The "Spice Soup" Story

Okay, So when I was a little girl I used to LOVE coming to Grandma's house.... The reason being was because she would ALWAYS say "Sweetie you help yourself to ANYTHING in this house you want" ... which in my mind was the BEST thing she could ever say! Haha, because I loved to "COOK". One specific time we visited them, I took advantage of the helping myself to anything. I asked Grandma if I could make some "spice soup" ... Now I was probably seven or eight years old or so... So, spice soup to me was water and whatever spices I wanted to thrown in... Which was everything from Cinnamon to Parsley to Cayenne to Basil. Well, when I was done with this soup I didn't want it to go to waste.... HA! I remember cooking it in an Iron Skillet ... and everyone was sitting in the living room visited, and I came in there wanting EVERYONE to taste it. :) Bless their sweet hearts, they all "tried" it whether the sucked it up and really had a spoonful or somehow faked it... Haha... and they all grinned from ear to ear and acted like it was the BEST soup they had EVER tasted! So sweet :) That meant the WORLD to me! Anyways, that story will stick with me forever. So anytime something tastes bad or if it's somewhat made up we call it "Spice Soup" in memory of my lovely cooking skills as a little girl! :)

So.... Megan wanted to bake something tonight & I didn't have much in the pantry to bake with. I was suppose to go grocery shopping today and didn't get to it... So she starts pulling out random ingredients which made us think of "Spice Soup"... Long story short we end up having a "Spice Soup Competition" using random ingredients that we had. Joey (bless his heart) was the judge. He didn't know who made what to make it fair. But I have to say, I know the way to my man's stomach... which naturally leads to his heart ;-) ... PEaNUT BuTTER! Megan made a "Sweet Peppermint Cinnamon Bread" and I made a "Chocolatey Peanut Butter Creamy Crunch" .... I WON!! WOO HOO!! Probably only because it had peanut butter in it... it was NOT good to me!! Haha :) We had fun nonetheless and made memories and captured some great moments!! LOVE YA MEG :))