What to do when your husband brings home 10 heads of romaine [View all]

for your household if two. Lettuce soup, of course!

I've made it before when I've grown my own lettuce and usually in the style of potato leak but becuase we just had potato leak, I decided to make a spicy Spanish style broth (onion, lots of pre-roasted garlic, onions sautéed with smoked paprika, tumeric and a dash of cayenne, sun dried and fresh tomatoes).

While the broth was simmering, I toasted up some vermicelli, and shredded the lettuce. Added black beans to the broth, then added the vermicelli, cooked for about 3 minutes, added the lettuce and cooked till the pasta was done. About 3 more minutes.

Ladled it up and added a dollop of homemade pesto (we always have a few rolls in the freezer-we just cut off a chunk and add it to soups, etc), a sprinkling of za'atar, and serve with a crusty bread.

It was one of the best soups I've made.