Another COLD & WINDY day in the 20's F.
Very unseasonably cold all this week, and going down to 15F tonight.

It was too cold to bike today, but DH and I did the one mile walk to breakfast and back this morning. (nothing much keeps us from our weekend town breakfasts).

I got a few local organic veggies from the farmer's market yesterday, so I made a vegetable soup this afternoon in between the batches of apple butter I am making.

First I browned a large chopped onion and 3 sliced garlic cloves in a big soup pot in 2T of olive oil. Then added:
8 cups water
4 chicken bouillion cubes
black pepper
and the following roughly chopped or cubed veggies:
1 large sweet potato
4 large leaves bok choy
3 carrots
2 cups red cabbage
3 beets
and 1 can small pink beans, drained

then I just simmered it for about 2 hours. It's very good! And it's a beautiful rich golden pink broth because of the beets!