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Roze's Vegetable Soup is perfect for:

• warming you up on a cold winter's day
• ingesting 8 vegetables in one sitting
• making your house smell like you are the gourmet chef you have longed to be
• enjoying the company of the person who may be helping you chop
• doing something meditative and really good for you AND.....
• preparing something so delicious... for you and those you love.

We doubled the recipe and are freezing half and once defrosted will add the cream when reheating.  

You will want more of this.... Roze's Vegetable Soup 3/4 c. butter (1 1/2 sticks) 3/4 c. diced onion 1 1/2 c. diced sweet potato 3/4 c. peeled diced tomato  3/4 c. diced carrot 3/4 c diced green beans 3/4 c. coursely chopped broccoli 3/4 c. minced leek 3/4 c. minced zucchini 1 clove minced garlic                      1 1/2 tsp. sugar or to taste salt & pepper 1 1/2 qts. (6 cups) chicken stock 1/2 c. whipping cream chopped parsley (garnish) Melt butter over medium high heat. Add onion & saute 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add all ingredients except stock and cream. Cook until soft 20-25 minutes. Add stock and bring to boil over med-high heat. Reduce and simmer 10 minutes. Cool slightly and puree in batches until smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings. Reheat and add cream.

Before blending

Post blender!  Yummy vegetable soup served with spinach, clementines and goat cheese salad. Enjoy and stay warm!

Chapter 2

As many of you know, I am passionate about flowers, plants, landscapes and all things GREEN... oh and burlap, silk, satin, linen, cut glass, silver, velvet, antique vases and I could go on and on.

So after a ten year hiatus, I am back to the thing I am most passionate about besides God, my family and friends: helping others with putting lush and beautiful plantings and arrangements front and center in their homes, yards and offices.

What better time to begin than the holidays, exactly where I started ten years ago.  You may remember me (a little less gray, a few less wrinkles and maybe a tad thinner - definitely a lot more stressed with three young kids at home) decorating mantelpieces, tying luscious ribbon on wreaths and lampposts, wrapping bannisters in sweet smelling cedar and smiling all the day long.  Oh creativity, how I have missed you.

So, if you would rather be playing with your grandchildren, reading a book, shopping, or cooking instead of decorating, I would love to help you fill that need.  Email me at sgatedesign@gmail.com or call my cell 843.267.3438.  I would love to hear from you.