Vegetable Chowder

Ingredients:

• 1 turnip
• 1 head of broccoli
• 1 small onion
• 1 carrot (optional)
• 1/2 head cauliflower
• 4 cups unsweetened ‘milk’
• 2 stick ‘butter’
• 1/4 cup cassava flour
• 1/4 tsp white pepper, optional
• salt to taste

Method:

• Wash and dice turnip. (Peel, if desired.)
• Dice onion.
• Cut broccoli and cauliflower into bite-sized pieces.
• Slice carrot, if using.
• Preheat sauce pan on gas mark 7 or med-high heat for 2 minutes.
• Add butter to pan, allowing to melt.
• Add pepper, if using.
• Add onion to butter to caramelize, about five minutes.
• Add unsweetened milk, stirring to deglaze the bottom of the pan.
• Add cassava flour and stir vigorously until combined.
• Add turnip, cauliflower, broccoli, and carrot.
• Bring to a boil and reduce to gas mark 5 or medium heat, simmering for 45 minutes or until turnip pieces are tender.
• Add salt at serving time.

Serves: 4