The Witchery

Tis the season to drag out the crock pot. I decided to make a Root Vegetable Soup, so off I went to the supermarket with my shopping list of ingredients. And came to a rapid realization that I had NO idea what a rutabaga looked like. So I got all the other ingredients, then wandered around the produce aisle a bit until I finally asked someone if they carried rutabagas. Blank look. Giving up, I paid for what I had, and drove to another supermarket on the other side of town. They not only had rutabagas (which, by the way, looks like a giant turnip), they had them pre-cut and packaged.

FYI - when chopping beets, be warned that they will dye everything that touches them (knife, cutting board, your hands) a bright shocking magenta. You have been warned.


Root Vegetable Soup

Ingredients
2 medium yellow onions
3 medium carrots
1 medium rutabaga
1 large beet
1 medium turnip
3 medium potatoes
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp ground nutmeg
3 cup beef or vegetable broth

Peel and chop all the vegetable into 1/4 inch cubes. Toss everything in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

Original recipe from The Everything Slow Cooker Cookbook.