Vegan Creamy Potato Leak Soup

Perfect served with a crisp salad for a cozy fall dinner

Seaonal Note:

Karsi is the hebrew word for leeks and translates to "cut off/destroy", many have the custom on Rosh Hashana to each a leek and make a declaration "May it be your will, G-d, to cut off all our enemies".

Ingredients

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

4 leeks, white and light green parts washed and sliced 1/4 inch slices

1 chopped onion

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

3 gloves garlic minced

2 large yukon potatoes peeled and cubed

4 cups vegetable stock

2-3 tsp fresh rosemary leaves (optional)

1. heat 4 quart soup pot over medium heat, add oil, leeks, onions, and salt and saute until onions are translucent (about 5 minutes)

2. add garlic and stir well for about 1 minute

3. add potatoes and veggie stock, cover, and bring to a boil.

4. Simmer and cook for 20 minutes

5. remove soup and let cool - blend with immersion stick or food processor while leaving some chunky.

Seriously Yum

Morristown Strawberry Field Forever Rhubarb Pie

Sweet and tart. So yum served warm with dollop of vanilla ice cream:)

Dough
1 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup margerine, 3 tbl spoons cold water, 1 tbl lemon juice

Filling
1 cup suger
1/2 tablespoon corn starch
1/3 cup flour
2 tbl orange juice
3 cups fresh strawberries hulled
3 cups frozen rhubarb, cut until 1 inch pieces
1 tbl margarine cut into small pieces
1 egg white lightly beaten

Preheat to 400
Combine flour, salt, margarine into pastry blender until crumbly. Combine water and lemon juice and sprinkle 1 tbl at a time evenly over flour mixture. Stir with fork until moistened dough. Divide dough into 2 parts equal. Roll each on floured surface into 12 inch circle. Fill one in 9inch pan, allow access to hang off the sides.

In large bowl combine suger, starch, 1/3 flour. Stir in OJ, fold in strawberries and rhubarb, spoon into pastry. Dot with margarine.

Place remaining pastry over filling. Fold edges under and crimp, trim, and flute edges (if you know what the means), Cut slits into top for steam to escape. Brush with egg white.

Bake 1 hour, shield edges of pastry with foil to prevent excessive browning.

Fluffy Banana Cake

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2.5 teaspoon baking soda
2.5 teaspoon hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 bananas ripened
1 cup water
2.5 cup flour
chocolate chips (optional)

Beat eggs and sugar, add oil and mix well. Mix baking soda with hot water and add to egg mixture.

Cut bananas and mix into batter, add remaining ingredients and mix for another minute.

Bake in tube pan, 1 hour 350