4 leeks and a turnip...........

septemberblues

A few days ago I got 4 leeks, a small turnip and rather a large amount of carrots, all reduced prices. I think I got carried away, I don't even know how to cook leeks or turnips

What can I use these for please? and my carrots are getting all soft and manky looking, can I freeze carrots? And any recipes please for using them up - but I don't like lentil and carrot soup anymore.................... I have a couple of small shrivelled potatoes as well, and some rather old looking sweet potatoes........................help!

Little_Vics

I'd chop them all up, shove them in the oven and roast them for a while. Not a fan of turnip though, I must say!

Sally_A

Soup was my first thought - you don't have to add lentils.

If you can get some more potatoes it would make a tasty savoury mash. Just make sure you give the turnips a bit longer, or cut them smaller than the potatoes, then add carrots, followed by the leeks, and maybe a gert dollop of butter to help bind it together.

shandypants5

septemberblues wrote: »

A few days ago I got 4 leeks, a small turnip and rather a large amount of carrots, all reduced prices. I think I got carried away, I don't even know how to cook leeks or turnips

What can I use these for please? and my carrots are getting all soft and manky looking, can I freeze carrots? And any recipes please for using them up - but I don't like lentil and carrot soup anymore.................... I have a couple of small shrivelled potatoes as well, and some rather old looking sweet potatoes........................help!

Sounds like the start of a good stew or casserole to me... Yum!

septemberblues

Sally_A wrote: »

Soup was my first thought - you don't have to add lentils.

If you can get some more potatoes it would make a tasty savoury mash. Just make sure you give the turnips a bit longer, or cut them smaller than the potatoes, then add carrots, followed by the leeks, and maybe a gert dollop of butter to help bind it together.

Do you mean to boil all the veg together? Wouldn't the leek kind of die this way? But then, I suppose if it's mash then it wouldn't matter! It sounds scrummy.

I have a slow cooker, do you think I could slow cook the veggies, or is it a waste of time? I'm thinking of a thick soup.

Rikki

Sweet potato soup is lovely.
Four carrots to one sweet potato. You could use a leek instead of and onion., with one chicken stock cube to 1/2 pint of water.
Fry off the finely chopped leek in a little oil, add diced carrots, sweet potato and 1/2 pint of chicken stock. Simmer till soft then liquidize and season to taste when serving.

Sally_A

Leek would be the last to add, as it will be quickest to break down. If you boil it for too long it will taint the flavour.

Lo-Lo

Also, if you have spices to hand, make a veg curry out of them. Just searched for this as an example - you could use all your veg in this sort of curry. http://www.natco-online.com/acatalog/LeekPotatoRecipe2.html

adelight

spicy sweet potato & carrot soup? boil just covered in stock, blend, add spices(cumin, chili anything!).
chunky leek & potato soup? throw in the carrots too.

or use a peeler on 3 big carrots to get "ribbons", mix in 3tbsp salad cream/mayo/yoghurt + tsp mustard + 1/2 lemon juice and it makes a lovely salad or sandwich filler like coleslaw. you can leave it in the fridge for a few days and the flavour in the carrots just gets better.

[Deleted User]

yup I would make either a thick veggie soup which would be lovely with some crusty bread for lunch or as a basis for a hearty cheap stew.Especially if you can find some lamb bones from the butcher with meat on

septemberblues

Wow, thanks for the recipes and suggestions, my four leeks and a turnip (plus a ridiculous amount of carrots) seem good things to have! I will try all the recipes later, I'm gonna have a leek fest