Comfort Food

Soup...I usually end up ordering a cup of soup and a roll at a restaurant. This is for a couple of reasons. First it's in the category of comfort food. The other reason that I got into the habit was because that way I could justify also ordering a piece of pie, another comfort food. Here are two Elk Lake versions of both.

Hearty Vegetable Soup

Lerrina made some spectacular hearty vegetable soup a few weeks ago. Our morning routine has us in the kitchen and when Lerrina was making this there was pile of vegies going into it. I didn't look at the recipe but she must've sauteed herbs, butter and onions at first because it was smelling so good!  It got great reviews in the form of the same people ordering it multiple times. Delicious!

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Pie is American, it's delicious, and joins soup in the comfort realm. We make lots of pies here. The one pictured here is special because it came from a healthy little rhubarb plant growing on the banks of little Narrows Creek as it flows through the yard. That little plant has survived winters up here! Lerrina and I went out and cut it fresh for the pie. The strawberries weren't from bush to pie, but they were great anyway! The topping is a crisp topping with browned coconut added. Yum!