Heya everybody ^.^

 Ghosty writing.
And I am sure you want some vegetables. No? Yes, you do! ò.ó
Yeah, see? XD
Okay, just joking, but here's some nice vegetable stew for you.
Fresh, tasty, not very expensive and everything homemade. And you can prepare large batches of it and then freeze the stew. Good to bridge the time to the end of a month if money runs short.

Ingredients:

For the broth:
2 packs of soup greens (carrots, leek, celery, parsley root, parsnip)
1 red onion
2-3 garlic cloves
Chestnut mushrooms
Red bell pepper
Thyme, parsley, sage, rosemary, caraway seeds, 1-2 bay leaf
Salt, pepper, spices to your taste

For the stew:
Just use any vegetables you like. You can also use frozen vegetables, if you like, although I prefer fresh ones.
For my stew I used:
Red Bell pepper
Green beans
Broccoli florets
Zucchini
Celery
Parsnip
Carrot
Chestnut mushrooms
More parsley
Stellini noodles (Little star noodles. Or any other noodles usable for soups)


Preparation:
Clean, peel and cut your soup greens into big chunks. Do the same for bell pepper, onion, garlic and mushrooms.
Put everything into a large pot, pour in cold, unsalted water, turn on the heat and let it simmer for about 2 hours. That way you can extract the maximum of taste from your vegetables.

During that time, prepare the rest of your vegetables. Clean and peel them when necessary, then cut them into decorative pieces. Not too small, not to big.

Pour off the broth through a fine sieve, then throw away the cooked out vegetables.
They're mushy and pretty tasteless by now. If you prefer, you can filter you broth through a paper towel to remove turbidity.
Season your broth with salt, pepper and spices to your taste. Add some water to the broth if you like, it should have more than enough taste.
Put the broth back on the stove, turn up the heat again, add you fresh vegetables to the pot and let them simmer until they reach the desired softness. Start with the hardest veggies with the longest cooking time, then work your way up to the softest.
You can either add your noodles to the stew at some time and cook them in the broth or you can cook them separately and add them later.
Add some fresh herbs, plate on a soup plater and enjoy :)