Somebody GOT a Haircut!!

Is this the same little boy?  I'm just sayin'.....

The Soup

Saturday, as I got back into my routine here at home, I decided to make "The Soup", an ever-changing concoction of vegetables, broth and love. 

 I made a big pot of it yesterday for two reasons. One, to use up the remaining food in my house in advance of grocery shopping.  And two, to help detoxify me from some less-than-organic and pescaterian vacation food.  (can you say "poutine"?)

I've been making this for several years now, and I find it delicious.  This time the soup contained 11 vegetables: celery, garlic, shallots, chick peas, kidney beans, black beans, tomatoes, frozen peas, frozen corn and frozen artichoke hearts.  Plus the one ingredient that "the soup" must contain; fresh rosemary.  

Fortunately we live in the Pacific Northwest, where rosemary grows abundantly in yards.  I just walk 2 houses to the west, pluck a few sprigs, wash them well, and chop up the leaves, stripped from the woody stalk.

I don't know what it is, but I instantly feel nourished after a bowl of "the soup".   A little salt, a little pepper and some grated parmesan cheese on top and voila!  The Soup is ready.  

Of course, I've made enough to serve 12.  So, expect to see little plastic bowls of "the soup" all week, when it's lunchtime.

Unless you want to come over and help me eat it......