Recycled Roasted Root Vegetable Soup
Does this dish look familiar? It's been a busy week at work and, consequently, I haven't had a whole lot of energy for evening cooking adventures. It happens to us all, right? Well . . . one of my favorite food bloggers, Jennifer Hess over at Last Night's Dinner, regularly features posts categorized as "When Life Hands You Leftovers," in which she recycles leftovers into new dishes. If she gets away with it, I figure I can too. So I took the whole and pureed roasted root vegetables leftover from the weekend, added some chicken stock, blended and then heated my new dish—soup! I added some kale chips I had made over the weekend after reading about them on a blog called 28 Cooks, drizzled the soup with some yogurt and . . . voilà . . . I had a new meal perfect for a cold winter night! (I should add that every ingredient in this dish, except for some olive oil, salt and pepper, was purchased at the Dupont Circle Farmers Market. I don't want to come across as self-righteous. I eat plenty of food every week that's not locally sourced. But I do want to provide a little encouragement that, even in February, it's possible to make some delicious dishes with local ingredients.)
Posted by Food Rockz Man at 2/14/2008 8:49 AM 
Categories: Cooking Adventures,Root Vegetables,Soup,Recycling Leftovers
Categories: Cooking Adventures,Root Vegetables,Soup,Recycling Leftovers
hey, that's a great idea! Thanks for the tip (indirect thanks to Jennifer)
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I love the idea of using them as garnish! Great looking soup.
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Fellow DC blogger! So glad I stumbled upon your website. I noticed your mention of Blue Duck Tavern and new instantly that you must be a DCer
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I'm glad you stumbled upon me too. You have a beautiful blog. I'll be adding it to my blogroll and visiting often. I am still in DC and have only been blogging for a few months. I'm starting to get to know some other DC bloggers and, if you send me an email at foodrockzman (at) foodrockz.com I'll put you in the loop for a DC food blogger dinner party that's just been arranged for March 16. Cheers!
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Artistry! Nice spider-webbing effect. Me-likes!
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Thanks AnnaTude . . . the food styling piece of this is coming along little by little.
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Looks great, Man. Great decoration too.
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This is great! I'm the only one who ate my roasted root veggies (OK, I had about 3 dishes too many) yesterday, and I have turkey carcass stock! Now my real question - what's the veggie in the blog header? I bought one at the Catonsville farmer's market Wednesday and we've been admiring it, but I don't have its name...
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It's romanesco . . . a funky relative of cauliflower and brocolli . . . you can treat it as you would either of those . . . maybe just steam it to check it out for the first time. Enjoy the soup and happy holidays!
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