Hearty Winter Vegetable Stew

Ingredients

• olive oil
  2 tbsp
• shallots

  peeled and halved
  4 to 6 small
• baby carrots
  8 oz
• small new potatoes

  well scrubbed and cut in half if larger than 1½ inches
  1 lb
• turnips or 1 small rutabaga

  peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
  2 unit
• garlic

  crushed
  2 cloves
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  1 unit
• vegetable stock
  1½ cups
• dry red or white wine
  ¼ cup
• tamari soy sauce
  1 tbsp
• dried thyme

  sage, or savory, or a mix of all three
  1½ tsp