Soups are my favorite foods, and mine never taste the same twice.. Start with olive oil in a deep pan, add chopped onion and celery, grated carrot, any spices you like (in larger amounts, too!), then just start adding anything you have on hand... maybe a can of crushed tomatoes, can kidney beans, diced potato, can turnip greens!, little bit of macaroni or rice, frozen bell pepper or okra or mixed veggies, can cooked chicken chunks, Kielbasa in small pieces... you name it, anything (almost) goes into the soup pot... and I always use chicken or vegetable broth... I LOVE soup...