Soup's On!

Did you know sweet potatoes were once used to make postage stamps?

Well, Chef Mark made something a little bit more tasty in today's Chef in the Classroom visit at Haldane with Mrs. Isler's 2nd grade class and Mrs. Pray's 3rd graders.

Sweet potato soup was on the menu for today – both vegan and dairy. They started by peeling and cutting up apples and cooking them in water to make an apple broth. When the apples were very soft, they blended them until pureed. Then they cut up the sweet potatoes and boiled them in water until tender.

To make the vegan soup, they heated up the apple broth with some fresh rosemary and thyme. Once the herbs were steeped, they removed them and added the sweet potatoes and blended everything together.

For the dairy version, instead of the apple broth, they steeped the herbs in milk, then blended the sweet potatoes with that.

Last of all: Maple syrup and salt and pepper.









YUM!!

For more Fun Facts about Sweet Potatoes, go to the Veggie of the Month page on this blog and click on Sweet Potatoes.