Homemade Soup!

Soup!  How can you go wrong with a wonderful homemade soup?  From the least bit of ingredients can come some of the most delicious soups.  MUCH tastier, not to mention healthier, than the canned or boxed varieties in the grocery store.  It can be a "fast food" soup, thrown together and simmered in only a few mintues ... or, the long-simmered kind, with the great aroma drifting throughout the house all afternoon.  Mmmmmmmmm.........

The soup in the photo here was our supper tonight.  We'd had a church picnic, after services today.  One thing I took was a roasted chicken, the meat cut off of the bones.  When we returned in the afternoon I put the chicken carcass that I'd saved in the fridge into a pan of water, letting it simmer a couple of hours, while doing other things.  The freshly-making chicken broth smelled great.  Finally, I lifted out the bones to cool enough to pull the bits and pieces of meat off ... added the meat to the broth ... salt and pepper to taste ... a tomato from the garden, peeled and chopped ... a couple of okra pods straight from the garden, sliced in thin pieces ... a bit of garlic ... a little white wine ... a handful of chopped basil from the garden ... let it simmer a little longer - then, just before serving, added a bit of REAL cream.  Yum!  My husband and I both enjoyed a bowl-full.  So good.

Great-tasting homemade food can take time - or not.  Like soup.  Give it a long, slow simmer over the afternoon, or overnight in the slow cooker ... or, use ingredients that can be cooked quickly and enjoyed in just a few minutes.  Believe  me, it's worth the effort.  :)