Celeriac is a root vegetable which tastes like mild celery. It can be used in many different ways,grated or chopped raw as a salad and it is really good in soup. In this soup I have used it with the herb thyme as I love this combination, but it would be good with cumin too.  On this occasion I used dried thyme but if you have fresh it would be lovely. You will need the following 1 medium Onion diced 1 tablespoon Olive oil 4 Carrots diced 1 Celeriac (about a 1lb or 1/2kg  in weight) diced 1 medium potato diced 3 Bay leaves 1 teaspoon of  dried thyme 1 teaspoon of verdurette or 1 stock cube 1 litre or 2 pints water Salt and Pepper to taste (be aware that there is salt in the stock cube and the verdurette) Grated cheese … Read entire article »