Let me introduce you to my new Friend – Autumn in a Pot.

We start with olive oil and garlic in the bottom of a beautiful blue pot. (I don’t think I see anything in this one. Do you?)

2 large onions, chopped. And add them to the pot.

2 big turnips. I chopped them up and added them to the pot too.

Grab your assistant and put him to work. Today he’s just shredding an organic rotisserie chicken. He won’t complain too much.

3 apples. Chop them up nicely – peel and all – and throw them in the pot.

4 cans of cannelini beans and about 6 cups of chicken broth. Add to the pot along with the chicken that the assistant shredded.

Since I don’t believe in thickening stuff, I use a masher. Transfer a few ladles of the soup to a bowl with a lip. And smash.

So this is the soup pre-mashed addition…

and in goes the mash.

Spice time! A palmful of cumin

about the same smoked paprika

and some white pepper. and salt.

it looked kinda dry after the mash, and I was out of chicken broth. So I added some of what I was drinking.

tah-dah!

i shredded some gouda…

and it was time to eat!

I love Autumn in a Pot! I think you will too!