Swinging on Birches

Ok.  If you're looking for a soup where you read the name and it sounds lovely and inviting, this isn't it. And, if you're looking for a soup that isn't a serious color of green when it's ready, this probably isn't the one you want, either. However, it's serious goodness in a bowl. Honestly.  Mr. Meat-eater loved it and so did picky young man. They ate it for dinner last night. And lunch today. And for dinner again. For me, any meal that's a hit for several meals in a row is a keeper.  We will  be making this again. I love that it's heavy enough to warm us up on snowy days like this one, but the flavor is light and fresh enough, I could see us making this in the spring, too. Here is the recipe (and like any good, experienced blogger, I took absolutely NO pictures...sigh...)  A friend passed it on to me after I was oohing and aahing over eating it at her house.  I couldn't find anything like it online, and that is too bad because