Asparagus Cilantro Thyme Soup

Writer Notes

For some reason, when I opinion to be coming into a soup for this spring vegetable contest, I nearly felt as if it used to be too easy. Appropriate throw spring veggies in a pot, simmer and blend, staunch? easy. no longer so worthy, i chanced on, after 2 so-so makes an are attempting with various spring veggies. Then I observed mrs wheelbarrow’s put up for pickling asparagus and made up our minds that I will must have pickled asparagus. and on the an identical time, realized what to attain with the hardened stems I’m continually throwing away. Fabricate a soup. here’s quite worthy a aggregate of what I picked up on the farmer’s market this week and no topic didn’t work on my other tries. third time’s a enchantment, staunch? —edamame2003

Substances

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  2 cups
  
  chopped asparagus
  
• 
  1 cup
  
  chopped leeks
  
• 
  1 cup
  
  chopped celery
  
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  3 cups
  
  rooster or vegetable stock
  
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  3
  

  garlic cloves, chopped
  

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  1 tablespoon
  
  tamari or soy
  
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  1 teaspoon
  
  lemon thyme (off stems)
  
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  ¹/₂ teaspoon
  
  cumin
  
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  ¹/₄ cup
  
  cilantro
  
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  1 tablespoon
  
  butter or oil
  
• 
  1 tablespoon
  
  olive oil
  

• dollop of greek yogurt or creme fraiche
  

• lime wedge