Our Garden Supervisor and Delicious Spinach Recipe

 

This is Hollie, our Siamese Supervisor. She has a clipboard, name badge and hardhat, of course, but is too vain to be seen with them, particularly when a camera is involved.

Robin invented another good recipe tonight, one that features our currently over-abundant spinach. Here it is

Chicken Bean Soup with Spinach

• 1 1/4 c of mixed beans/peas (we use Costco's deluxe dry mix)
• 5 c water
• 1 Tbsp of organic, low sodium, chicken bullion

Mix these together in a Dutch oven, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for one hour.

• large sweet potato, peeled and chopped into small pieces
• about 1/2 c celery, chopped
• 1/4 small onion, chopped, sauteed lightly in olive oil

Add these ingredients to the soup pot, continue to simmer for one more hour

• two medium organic carrots, sliced thin
• one small red pepper, chopped in small pieces
• 6 chicken thighs (boneless, skinless) cut into small bite-sized pieces and sauteed in olive oil
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries

Add these ingredients to the soup pot, continue to simmer for 1/2 hour more

• a large bowl of spinach leaves, fresh from the garden, washed and de-stemmed

Add raw spinach to simmering pot of soup and stir for about 3 minutes, until it's limp and well mixed with the other ingredients. Serve immediately, topped by a dollop of sour cream. Serves 4 as main course with possible left-overs. We like to taste all the individual vegetables and chicken, so we don't use herbs or seasoning in this soup, but it might benefit from a little fresh ground pepper for some tastes.