So I made Broccoli Cheese Soup.  It was yummy!

Last night's Red Kidney Bean soup was pretty aces as well.

Taking recommendations for tomorrow's soup as we speak.  Might go to the Betty Crocker cookbook for suggestions, too.

After the break, there's a bigger picture of tonight's soup as well as a couple of musings about the start of this cooking theme project.

Two days down of my year's first culinary experiment, and so far, I'm a happy camper. (Soon, I'd like to be a *real* camper, but that's another story.)

First, as you probably saw on Facebook, I made Beef stew.  Took forever to make, but turned out great. Glass of wine, helping of stew, Cowboys loss... great way to start the week.

Yesterday, I made a ginormous batch of Chicken Noodle Soup. Took less time (~3 hours) but was every bit as good.  My first try at making chicken noodle soup and it turned out okay - victory!  Emily came by just in time to get the first round straight from the pot, which was also nice.  Of course, 7-quarts of soup makes enough for an army (or at least more than enough for three people), so I ended up freezing at least half of it.  Someone remind me that it's there.

After the break, there are a couple pics of the chicken noodle process and upcoming soup week notes.