My favorite meals evolve out of what I find in the refrigerator and freezer. My aim in life is to avoid trips to the grocery because I always come home with more than i went to purchase. My husband’s only problem with this kind of cooking is that I can never replicate any particularly good meals . . . ever, again!
This evening, I had too many vegetables that needed using along with a small chunk of soup meat. The vegetable drawer in the refrigerator now has more room, the little bit of meat found a home, and a pot of bubbling soup is cooking on the stove. Did I make pasta or rice to go with it? Nope! I had leftover Spanish rice from yesterday’s meal to use for that.
The nice think about soup is that you can’t really make a mistake. You just add things that sound good until it smells good, and a spoonful to test is tasty. Kind of like the first time one jumps off the high dive. You don’t think it will work but then you find yourself doing it over and over again as it is fun . . . and a great way to provide a budget meal that doesn’t taste like one.
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