Homemade Chicken soup with Root Vegetables with oriental spices​
Click here for the recipe for the Oat Rolls​

​One of my favorite comfort food casseroles that I used to make a lot while I was a student because it is relatively inexpensive, it comes together fast, and it is even better when heated up in a pan for the next time. Enjoy.

1. Cut the bacon and start frying it in a large soup kettle
2. Prepare all the vegetables as directed
3. Add the chopped onions, celery, and leeks into the kettle with fried bacon bits
4. Add minced garlic and mix well
5. Add chopped carrots, paprika, and the frozen peas mixing well 
6. Add the vegetable stock and let it come to simmer, cooking until the carrots are nearly done
7. Add the chopped kale leaves, and let it simmer until done (about 5 - 7 minutes)
8. Check the flavor, and adjust with salt and pepper as needed

Serve with freshly baked rolls or artisan bread

* To make a more hearty soup, you can add small chopped potatoes or dry lentils into the mix of vegetables. 
** You can leave the bacon out and use olive oil instead, but the flavor needs to be adjusted as well.

1. Heat the oven on 180 C/ 350 F
2. Wash the squash and sweet potato
3. Cut them in lengthwise
4. Scrape the seeds off from the squash with a spoons
5. Rub the cut sides with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper
6. Set the vegetables on a cookie sheet with the cut sides down and put into the oven
7. Roast them for an hour or until done
8. Chop the onion and garlic and saute in a stainless steel kettle
   
9. Scrape the roasted vegetable 'meat' into a kettle
10. Add the rest of the ingredients except the spices
11. Mix with a stick mixer until smooth
12. Add the spices to taste and mix well 
13. Serve with artisan bread 

~ FOUR SERVINGS
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*the cream can be substituted with coconut milk, the flavor will be different yet still delicious

• 600 g of sweet potatoes (1,3 lb)
• 1 TBSP butter to coat the pan with
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 150 g of grated cheese

The Bean Mix

• 1 tetra/can of preserved black beans (400 g)
• 1 TBSP of olive oil
• 1 tsp of salt
• 0.5 tsp of thyme
• 0.5 tsp of basil
• 0.5 tsp freshly ground black pepper

• 2 Baked potatoes
• 4 Carrots
• 1 Parsnip
• 1/2 Leek
• 1 stalk of Celery
• 1 Yellow onion
• 2 -3 dl cream
• Dask of powdered ginger
• To taste salt + Pepper 

*If using a salty cheese on the top of the casserole you might not need as much salt in the vegetables.

1. Prepare all the vegetables as directed
2. In a large pot, saute the vegetables for five minutes
3. Add the lentils
4. Add the warm broth until the vegetables are just covered 
5. Add bay leaves and black peppers
6. Cut the sausage 
7. Saute the Chorizo in a separate pan
8. Add to the soup when the vegetables are nearly cooked
9. Check the taste of the soup, add salt and other spices if desired
10. Cook until desired consistency 

Serve with fresh parsley on the top, if desired
You can add noodles to the soup at the end if you want more stew-like consistency