It is hotter than hades. Despite the unrelenting heat I felt like making soup. Not that I need to explain myself to anyone. I love making soup! It is who I am! It makes me feel at home. When I was cooking for the rehab center I would make a giant pot of soup once a week. It had a nearly magical effect on the place. I would ladle it up and in seconds a space that was generally very chaotic and incredibly loud would come to a full hush. It was fucking beautiful. Pardon my language but that is the only way to describe it. I loved those people but I can love someone and love it when they shut up too. Let’s face it, silence can be really underrated. Maybe soup too for that matter, but not around here. I am in love with it. Me and soup forever. It’s just not fussy. You can put anything in it. There are no rules. It is hydrating. The preparation preserves all the goodness into the broth, making it high in vitamins, minerals and proteins. It’s good when you are feeling good and great when you are feeling terrible (or detoxing and your stomach hates everything). It is easy to share OR SAVE. You can live off of it for a week if you are feeling busy/ lazy and don’t want to be cooking a lot (hi, that’s me). Plus soup just gets a little better each day it is in the fridge. That is a fact. When people tell me they do not like leftovers I get defensive and say “but, what about soup?!”.. c’mon people. Think of the soup! All that being said, I kind of do not care about gazpacho at all. Maybe a watermelon gazpacho and only if no one calls it soup in my presence. Under those circumstances, ok, I’ll bite.. er slurp. Anyway.. I just wanted to talk about soup today. My love. My favorite four letter word.

Day 213: Summer soup: zucchini, garlic, scallions shiitakes, sweet potato, ginger, turmeric, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, kale, cilantro, pumpkin seeds and a splash of Udo’s 3*6*9 oil to finish. There is not recipe for this soup. I just grabbed the veggies in my fridge that looked appealing. I chopped them small so they would cook quickly and covered them with bone broth my neighbor gifted me. I added a table spoon of golden paste, a pinch of salt, some black pepper and let it simmer until the potatoes were tender. No sweat. Tip: Don’t put your greens in a soup when you know there will be leftovers. Put them in the bottom of the bowl, fresh and then ladle the soup over them and let them wilt. That way your greens do not go brown when You reheat it. This is a recipe for happiness.