Zupa de Plaintains Delicioso

Here's my Facebook update from my plantain soup which was inspired by The Cooking Channel's "Simply Delicioso"--one of my favorite food shows hosted by a lovely Latino woman with the unlikely name of Ingrid Hoffmann.

The Plantain soup is to DIE FOR: Saute sliced plantains, garlic, fresh basil, salt, pepper, celery, carrots, and onions in the base of a stock pot. Then add in three cartons of organic vegetable broth, bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Then ladle soup (a blender pitcher's worth) into the blender pitcher, blend it, add it back into the stock pot, and simmer for another 30 minutes or so. Yum.

My friend, Laurie, who is not shy about added salt when needed or saying, "Ya, not my cup of tea," LOVED this one and took home a tupperware container.