Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Celebratory zucchini soup


I've left behind my crummy night job, and I'm beginning a new (sane?) daytime job tomorrow. That means more sunny hours for cooking, photography, and gardening. Ooo boy!

To celebrate, I scrounged through the produce lurking at the bottom of the fridge and came up with one zucchini and one yellow squash, a little worse for time. Coincidentally (magically?) I saw a recipe for zucchini soup in last week's Meatless Monday newsletter. I can't ever say no to soup.

[Meatless Monday aside. I really like this organization. They have a great nutrition news roundup, and I love the vegetable-packed message. But I've found the recipes to be hit or miss. This one was a hit, though.]

Here's my version of the soup, modified to fit the contents of my fridge.

Summer Squash Soup

oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, sliced
2 summer squash, cut into 1-inch pieces
vegetable broth
2 teaspoons dried tarragon
1/4 cup nutritional yeast

Sautee onion in just a smidge of oil until soft. Add the garlic, and cook 30 seconds longer. Add the summer squash, tarragon, and enough vegetable broth to just barely cover the vegetables. Simmer 10 minutes or until the squash is soft. Blend with an immersion blender (or transfer to a blender in batches). Stir in nutritional yeast. Serve hot!

4 comments:

dsharp88 said...

Hooray for a better job! Oh yes, and sanity as well. That's always a good thing - as is soup.

Evelyn said...

Yay for your new job! I hope that means I'll get to see your recipes more frequently!

Krys said...

Congrats on starting a new job. Yay! The soup looks delicious.

Monique a.k.a. Mo said...

Congrats on working days! My last job was a night job and it really messed up my schedule. I felt like I did nothing but work and sleep. The worst was going into work on Friday nights. All those day people driving home for the weekend...

Awesome sounding soup!