When you cannot cook, one option is crock pot soup. Add some decent bread and cheese to make a hot, filling meal.
In any event, my primer on soup.
1) choose a base: 2 cups tomato sauce, 6 cups water, 3 cups stock
2) add a meat: 1# browned beef, 1 cup diced cooked poultry, 8 pieces of cooked bacon, 1 cup cooked game, etc.
3) add 2-4 cups fresh or cooked vegetables: onions sauted in olive oile, carrots, celery, corn, parsley, diced tomatoes, green beans, peas, parsnips, rutabagas.
4) add a starch: 2 cups cooked rice or pasta, 1 cup dried peas or lentels plus 2 cups water, 1 cup barley or millet millet plus 1 cup water, 2 cups cooked beans, 2 cans beans with gravy, 2-3 cups potatoes, or 2 cups frozen fries (the cheap kind with no oil).
5) add 1 to 1 1/2 Tbsp seasonings: dried basil, oragano, rosemary, tyme, sage. If fresh, use triple amounts.
6) If a cream soup is desired, 2 cups of half and half, or heavier, cream or 1 cup powdered coffee creamer. Shredded cheese may also be added but not to a boiling mix or it will curdle.
Cook fresh vegetables in water or stock til tender or saute in butter or olive oil til slightly browed. Mix all ingredients in large pot or slow cooker and heat over low heat for 1-2 hours to blend flavors. Add beer, popcorn, croutons, shredded cheese just before serving if desired.
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), I've never seen it anywhere in Italy and the concept is odd to me. I love your idea sausage,, it would go well with "white sauce" and there are a lot of traditional italian pasta dishes that do something similiar. I would go with that.
