Cream of Spinach Soup

I look to Mark Bittman with some regularity when trying to figure out what to do with the CSA share. This is, in part, because he is so prolific, and usually has dozens of recipes using whatever ingredient is puzzling me. More importantly, however, his recipes call for fresh ingredients.

This is a topic for another day, but I would be curious to hear from the community about which cookbooks are the MVPs in your efforts to make the most of your share. I'd like to compile a list, and share it as a blog post. You can email me your favorites along with a short description of why to: christianathomas(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Cream of Spinach Soup

3 C stock

1 C cream, or half and half

2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced

Bag of spinach

bunch of chard, thick stems removed

pinch nutmeg

Set stock and cream over heat and slowly bring to a boil. Add potatoes, greens and nutmeg, and cook until potatoes are very soft. Blend soup.

- Christiana Thomas