standard vegetable soup

vegetable soup

this is so much tastier than campbell's soup. 1 can plain chicken broth. 3/4 can Hunt's Diced tomatoes with balsamic vinegar, basil and olive oil (it was on sale. regular canned tomatoes, whole diced or stewed will work fine.). 1 can water. 1/2 small cabbage, cubed into 1''x1''. half an onion, cubed. 1 large zuchini cubed. 2 cloves garlic. Boil until veggies are cooked. Maybe 10 mins? Basically, as long as you have the 3 cans of soup base ingredients, any veggies will work fine. toss in some sausage or meat is good too. or noodles. or brown rice.

ground beef patties

1/2 lb ground beef. 1/8-1/4 onion diced fine. garlic salt. smush it all together. form into patties, large or small. cook throughly. when the first side starts to turn brown at the edges, flip it over in the pan. it might look nice to be all dark brown and charred looking, but it's rather dry and bad tasting by that time, so don't bother going for the chargrilled look. when they were done, i used the extra onions that were diced, a clove of garlic, a few tablespoons of my soup, some butter, and a pinch of flour to make a sauce. carmelize the onions in butter, then add the other ingredients stirring to make sure there's no clumps.

and of course, the ubiquitous rice.

*july 4th*

i made the same hamburger to grill today, but used soy sauce, onions, fresh garlic and that asian rooster brand chili sauce instead. had quite a bit of kick.