Reply #11: I love soup

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and stew, its cousin.

I usually make my own: start with water and broth, add onions and spices, let it simmer for awhile, add celery, carrots, and potatoes (celery and carrots need to cook longer than potatoes) and then throw in tomato sauce and tomato paste closer to the end. About 10 minutes from the end, if I feel like it, I will add pasta in one form or another. I will sometimes add peas at the very end as well. Ready to eat.

I don't like a lot of salt in my food at all, so I try to avoid soups that are condensed and full of salt. Once in a great while I get a hankering for tomato soup, though. Otherwise, I mainly use any of the soups which are low in sodium.

Soups are good for the fall and winter, and for bedtime snacks. I only eat vegetarian soups or chicken soups--stopped eating beef a long time ago.