Kitchen sink soup

HA! Martha Stewart never met THIS fool!

LOL! I stopped making my own pie crusts years ago! I remember crying to my mom about it on the phone. Literally crying. It was a big day, and my pie crust was for shit. She made perfect pie crust every time. No one else is able to do it. Not my sister, not my aunt…She even made perfect flutes around the edge. Pillsbury has worked for me. But I’ll never get get that elegant flute around the edge. I watched her a million times.

TBH, John loves my cooking, but I don’t cook enough beef or white potatoes. After about 10 years together he asked why I bake so much stuff, why I don’t fry more? But, we were 42 years old before we ever got together. Both kind of set. We’re here for each other as long as we are here. He can eat what he wants. I do get up at 5AM every day to pack his lunch. I will ALWAYS pack him a better lunch than he’d ever make for himself! 😁

I usually start a soup long before I make soup, because I like to make my own stock. I also usually start with onions, OR shallots (I love shallots). More often than not, I go further than sautéing my onions, and caramelize them. I do extra onions, and scoop some out to reserve for a flatbread another day. I’m all about double duty if it makes sense, so I menu plan. Johnnyface is always blown away when I whip my little container of onions or honey roasted tomatoes (Just jealous!). John cooks his own dinner, because he and I like different foods. He would (and has) eat a burger and fries 3-4 days a week. I can’t do it.

Also ,If I may ladies and gentlemen. I watching American test kitchen/ I know I'm foreigner, but I so much learn techniques from them and sometimes short cuts .../ anyway ,gentlemen have a show on ATK and he said that if you don't wanna put too much salt ,because high BP ,you should finish your soup with little splash of lemon

OmG ,it is my answer to my taste . Taste good and you don't need use so much salt .

Some soups I use vinegars or limes , but it's same principle