So I grabbed some veggies, through them in a pot for several hours with some water and then sampled the product. Guess what. It tasted like vegetable water. A few more cooked vegetables, pasta, and several dashes, pinches, and doses of a variety of spices (and a desperate splash of chicken stock) later, and I thought it at least edible and was on my way to church. A few hours later, I asked Steve how it was, scared of what he would say. Can I tell you how gracious my husband is? He just replied, "It was sweet of you to make it..."
I have to say, it wasn't bad as far as vegetable soup goes. It just wasn't... good. I think the problem was that, as Steve said, there just wasn't any meat. I am afraid neither of us will ever make very good vegetarians!
But it was pretty (and almost as colorful as the fun new place mats I recently got!). And of course, the biggest pot of soup I have ever made. Ugh. Today we are celebrating Steve having finished it off for lunch earlier more than a week later! (Why does good soup go so fast and not-as-good soup last for-ev-er?!)
It does look beautiful... and so do those place mats! Thanks for sharing - even if it wasn't worth making again!
ReplyDeleteDo it again, but with bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces (any pieces). Cover with water and you get a killer chicken soup! Just take the chicken out at the end and shred up the meat (and put back in). If you want rice or pasta in, just throw it in (uncooked) near the end (so it ends up being in there however long it needs to cook). I use salt, pepper, thyme, and bay leaves for the seasoning. Not that you're going to be wanting to make too much soup now that it's getting so nice out =)
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