It is definitely Autumn what with our changing to standard time, cool mornings and pleasantly warm afternoons. Given the season and John’s recent oral surgery it is definitely time for Autumn soup! This soup is kind of a lot of prep. There is a lot of peeling and chopping but once that is done it just burbles along for a while and when the vegetables are soft I purée it with a plunge blender. Then add the half and half or cream,the lemon, and if you like sweet things, the maple syrup.

I am including the original recipe with some deviations. For our soup today I added extra stock and cut the half and half to 1 cup. I substituted a turnip for the rutabaga and left out the maple syrup. I did not sieve the soup.