roasted garlic and potato soup

We love living in Calgary.  It's a great city that is about an hour's drive from Banff.  The beautiful Rocky Mountains is literally in our backyard.  The town of Canmore, which is just outside of Banff, is a great spot to hang out in.  We have a couple of friends we like going to Canmore with, particularly when we go to Crazyweed, this cool little restaurant that has the most interesting and delicious food and drink.  The first time we went, the bartender made us a Thai Basil martini that made us beg for more, and more, and more...we still talk about that evening, to this day.\

Last November, we were coming back from a fundraiser in Banff, and stopped in for lunch at Crazyweed.  No martinis for us that day, but the soup de jour, a roasted garlic and potato soup - great vegan soup and also gluten free inspired me to try this at home.  


It was so easy to make...I roasted garlic and yukon gold potatos in the oven. Then threw it into a pot of boiling water, added onion, celery until some of the water evaporated. Then I pureed everything together, put back into pot, added salt, pepper, garlic salt, nutritional yeast (for color and flavor) and a little cumin and let it simmer a bit to mix in all the flavor. Once it was ready to serve, it was ladled into a bowl, drizzled with a little truffle oil (if you like), garnished with cilantro and voila! Yummy, roasted garlic and potato soup...