Taste Bud-Tantalizing Lasagna Soup

After days of frozen meats, vegetables and instant mashed potatoes, I decided to cook myself a decent homemade meal that require more steps than hitting "start" on the microwave. 

Time to use this oldie but a goodie:

My vintage stove has grown on me. We started off in a love-hate relationship after several failed attempts at making banana bread.  FYI- banana bread looks like an inverted mess when the oven decides to cut off midway through baking and you don't realize until the timer dings! Did I eat the "inverted mess" you ask? You bet your sweet ass I did!  But my love affair grows as she becomes more and more reliable.

After searching, you guessed it,  Pinterest ...I found this mouth-watering recipe:
                                  Bobby's Lighter Tastes Like Lasagna Soup

Source:
http://thedeenbros.com/index.php/recipes/recipe_detail/bobbys_lighter_tastes_like_lasagna_soup/

It has all the delicious contents of a lasagna without the ricotta cheese, which is fine with me.  So I gathered my cooking "friends" and got started.

It never seems right to have your vegetables touching raw meat... is that what she said?

 

                                                           Nailed it!

I realized two things during this recipe adventure. (1) I need more friends, and (2) if you want to sound lame, you mention your love affair with your stove.