If This Soup Could Talk

The Gardener wishes we had an old cast iron pot of soup simmering night and day on the stove. We almost do, but not quite,--we make soup so much in this house. Sometimes, when we've eaten the same soup several times, with additions of left overs, we laugh about if the soup could only talk and tell us what all was in it. If you stretched your imagination even further, you could hear the distant echoes of happy or somber conversations over the meals that the left overs started from. That may be a little far fetched, but .....

Recipe for "Talking Soup"


(All ingredients are optional except a broth base)


Chicken or beef broth and or a can or pkg of soup
Leftovers from dinner last night
Can of beans, any type will do
Pasta--small is best
Spinach leaves makes it pretty
Can of diced tomatoes always makes it good


Take soup leftovers the next day and repeat above to make it enough for your soup meal.  Often need to add a cup or two of broth.


If you keep adding to your soup, you definitely need to cut it off before a week is up, as some of the original may be a week old by then!


Great with crackers, hummus, cheese and especially, freshly baked bread!


We've gotten into a tradition of having a family soup party over the holidays, often on Christmas Eve.  What is really fun it to have friends bring several soups, in crock pots, with recipes.  Some great soup tasting takes place, along with recipe gathering.