Celery Root and Rice!!!

Ingredients:

1 fresh celery root

3 carrots – chopped

1 healthy handful of Italian parsley – chopped

1 red onion - chopped

4 cups chicken broth

1 Jalapeño – chopped

1 bell pepper – chopped

7 whole cloves

29 oz. can of Cannellini beans - drained

1 lb. of bacon

Olive oil – for drizzling

1 cup rice – uncooked

Clean outside of celery root and cut off end pieces. Place in pot covered with water and tablespoon of salt. Simmer for 40- 45 minutes.

Remove from water cut off outer skin and then dice.

Heat a soup pot with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the chopped celery root, carrots, onion, Jalapeño and bell pepper. Simmer for a few minutes. Add the chicken broth, cloves and Italian parsley. Simmer on low while preparing the bacon and rice. Before serving this dish, pick out the 7 cloves.

Add the cannellini beans to the broth before serving.

Serve over rice topped with the crispy bacon.

This is a very comforting dish to serve in this chilly weather.

With Love,

Catherine

xo