Leeks & Celery

I harvested these lovelies today in the October sunshine and made a vegetable stock with the upper leek leaves and the outer celery stalks. I then made an amazing soup with roasted leeks, potatoes and a garden acorn squash ... some carrots too, not to mention the delicious wisdom of fresh sage. I adapted this "recipe," using what I had on hand. It was a perfect meal to close this perfect autumn day.

11 comments:

Meghann said...

Oh WOW, that sounds wonderful! I can't believe you grew your own celery! I don't know if I could grow them in my zone... How great you are :)

Unknown said...

mmmm roasted leeks ... sounds (and looks) delicious!!!

rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/her said...

Yum indeed!

I'm harvesting more celery today ... to go into more veggie-stock for winter soups!

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ECO MAMA said...

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Katherine said...

I am absolutely impressed. My garden has a TREE on it now from our latest nor'easter.... Your picture is lovely!

Unknown said...

Leeks are so delicious. Your harvest looks great! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

The Astral Cowboy said...

We've eaten all but a few onions from this season and almost all of our garlic and our leeks never seemed to take hold.I'm enjoying your blog. Thanks for your efforts.

Sharkbytes said...

Very beautiful collection, and so yummy too.

JBs Cookinglady said...

That soup sounds really comforting great work