I Made Soup Again Today

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This is soup weather. So I made a large crockpot full of vegetable beef soup. More vegetables than beef. I probably have at least four quarts in this pot. I didn't use a recipe. I just dumped. I used about five carrots, two stalks of celery, about a cup of dried mushrooms, a cup of dried cooked lentils, a large onion, about five cloves of garlic, a handful of chopped fresh parsley, about a fourth cup of henbit (an edible weed), some thyme, some oregano, some salt, about two cups of frozen green beans, about half a cup of cooked ground beef crumbled, a can of diced tomatoes, and two quarts of organic beef broth. I have discovered it's as expensive to buy beef bones as to buy the broth already made. The soup is done, but I'll probably let it sit for a few more hours on low to develop more flavor. Then I'll put part in the fridge and freeze part in individual size containers. I'm trying to make sure I have some prepared meals, especially soups, in the freezer for those days I don't have time to cook and want something hot and nutritious. Soup is especially important in case one of both of us gets sick and I don't feel up to cooking. Tomorrow I'll have a salad for lunch, and maybe a cup of soup with it. What is your favorite soup? Do you make it or buy it? Do you ever freeze meals in individual portions in case you need a quick meal? I like having my own frozen foods to heat up that I know are good for me. I now have some baked beans, chicken soup, and vegetable beef soup in the freezer. I also will have about half this batch of soup and a couple more portions of beans in the fridge. In addition I have Hubby's ground beef patties and brown rice cooked for the week. I hope I can concentrate on writing tomorrow instead of cooking.