When I used to actually have time I frequently watched 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray. Whenever she made soup she'd always go on and on about how it was such a comfort food. I never quite believed her because to me soup is just soup. It's kinda nice on a cold day, but nothing spectacular. Well, this week I learned to believe her.
For the past couple weeks I've been fighting off a cold or something. I've also been bombarded with work while I covered for a coworker who's having some major health issues. I was happy to help her out, but I also didn't have as much time to rest and recuperate as I would have liked.
Cooking dinner wasn't exactly high on my priority list so we'd have things like grilled cheese sandwiches, stew from a can, etc. One day as I was pondering dinner I decided to make a crockpot of Mom's potato soup. It's a very easy recipe. Chop up some potatoes, throw in some baby carrots, throw in a few things from the spice rack, and you're basically done. I pulled out some frozen rolls leftover from the huge batch I made around Christmas and warmed them in the oven.
That soup has never tasted so good. It made me feel like someone was taking care of me. It was almost as nice as the time my friend Katie brought us dinner when I had a horrendous cold when I was pregnant with Adam and of course couldn't take any medication.
As a side note... I was worried the kids wouldn't be too thrilled. They're not always happy with things they're not familiar with. Mary, however, loved it. She even cried later in the week when she found out I'd eaten all the leftovers for lunch the rest of the week. So we just made it again on Saturday night when we fed the missionaries.
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