cup cashews
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1 tsp Marmite
  • 2 vegetable stock cubes
  • Tsp black pepper
  • Tsp smoked salt flakes

Directions

(I use a soup maker but a pot will do)

  1. Peel and chop the onion
  2. Chop the celery
  3. Chop the cauliflower into small pieces
  4. Peel and chop the celeriac
  5. Chop the fennel bulb
  6. Throw the veggies and cashew nuts into the soup maker or pot
  7. Add the nutritional yeast, Marmite, salt and pepper
  8. Cover with stock
  9. Cook on a smooth setting for 30 minutes, or in a pot for 40 minutes then blend
  10. Serve with sourdough toast
Smorgs:

Broccoli microgreens, Miso seed mix, Crispy onions

Smorgs suggestions:

Toasted hazelnuts, Cheesy croutons, Nutritional yeast, Balsamic glaze, Truffle oil, Any type of microgreen

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