Bonus Recipe: Soup du Jours Gone By: Vegetable Edition

 This is one of the series of soups I affectionately categorize as "Soup du Jours Gone By."  Meaning, it's composed solely of leftovers and scrappy bits.  Mmmm, scrappy bits.

 

I store my lentils, beans, barley, rice, etc., in mason jars, so I often find myself with just a little bit of something left over that's really not enough for a future full recipe. Enter the Soup Jar.

Whevever I have a handful of something left, I toss it in a single jar to add to a future soup.  I had a nice mix this time of couscous, basmati rice, kidney and white navy beans, lentils, and who knows what else.  I think I saw an alphabet noodle in there.  I haven't bought alphabet noodles in 2 years.  You get the idea.

I used the water in which I boiled the turnips from the Buttered Turnips recipe, added some salt, one chopped up celery stalk, the extra gravy from the Onions in Gravy recipe, and the contents of my Soup Jar.  Crock pot for 24 hours.

You heard me.  Twenty-Four hours. I think slow cooked soups eaten the same day are not quite on par with slow cooked soups left to simmer overnight.  The dried ingredients thoroughly absorb and incorporate the flavors this way.

Voila! A hearty vegan vegetable soup.*

* But by all means add bacon if you want to.  Don't let me stop you.