[Martina]

homemade beef vegetable soup
Saltines
Mineral water to drink

This was the first time I have cooked for real in a while. My mom lost her appetite from chemo so she has had a lot of boost smoothies and puddings -- whatever she would eat. In fact, even the smell of food cooking bothered her, so I haven't cooked even for myself much. I have eaten takeout and rotisserie chicken from the store and such like. But today she felt like eating. Wahooo.

The soup was OK, but she liked it. I used what I had because I hadn't been buying much. So it was chock full of parsnips and carrots and potatoes and one sweet potato. The meat was from the freezer. I wish I had had some frozen home made broth to give it depth. But home cooked food with fresh vegetables was appreciated.