On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 03:37:15 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 11:39:19 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I just made some really good bean soup but I am eating it warm and not hot
>> because it is still stinking hot in here. Temp. is supposed to drop about
>> 10 degrees tomorrow but that is still about 10 degrees hotter than normal.
>>
>> I had some tomatoes that I needed to use up. Bought to eat them raw but
>> just haven't felt like eating much of anything. Even having trouble eating
>> this soup despite it being so good! I didn't really measure anything but I
>> put in about 5 medium sized tomatoes, chopped, seeds, juice and all, three
>> cans of beans (dark red kidney, white, small red), 1 large white onion,
>> chopped, couple of handful of carrot chips, broken into smaller pieces
>> (these are just raw carrots cut on an angle and with ripples), 2 ribs of
>> celery, diced, 1 green bell pepper, chopped and some dried bell pepper in
>> assorted colors. Also two small boxes of vegetable broth and a small can of
>> tomato sauce. Seasonings were just black pepper, parsley and cumin. Didn't
>> have to add any bacon or other fat or any lemon or lime juice. Just
>> perfect!
>
>Sounds good. I did my usual vegetable soup in my air-conditioned
>kitchen (90 F outdoors; 70 F indoors):
>
>Sautee celery, onion, and garlic in olive oil. Add a can of great
>northern beans (including liquid), a 14-oz can of diced tomatoes, a
>32-oz box of chicken broth and a bay leaf. Simmer that for 20 minutes,
>then add about half a pound of frozen green beans and a quarter pound frozen
>mixed vegetables. Bring it back to boil, let it simmer for
>10 minutes, until beans are very crisp. Take it off the heat.
>Add a double handful of frozen cauliflower (chopped)
>and a bunch of minced parsley. The vegetables will continue
>to cook as the soup cools. The first bowl is a little crunchy,
>but reheated for workday lunches it's nearly perfect.
>
>Quite often when I reheat it, I vary the flavor by adding any
>(but not all) of basil, cumin, lemon juice, sherry vinegar,
>sliced kielbasa, cooked bacon or anything else in the fridge
>that looks good.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Sliced kielbasa is good, or sliced tube steak.
89.5º outside/70º inside... ain't AC wonderful?