Carrot Celery Apple Soup to Soothe the Soul

The sky has been falling. Henny Penny aka Chicken Little called it, along with Cocky Locky, Goose Loosey, Turkey Lurkey and Ducky Lucky. And then, just in the knick of time, something big transpired to soothe our collective souls. Someone eliminated Foxy Loxy.

Here’s a little Carrot Celery Apple Soup recipe to help you continue healing and soothe your soul.

Carrot Celery Apple Soup

• 2 lbs carrots, diced
• 3 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 onion or 2 dry shallots, diced
• 5 c broth
• 1 1/2 apples, diced
• 1/4 c tomato sauce, or 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 t dried oregano
• freshly ground pepper and sea salt

Garnish

• 1/2 apple, thinly sliced
• 1/2 t butter
• celery leaves, chopped

In a large pot, combine carrots, celery, onion and broth. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add diced apples, tomato sauce and oregano and simmer for 20 minutes. Use a Vitamix or blender to purée soup. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

In a small pan, melt the butter and gently heat apple slices, cooking on low heat, flipping occasionally until tender.

Serve soup garnished with apple slices and celery leaves. A nice crusty bread completes the soul soothing. Serves 6.

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Final notes:

• Carrot Celery Apple Soup was inspired by Good Food Made Simple: Soup. Their recipe had the thinly sliced apple garnish cooked in lemon juice which was too tart for my taste.
• Here are 8 simple ways to sooth your soul.
• Here are 6 soul soothing songs.
• Books can be soul soothing too.
• No one appreciates comforting movies more than me.
• Watch the Chicken Little Story come to life:
  

• Disney’s 1943 version, made at the behest of the USA government, warns us to be wary of propaganda, in that era from the Nazi party.

• Last, but not least, the HBO Family Happily Ever After Fairy Tale Henny Penny features the voices of Sharon Stone as Henny Penny, Patricia Welch as the singing voice for Henny Penny, Henry Kissinger as Ducky Daddles, Mary Hart as Lucy Goosey, Jesse Jackson as Cocky Locky, Johnnie Cochran as Foxy Woxy, Alan M. Dershowitz as Turkey Lurkey, Geraldine A. Ferraro as Merle, Rudolph W. Giuliani as Earl, and John McLoughlin as Wooster Rooster.
• Check out all these other  HBO Happily Ever After Fairy Tales for Every Child.