Soup is On

With the cold weather here and threatening the accompanying snow, it's time to think about soup as a warm up food, but it's also time to think about soup as a nutritious body building food. Soup is more nutritious than other foods because the liquid is not thrown away.

Here's a news flash: canned soup is not considered enough of a food to serve children in a child care facility. It does not have enough nutrients in it to be called a food! Mostly it's salt water.

Here's another flash: homemade soup does not take five days to make. I made pork-venison potato soup for lunch and it took five minutes and it was delicious.

Making soup is simple. Follow some easy directions:

1. Pull a two quart sauce pan out of the closet.

2. Fill said sauce pan with 1 quart water.

3. Add 2 tablespoons either chicken or beef bouillon.

4. Add left overs from refrigerator. I've even added cut up pizza to some soup and it's good. Spaghetti makes a wonderful soup, so does pot pie and left over salad.

5. Thicken if necessary with a quick 1/2 cup of equal amounts of water and cornstarch or water and flour.

5. Simmer one minute and serve with shredded cheese or Parmesan cheese.

Making soup is a real adventure in taste, and really good for you.