What do you do with leeks?

Patching 'em up the best I can until the plumber comes.

Oh, you mean the food.................

Potato & leek soup is pretty good, so I've heard.

Soup! I'll usually throw in carrots and cauliflower.

I just made a quiche with leeks, mushrooms and gruyere cheese and it was soooo good!

I chopped the Leeks -slice the stalk in half lengthwise and slice all of the white and 3/4 way up the green (the pieces will be half moon shaped) toss all of the chopped leeks into a bowl of water and stir them with your hand. Leeks are very sandy and this will clean them.

Scoop them out onto a clean towel and pat dry. Sauté them with butter and a little olive oil and pepper, make your quiche using a favorite basic recipe and add the leeks, cooked mushrooms and cheese.

They are really good in potato leeky soup.
I just bought some for a baked chicken & leek dish from a magazine. haven't tried it yet though.

Another very easy thing I use leeks in:

Thinly slice ice some potatoes and layer in a baking dish.
Thinly slice leeks (white part, include the green if it is tender) and layer over the potato.
Place chicken meat on top (I use boneless, skinless thighs, you could use breast meat cut up a bit.
Pour a can of mushroom or chicken soup over the top.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs if you want to (I don't usually)
Bake in a moderate oven about 45 mins until everything is cooked.

I had a look at the recipe (it looks great!), but what jumped out at me was the picture of the leeks.
is that what your leeks look like in USA? Hardly any white bit at the bottom?

Ours are mostly white, and only the tough leaves at the top are green:

Chop up some bacon and cook in a pan, you may need a little bit of butter.
When almost cooked drain, if too much liquid, then add the leeks .
Stir until leeks cooked. Season to taste. I usually add lots of freshly ground pepper, but no salt as I find the bacon adds enough salt.
We eat it as a vegetable dish.

I also make quiche with leeks. The filling is bacon pieces (bake and drain), seasoned ground beef, and chopped up leeks. Bake everything and drain thoroughly. Mix with 4 eggs and 250ml cream, put it in the pastry and use grated cheese on top. Really good!

How much of a leek is white depends on how much of it is buried in soil while growing. To optimize the white part of the stalk the grower needs to bank soil around the stalk and re-do that as the plant grows.  The ones I get at the market look like the ones in your picture.  My guess is pioneer woman either grows hers in her garden or she buys them from a local grower.  Not only where they pretty green along the stalk they were smaller in diameter than what I find in the market. 

Pioneer woman also has a recipe for potato and leek pizza tht is super delicious!!

Vichyssoise. Alton Brown's recipe is amazing. He adds buttermilk and it adds a lovely flavor to the soup. This soup is most often served cold, so it's perfect for summer. (My children think cold soup is stupid so they warm theirs up to eat it. LOL!)

I also do a cream of chicken with leeks soup that's lovely. I season it with fresh thyme.

The quiche sounds really good though. I may have to get my hands on some leeks soon.

I use them to make an alternative or gourmet vegi dip. Saute with butter and garlic until they are soft. Put them in a food processor with chicken stock and cream. The amounts vary but you want to end up with a fairly thick mixture. Salt and pepper. And serve. The taste intensifies if it's been refrigerated for a couple hours. Its great with all vegis and even chips. Sort of a substitute for french onion dip. It will be green but for a really gourmet touch, you can add saffron while cooking the leeks and then it will turn a pretty yellow color.