Roasted Garlic and White Bean Soup

Lifted directly from vegan with a vengeance, this recipe is good for you, it has protein and fiber and garlic-y goodness so you must ruin it with some yeasty bread covered in melted cheese.

I was listening to the Brown Sugar Deportation EP, Daylight Robbery LP and Wormsblood- Mastery of Creation rec when making this. Sadie and Willie (our puppies) got so pissed cause of the barking dogs on "of a mourning phase unstirred", sorry guys :(

1.
Roast two bulbs of garlic while doing the rest- Peel away as much of the skin as possible with out breaking the bulb apart, throw in a 350 degree oven, just on the rack, and cook for 20-30 minutes

2.
Chop one medium onion ( I prefer a sweet onion in this) and saute in 2 tblsp of olive oil for 5 mins until translucent. Add 1 tsp salt, black pepper to taste and 1/2 tsp of crushed fennel seeds. I have a motar and pestle but you can crush the seed with the bottom of a glass on a paper towel, just be careful not to break the glass. fancy pants can put the seeds in a coffee grinder but I am too lazy for all that. add to the onion and saute for at least a minute but not too long

3.
Add 4 c veggie stock. I like the whole food 365 brand just fine but you can also use 4 c water and 2 good veggie bullion cubes (i used Knorr tonight),
3 cups of cooked or canned great white northern beans,
chopped fresh sage leaves
one bay leaf
bring all to a boil then turn down heat to medium low and simmer uncovered for 5 mins. Take out the bay leaf.


4.
Squeeze all the roasted cloves of garlic into the pot (watch for the skins. i squeeze them out in a little bowl or on to the cutting board first then put them in). Remove from heat.

5.
Puree. There are a few ways to do this.
Blender- do it in small batches, if you fill it too high, the steam from the soup will pop the lid off and you will have a big mess to deal with.
Food processor- fine but I hate cleaning up all the parts.
BEST Hand held blender- you can just submerge this into the pot just be careful not to blow the soup out of the pot and burn yourself. These are super cheap, you can find them at the thirft store too, I think they are one of my favor goofy kitchen tools since i like making soup a lot.

6. Add juice of half a lemon- I got a little juicer on clearance one day in my travels but you can just stick a fork into the lemon and ring out all the juice, just try to catch all the seeds, they aren't so good in the soup...

STIR AND EAT!!!