Soup weather

 

There's usually some leftover seasoned meat when we have tacos, and I use it to make soup the next day. A healthy winter lunch and no recipe required. The extra freezes well.

Just dice and saute some vegetables like onion, carrots, celery and peppers. Use fresh jalapenos if you like spicy. When the vegetables are soft, dump in a can of Mexican style tomatoes, a can of red or black beans, a box of beef broth and the leftover meat. Simmer for a half hour or so, it needs very little seasoning. Sometimes I put a little blob of sour cream on top, which John thinks is disgusting. 

Oh, the weather. Dreary doesn't even begin to describe it. Our window candle with the light sensor never went off yesterday, it was so dark. The forecast calls for a "continuous caravan of Pacific storms" over the next week. Five feet of snow piling up in the mountains, and here in the lowlands, even wetter than normal, which is really saying something this time of year.  

The plume of moisture headed our way...