Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

2-25-12

So my late-new-year-new-years-resolution is this:

• I will not let any of the veggies or fruits I get in my CSA box go bad.
• I will use or give them away so they go to good use. 
• If I do not know how to use an ingredient, I will look up a new recipe and try it.
• I will un-check ingredients I just never use and I know I'll never use (sorry bok choy, I just...don't like you enough).

I started this new resolution tonight and the above is the result: Oven Roasted Fennel and Tomato Soup!

I always (always) let the fennel that comes go bad because I honest-to-god have a) no idea wtf fennel is or b) how to use it. So when it came in my box on Thursday I was like "oh great..." and was imagining cleaning out the fridge in 2 weeks when my next box comes and throwing away the nasty fennel that had gone bad sitting hidden in the veggie drawer, neglected, wilting. 

Instead I found this awesome recipe and not only did I make the most delicious and easy soup ever, I also learned that you don't even use the stalks of fennel! You use the bulbs! Who knew?

I used 3 carrots, though, instead of 1 because I love carrots. And I added some leeks, too. Delicious.