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Leek Potato and Apple Soup: AI Harvest Meal Plan (Recipe #2)

Five ingredients to make one suspiciously cozy soup recipe generated from an AI Harvest Meal Plan. Autumn win, or a cautionary tale? Let’s find out.

Leek Potato and Apple Soup: EP#49

Started by gathering these…⬇️

Ingredients

1 leek, trimmed and chopped
1 apple, cored peeled and chopped
3 large potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
3 cups vegetable broth
½ cup coconut milk
1 sprig of fresh thyme (optional-ish,→ haven’t made this soup without it )

Thoughts Before I Started Cooking:

What No Herbs?: Had fresh thyme in the fridge. Decided to include a sprig in the recipe (to take this to 5-ish ingredients).
Biggest Doubt? Whether to follow the AI advice → “finish soup with the coconut milk leftover from the first meal (EP #48).“

Despite my doubts I decided to go for it…⬇️

Steps

Melt a tablespoon of butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add leeks. Season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir until leeks soften, about a 2 minutes. Add apples, potatoes, and vegetable broth. If you have a sprig of fresh thyme, toss it in the pot and stir into the mix. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Remove sprig of thyme from pot. Blend soup until smooth. Stir in coconut milk (spoiler alert: you’ll be happy you did). Season again (if you like) to taste. Serve with fresh thyme leaves on top.

Thoughts After Tasting:

“Damn That’s Good!” → Wondered if my wife and kids would like it as well.
Wife and Kids Tasted It → then asked how I made it (that’s when you know it’s good.)
The Secret Ingredient → I cheated and tasted this before adding the coconut milk. It tastes much better, and has a smoother texture, with the coconut milk.
What About the Thyme? → One sprig of fresh thyme did the trick. If I were use dried thyme I’d only add about a ¼ teaspoon.
Will I Make Again? → Oh yeah…this soup’s a winner!