Celery soup a la Martha Stewart

I had a celery stalk sitting in my refrigerator since last week's farmer's market haul, so I decided to get on it and use it! I looked up celery soup on google, and Martha's recipe was the first one that came up: Martha's Creamy Celery Soup

There were some comments on her site saying people added vegetable stock instead of water and the addition of bacon to add flavor. Unfortunately, I forgot to pick up some vegetable stock while at Sprouts. I think if you just use less water, it would have been less bland as well. I also happened to use sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes since they're healthy for you.

So, overall, the soup came out as 'good,' but could be better. I would use less water next time, but it was tasty!

All the celery, sweet potato, and onions simmering away

the soup after it got pureed in the vitamix!

the final product with a generous dose of black pepper

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