Soup. I could survive the entire winter on just homemade soup and bread. With the arrival freezing temperatures, my large stockpot and my bread machine come out from their hiding places and all I can think about are these two comfort foods.

I started my first soup of the season this morning. Chicken soup. The quintessential winter soup, with variations from noodle to vegetable to creamy. My preference is a chicken vegetable soup and later in the week, I might add rice noodles or egg noodles and more chicken stock to "re-up" my soup.

Here's a soup I plan to try some time soon!

Farro and Cranberry Bean Soup