What's your favorite soup?  Frozen, canned or homemade?  It took me quite a while to learn how to make a homemade soup with flavor.  Like most things in life good food takes time and effort.  My favorite soup is a simple beef with mushroom and wild rice soup.  I simply cut stew meat into smaller pieces and simmer in a pot with 2 bay leaves and 3 cloves of garlic for 3 to 4 hours,  then I add 1 cup of brown and wild rice, after about 45 min. I add a heaping cup of sliced mushrooms and 1 cup of red wine.  Simmer an additional 20 min. and season with salt and pepper.  Garnish with fresh chopped parsley.  The garlic cloves can either be removed and discarded or I like to mash them and add them back to the soup.  It tastes even better the next day!

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