It is cold and dark and winter-like here. Brrr.

I have started making soup a lot. I take just about any veggie we have on hand and throw it in a pot w some broth, and viola, soup!

Well, it’s a tad more complicated than that - I usually sautee an onion first and play w spices a bit, but basically that’s it.

Most of the time I blend the whole thing up with my hand blender.

I put about half in the fridge, half in tupperware & into the freezer.

They are very low cal, just a few cups of veggies and a teaspoon of olive oil for a big pot. Sometimes I add a dollop of creme fraiche (like sour cream) to the bowl of soup.

In my bowls it’s 2 min in the microwave to have hot homemade soup on the table. It’s usually just for me, my DH isn’t wild about soup (although last week I made a sausage-chickpea soup for him because it was “hearty”). Longer obviously if it’s out of the freezer.

So far I’ve made spinach, celery, pumpkin, carrot, zucchini, and the latest was broccoli. I haven’t been mixing the veggies yet because I’m trying to get an idea of what each one tastes like before I play that way.

I *might* start to read some cookbooks to get some fancier soups going, but I’m kind of liking the simplicity of these one-vegetable soups.

These soups warm me up and make me feel like I’m nourishing myself — full of vitamins, nothing weird added, and homemade.