Brilliant Orzo Soup - so brilliant it has dual use - could be used as cement for the wall LOL! OMG so embarrassed

I must say this was one of my first cooking boo boos and by boo boos - I mean OMG huge - however to me this was the ultimate funny cooking disaster I have ever experienced.  Ahhhh maybe not, could have also been when I asked my aunt how to make Lasagna when I wanted to impress Hubby and show that I could cook (who the heck was I trying to fool - making lasagna for an Italiano whose mother makes her own friggin crepes for the pasta of her lasagna (bad Bad Bad idea!)

Oh well here goes (have to tell you how I became rapini mama (you don't get to perfection without making several bad choices and/or mistakes.  I also kissed a few frogs before I met my prince and obvi he loves me not for my "trying to impress" lasagna or my Orzo Soup.

We went to the cottage with my brother at Balsalm Lake - from May to October it was opened. We would go for 2 to 3 weeks and then on weekends.  This weekend my brother was with us and it was a little chilly so I decided to make Orzo soup - here's what transpired *****(I was doing very well with the broth until it was time to add the orzo (orzo looks like rice however it is a pasta and we all know how pasta grows) - I made a big pot of soup, so thought "I should add the whole bag of orzo, not thinking how much this shit expands" (HOLY COW-) My God! - it was growing like the movie the BLOB - honestly it was no longer soup it was - I don't know "PLASTER" -

Anyways my hubby and brother (simply not to make me feel like a failure) ate a bowl/trough or two - I did not eat it - I had Ensalada (however at the time it was simply called salad (LOL)

Well to my surprise, about an hour later they both started rubbing their tummies and I thought wow they are hungry and want more - HELLO - NO - this shit was sitting in their stomachs like bricks or the plaster between the bricks - OMG I almost killed them both - should have rushed them to Lindsay for stomach pumping - I asked them if they wanted to go fishing and I could use them as anchors - imagine I could have got rid of both of them at once.  There was no way they would float to the top of the lake with the cement  BOOTS

in them (LOL) - they would be sleeping with the fishes -

Here is really how to make Orzo Soup (trust its delicious) made it yesterday for my hubby who is sick with a Sinus Infection (he ate two bowls and actually was able to walk up the stairs to bed )

1 bag orzo pasta (however only use 1 handful per person)
(homemade veggie broth)
made by adding
olive oil - salt and pepper
onion,
garlic,
carrots,
celery,
swiss chard
tomatoe (fresh or canned) SHOPPED UP DICE PIECES
zucchini if you want (we love it)

in a large stock pot and add water to cover
add two veggie and or mushroom boullions and simmer for a couple of hours
You may add a potatoe if you want to make the soup a little creamy at the end - you would mash up potatoe and add back to soup - THEN ADD FRESH TOMATOE chopped up diced

Once soup simmers for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours add orzo - cook al dente - add parmesan cheese and a drizzle of olive oil on top the soup when served and a pinch of fresh parsley -

This soup should be served with a good chiabata bread - toasted for dipping and soaking up all that goodness - AS WELL You understand by now ENSALADA

!!!!  I was overly eager to try and please my hubby with my cooking and have had some mishaps along the way - but I must say he always tried everything I made even if it was not very appetizing to look at and didn't really appeal to his palate