Winter Minestrone

 I have never met a vegetable that I did not like.  My husband on the other hand seems to have a running feud with quite a number of different vegetables.  A kind of family feud where no one can remember the how, or why or when it started.  So when I announced that the first soup  I was going to make was a minestrone, his face fell.  "You're going to make some cream soups too, right?".  I am sure I will.
   Since my sister and brother-in- law sent me a recipe I decided to follow it as best I could.  Ditalini pasta was no where to be found, so I substituted orzo which was cooked separately and added to the soup towards the end.  I don't usually consider zucchini a winter vegetable, but I decided to go with the flow and include it anyways.  I did not use canned beans but beans that I soaked and cooked that I happen to have on hand.

Resolutions for the new year

Resolutions were made as the new year approached. Forget about the 'I want to lose ten pounds, exercise more, sleep more...blah, blah blah'. This will be the year to eat more soup and have more fun. I am not sure how the 'have more fun' will play out, but 'eat more soup', how difficult can that be?

Making soup has always been a stress buster for me; the rhythm of the chopping, the sound of sizzling, the aromatherapy of a steaming pot on the stove. I need soup. Soup is not usually made to fill an immediate hunger. It's for later in the day or even tomorrow. My resolution was to make one soup a week. In the month of January, I made six different soups.
In December my sister and brother-in-law, both fellow soup lovers sent me a recipe for Winter Minestrone. That recipe was the bug in my ear, the kick to my backside, the starting point to make good my resolutions.