Rainbow Root Soup

this sounds gross and healthy, but i swear as it is cooking i am having a hard time not slurping it down before it's done.  it is a warm thick flavorful (not to mention colorful, yow! that's really freakin' purple) comfort soup.  will be serving with whole wheat baguette and goat butter, and ran across some cheeses i sliced and put out with the bread.

ingredients (can so easily be switched around with various roots):
2 orange carrots
1 small yellow carrot
1 large beet (this really dominated the soup which was delish, but if you aren't a big beet fan it'll bother you, as it did my children - absolutely horrified they were)
1 big leek, just the bottom half
1.5 cups pureed spaghetti squash (just what i had on hand, could replace with any other squash cubed and roasted with the rest of the stuff)  (and yes, admittedly this is not a root)
1/4-1/2 cup evoo
salt, pepper, garlic salt
2 tblsp heavy cream (totally aptional)

in pan, toss with evoo, salt and pepper:

3 Carrots, large chopped pieces (one of mine was a yellow carrot)
1 large beet, peeled and chopped

Roast at 350 for 20 minutes

take pan out

add 1 sliced up leek and stir all up

roast again for 10-15 minutes more

poor in food processor.  blend, add evoo - perhaps 1/4 cup

now - as you remember i had an abundance of spaghetti squash from last year garden so i roasted a bunch, pureed, and froze.  i put about 1 cup of thawed pureed squash in the blender.

i keep forgetting to buy vegetable stock so i mixed up some of the vegetable base (paste) with warm water, about 1.5 cups, and added that to the blender.

now it's thick, and sitting in my cuisineart and i just want to eat it straight out, but i plan to heat it in a pan and figure out if it needs more oil, water, or cream - i assumed i'd add cream but we shall see.  i'll keep you posted.

well i added just a dash of heavy cream and a small bit of garlic salt cause i can't help myself with the garlic.  it's super thick, definitely something you can scoop up with dry bread.  hearty for sure.

you can see how easy to vary this