🔑
take your biggest pan
make a couple stock cubes worth of chicken stock or vegetable stock or whatever misc jumble of stock cubes you have in the cupboard
the only thing you REALLY need is an onion, a can of tomatoes and stock cubes. dice your onions and think about how you got here
scour the fridge and the cupboards. anything boil-able is jumble soup-able. cabbage, carrot, broccoli, corn. I've used old stir fry bag mix
whatever is in there!!! take it out
fry your onions (one time I added sliced three day old bacon with the onions and it was yum). add your stock. add your veggies. boil, boil, boil bubble just guess how long it'll take.
add some instant noodles maybe? maybe a handful of pasta? how hungry are you? probably Very as per usual
boil boil boil
add canned toms
add ANY seasonings I mean any. paprika and chilli and left over fajita mix usually does it for me
jumble soup! all the bits you didn't want before made warm and yummy
Dec 21, 2024
Related Recs
🍲
You have things that are wilting, crying out to be used. I had a slightly soft turnip, carrot, bendy celery, and scallions that we’re getting a wee bit slimy.
Brown the vegetables that can handle it (the root vegetables—don’t put your alliums 🧅 yet)
Then add the softer stuff, celery, onion, leek, whateva.
Big bomb of garlic and Rosemary, if you have it.
At this point I add a base that I use for a lot of soups and such which is tomato paste and miso (bc I never have stock on me). And whatever spices you think go. Paprika and cumin.
Can of chickpeas. Mash like 1/3 of them for thicker soup base.
If you have a hardy green like kale, chop it up, toss it in. if your greens are not Hardy, add later.
Some tomatoes, canned peeled. (TIP: do NOT add the sauce from these canned tomatoes, save it for later or something, it’d simply too powerful and will cover up the tastes.)
Water — enough that some will evaporate and you’ll still have enough soup in the pot. and salt, a good amount bc vegetable soup needs it and if you’re like me haven’t used stock..
Let boil, then simmer Like 20 mins. Taste. MAJOR: apple cider vinegar and W sauce puts this shit over the edge !! You can toss in some pasta like ditalini if you want. Grown up alphabet soup. I actually do not cook the pasta in the soup bc it fucks up the water levels, make on the side and then add imo.
Ok enjoy :-)
Mar 5, 2024
🥘
Veggies going bad? Make a stock. It can be unfinished ingredients-wise. Cover whatever in water. Boil it do death. Strain It. Freeze it. Revisit it. Add more veggies, garlic, ginger to fortify it and mushrooms!!! Then season it with whatever. I like soy sauce and sesame oil. Use miso if you want. Whatever. freeze it for later, add some noodles or frozen dumplings, or just sip it! Yay!
Mar 11, 2024
🍲
The power is in your hands. It’s been there all along. You choose the base. You choose the veggies , the protein , the herbs . Will you add egg noodles? Will you add wild rice ? Potatoes maybe ? It’s really yours to decide. Live off of that for the next few days. Might not be perfect this time around and that’s ok. Record your recipe and refine later on.
Feb 18, 2024
Top Recs from @aeriecherry
💤
oh you need someone to cover? that sucks, good luck!! xxx
Jan 22, 2025
🌅
today I had a spinach and pepper omelette with loads of cheese and franks red hot and coffee with CREAM
elaborate breakfasts are the best number one because they make you happy first thing and they remind you to be grateful for the time you have in the morning. this is the first weekend I have off work for like two months I'm so happy
:) <3
Dec 22, 2024
not a very original answer but it happened this year and it makes my inner child go CRAZY. bright light reflected off the snow through your window in early(ish) morning and a bite in the air that can only be soothed with a mocha and warmed muffin is heaven on earth.
(ft my partners husky-german-shepard-cross embracing his husky side)
Dec 22, 2024