adult spaghettios...that's right.

sunday night i decided to make soup because i was feeling daring. soup isn't something i make too frequently. it's ironic because cat, megan and i exchanged our christmas gifts earlier on sunday and megan gave me a recipe book called 'for the love of soup'!!! girl knows me too well. right when i'd gotten home from oregon, cat found me on my bed with about 8 books sprawled around me looking for a soup recipe. and then two hours later i added another to the collection. :)




so the best part of it? i made soup and decided to just wing it.

bad decision.

i had this vision of tomato soup with some ground turkey, vegetables and some pasta in it so i got those ingredients. (p.s. have you ever had itty bitty star pasta? it is the cutest thing ever!! comes in a little box at the store.) chopped up all my veggies and browned the onions for a little bit, then added in some ground turkey with a bunch of spices. that part i got under control. then came the soup part. i added in some chicken stock (two cans and one container to be exact), a can of tomato paste and some cream. that's when i should've known better. i had WAY too much broth in there. i got desperate and put in some corn starch to try to thicken up the concoction (yea right) so finally i got smart and whipped out another pot and started transferring some liquid over before throwing in the remaining ingredients. that saved it for sure. i kept tasting the 'soup' as it was simmering and added salt/pepper/tobasco as necessary to give it a little more flavor.

in the end i ended up with what rachel ray has dubbed 'stoup'--a stew/soup. it actually isn't bad. i thought i was doomed at first but it's turned into something i enjoy popping back into the microwave to reheat. i call it the adult version of spaghettios because of the pasta and meat that's in there. i'd like to think it's a little healthier than the canned version. i oughtta trademark this before spaghettios starts putting it on the shelves...

in any case, i learned my lesson--definitely sticking to a recipe next time!!