Soup is liquid comfort. ~Author Unknown

My feelings exactly. 

There's nothing I like more than coming in from the cold

to a kitchen that smells of soup.

For one of my favorites, I simmer

carrots, onions & potatoes

 
with napa cabbage

cut slices of bread

to make croutons

and when I join them all together,
I am in love.

here's the recipe...

potato cabbage soup

3 tablespoon olive oil

1 head of thinly sliced napa

2 large chopped potatoes

1 medium chopped onion

2 chopped carrots

1 stalk chopped celery

2 cloves minced garlic

8 cups chicken (or vegetable) broth

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon salt

In a large pot over medium heat, heat 2Tbs olive oil, adding the potatoes in small batches until they brown. Then remove the potatoes and add the remaining olive oil, followed by the napa, onion, carrot, celery and garlic, sauteing the mixture until the onion are translucent. Then add your broth, bay leaf, salt, and potatoes. Cover the pot, bring everything to a boil, then lower the temperature to simmer for 
2 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. 
At the last possible moment, make your croutons. If you make them any sooner, you will eat them all and there will be none left for your soup.
  
croutons
cubed bread
1 Tbs dried basil
1 Tbs garlic
3 Tbs olive oil
toss everything together
arrange in a pan
bake at 350 until crunchy

I like to top my bowl with a handful of croutons, a slice of aged cheddar, and a sprinkle of Parmesan.
My husband likes his with a spoonful of crumbled sweet Italian sausage in the bottom.

I hope you enjoy my recipe.

I could eat it every single day.

“Good soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living. For soup can do more to lift the spirits and stimulate the appetite than any other one dish.”
Louis P. De Gouy, ‘The Soup Book’ (1949)