Love Food. Hate Waste.

I recently purchased broccoli to steam for dinner, which came with a shockingly high price value.  The worst part about the per pound cost of the broccoli was that most of the broccoli was stalk and not floret.  So I had to figure something out to use the stalk for, by no means was I throwing that green away.  I searched for "broccoli stalk recipes" and found an amazing new website:  www.lovefoodhatewaste.com. You can search by ingredient to find a recipe for whatever you may have in the refrigerator that is in need of being used.

I used the following recipe for broccoli stalk soup:

• 4 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
• 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped into chunks
• Handful of pearl barley or red lentils
• Left over broccoli stalks, about 200g, I peeled them first using a vegetable peeler
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Put the potatoes, onion, carrots, pearl barley or lentils in a large pan and cover with water.  
2.  Bring to a boil and reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
3. Add the broccoli stalks and continue to cook until all the vegetables are tender.
4. Take off the heat and allow to cool a little before pouring into a blender and pureeing until smooth.  Taste and season with salt and pepper.
5. Pour into warm bowls.

I made a few adjustments to the recipe, I didn't have any potatoes so I threw in a few extra handfuls of lentils.  The soup still had a delicious flavor but the extra lentils made the soup brown instead of green like it would have been with the potatoes.  The soup was delicious and even better warmed up the next day!

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