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One of my goals for this new year (it's MY calendar, I'll have it start when I choose ;-) is to make more soup. I've done well so far. I've just had a bowl of numbly hot tasty goodness.

I pulled out a quart+ of turkey stock from the freezer and put it on to heat, along w/a couple sprigs of rosemary from my garden and a dozen or so black peppercorns. Then I sauteed an onion in Canola oil. Then I sauteed chopped parsnips & carrots and eventually a large CopperMoon purple potato. (Next time I wanna sautee all the hard stuff together, covered, and after mebbe 10 minutes add a scoop or two of simmering broth and cook for a bit longer.) While this was happening, I cooked up 4 chicken thighs in the oven. Eventually I added chard to the soup, along w/the chicken (once it cooled so I could take the meat off the bones). The chard cooked and the chicken melded and 'twas darned numbly (and even better once I added some salt).

Now I've got the leftover bones & skin & fat covered w/water in a large pot w/a chunked 1/2 onion and coursely chopped celery rib & carrot, heating. I'll get it to simmer than let it do its thing for 4 hours, making more chix stock for the freezer. :-)