Vegan MoFo Day 6 - Roasted Carrot and Parsnip Soup

Roasted Carrot & Parsnip Soup

serves 6

Ingredients

350g carrots, peeled and chopped

160g parsnips, peeled and chopped

140g turnip, peeled and chopped

310g diced yellow onion

2 cloves garlic, cut in halves

half a cup chopped leek

half a cup celery, sliced thinly

2 Tblsp olive oil x 2

1 tsp salt

1 and a half litres of good stock

Method

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a roasting pan in a medium/hot oven for 5 minutes. Add the carrot, parsnips, turnips and onion. Roast for about an hour turning every 20 minutes or so. Twenty minutes before roasting has finished add the garlic.

Heat the other 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a big pan and fry the leek and celery for 8 minutes. Add the salt and cook for another couple of minutes.

Add the roasted vegetables and stock.

Simmer for 5 mins then whizz with a stick blender (or whatever fancy equipment you normally use).

Season with freshly ground black pepper and go and warm your tummies.

GO VEGAN!

Go MoFo!