Five Lily Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 2 leeks, part only,chopped
• 3 large shallots, minced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 green onions, sliced
• 4 cups rich brown vegetable stock (this is one of my posted recipes; but you can use another good vegetable stock.)
• 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce or 1/2 tablespoon tamari soy sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon molasses
• 3/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 saute onion and leeks in olive oil until soft.
• 2 add shallots, garlic and green onions and cook slowly for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are soft, cooked down and browned.
• 3 add stock, soy sauce and molasses.
• 4 scrape up browned bits, bring to a boil, then turn down heat and simmer partly covered for 30 minutes (less if you like firmer vegetables).
• 5 if not a vegan meal, this soup can be served with garlic bread croutons with melted cheese.