The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

onions are tender, thicken slightly with flour, rub through colander, add salt and a little browned flour, more water if necessary, and chopped parsley. May cook raw nut butter with onion instead of using dairy butter. =Split Peas and Onion Soup= Split peas, water, salt, raw nut butter and onion, a little tomato sometimes. Cook all ingredients together until peas and onion are tender. Strain or not as preferred. =Potato Soup with Onion or Celery= Simmer chopped onion in oil or butter, add boiling water, potatoes cut in small pieces, and salt. Cook until potatoes are tender, add water to make of the right consistency, salt, and chopped parsley. Serve with shelled nuts and croutons. Finely-sliced celery may be cooked with the potatoes, and onions omitted. =Vegetable Soup No. 1= 1 cup each carrot, turnip and parsnip in small pieces 2 cups each onion and celery 2 tablespns. raw nut butter 2 qts. boiling water salt ½ cup rice Cook all except rice for ½ hour, add rice and cook until it is tender; add 1 tablespn. parsley, more salt and water if necessary. =Vegetable Soup No. 2= Equal quantities carrot and turnip in small pieces, twice as much onion and celery, with raw nut butter and water. Cook until vegetables are tender; add salt and necessary water. In their season, asparagus, peas, and string beans may be added. =Vegetable Soup No. 3= Simmer sliced onions, celery or carrots and cabbage in water, with raw nut butter, until tender. Add browned flour, salt and necessary water; heat. Mashed legumes may be used in place of nut butter in these vegetable soups. Or they may be made into cream soups by using milk instead of nut butter and water, with or without thickening. Chopped parsley may be used in any of them. =Tomato Soup= 1 tablespn. oil or butter 2 tablespns. flour 1 teaspn. salt 1 pt. boiling water 1 qt. stewed tomatoes Add flour to melted butter in saucepan, pour boiling water over, stirring, add tomatoes and salt. Boil up well. Chopped onion may be simmered in the oil before