I made some homemade vegetable soup. I'll be having this for the week for dinner.

*Beef Base (large spoon full)
*Crushed Tomatoes (large can)
*zucchini (1)
*barley (1/4 box)
*wheat noodles (about 2 cups)
*rice (about half a cup)
*celery (one head)
*onion (half an onion)
*carrots (small package)
*cabbage (about 1/4)
*salt (about 1 teaspoon)

Take a large soup pot and fill it 3/4 with water. Take the beef baste, salt, some red pepper flakes, and crushed tomatoe paste and whisk it into the soup mixture. Clean and chop the vegetables and place all the remaining ingredients into the pot.

Boil for 2 hrs on medium-low, stirring occasionally so stuff does not stick to the bottom

• celery


• a bit of onion


• carrots


• barley


• diced tomatoes


• potatoes


• green beans


• a dash of red pepper


• salt


• beef base

it's going to be great. it was fun to make!

I'm cleaning and taking time to cut and slice my vegetables I bought from Jewel. I plan on making an omlette tomorrow morning, trying. I bought a new caphalon omlette pan that's non-stick. I could also make crepes, but I'm not a crepe person. I learned a technique for making omletes that I'd like to practice. I'll be cutting up some fresh green and red pepers for it. I also bought homemade pizza crust kit. I'll be making my own dough, spreading the sauce, and placing fresh peppers and mozzerella cheese on top. Then I've got the recipe for Italian Wedding soup. I chopped fresh parsley for the seasoning. I have a large package of chicken broth and a large soup pot. I'll make the delicious meatballs, add the carrots, and add some parsely to the chicken broth soup. It will be as good as the soup we made a few weeks ago.Then I plan on making homemade italian sauce with a touch of red pepper flakes. I've got a fresh baguette from Jewel. I'll cut that up, add some olive oil, toast the bread, and make the brusettea mix (without onions). That is delicious. I should probably set-up a dinner party because it is hard to only cook for myself. I don't have cute soup bowels though.. I'll probably have lots of leftovers. I'm looking forward to cooking the soup. Any of my friends would like to join me for a dinner party. It may be fun to come and even help me cook.