Leek and Celery Soup

Dude, I missed a day on the whole blogging thing! My bad. Visiting people in Gainesville was EXHAUSTING. Fun, though!

To make up for it, last night I pulled my CrockPot out and dusted it off (poor unused Crockpot!) and made some YUMMY Leek and Celery Soup.

You all are going to hate me.

Because I didn't measure anything out. So this recipe is gonna suck a little...

And...

I didn't take any pictures of the process...

But it's still delicious and you can still try!!!

H'okay!

Leek and Celery Soup

Ingredients
8 cups vegetable broth
4 Tbsp butter, slice in 1/2 inch pats
2 Stalks of Leek
4 big stalks of celery (as in, the outermost stalks)
1/2 red onion
1 small yellow onion
1 heaping handful of sliced mushrooms
Italian herbs (just a couple of shakes)
1 Tbsp Spinach spepper (aka the dehydrated Spinach leaves that I salted too much and crumbled up for garnish)
Sea Salt

Directions
1. Cut the ends off the leeks. Slice them in half, then start pulling them apart and washing them. Do not skip this step; leeks are infamous for the gross mud they hide.
2. Start slicing them up, end to end, about 1/2 inch pieces.
3. Wash and slice up the celery the exact same way.
4. For both onions, slice them at about half an inch, then chopped the slices up.
5. If you have precut mushrooms, like I did, you can skip this step. If not, just slice up some mushrooms, slicing down towards the stem.
6. Put the vegetable broth into your crockpot, followed by the butter.
7. Throw all the vegetables in.
8. Add the Italian seasoning and Spinach spepper.
9. Cook on high for an hour, then lower the temperature and cook for another 7 hours.
10. When the soup is done (aka the vegetables are RIDICULOUSLY tender and delicious), add some sea salt to your liking and turn off the crockpot.

Now you can eat it all now, or you can freeze it and save for later. If you don't like the texture of the vegetables, but you do like the flavor of the soup, you can blend the entire thing together so that it's not a chunky soup! Enjoy!

Peace,
Mrs. H