Just me and my baby!

Rory is off again for more training so that leaves just me and my baby. Positive #1- Lots of Mommy-daughter time! Negative #2 (#1 is obvious)- not a lot of creativity in the kitchen because cooking for myself is not nearly as fun as cooking for Rory.

Tonight I threw together a really simple soup. Soups are hard to get wrong when you keep your ingredient list simple.

1lb ground beef

2 tbsp butter or oil

1 can diced tomatoes

1 onion, diced

1/2 green pepper, diced

5 carrots, diced

3 stalks celery, diced

1 cup green beans

4 cups water or stock

dash of salt

1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper

2 bay leaves

1. Cook beef.

2. In a large pot, melt butter and then cook onion, pepper, carrots and celery for 5 minutes.

3. Add remaining ingredients and bring to boil.

4. Simmer for 30+ minutes until vegetables are tender.

5. Remove bay leaves.

Simple hamburger vegetable soup. Enjoy!