cooking corner: beef soup

i made this for dinner a couple of weeks ago before the heat wave started. it was a chillier day which left me craving for some kind of soup. i had an idea of what kind of soup i wanted, but (as per usual) i didn't really have any clue as to what i was doing even when i was at the store searching for ingredients. i ended up deciding on stewing beef, potatoes, carrots, celery, and mushrooms. (i didn't buy any onions since i already had so many - i bought another bunch without realizing i already had more than a few hanging out at the back of the fridge. oops.)

anyway, when i got home i boiled a pot of water, threw in the stewing beef along with the vegetables once i had finished peeling and chopping them up, and hoped for the best.


^ vegetable remains. not sure why there's a mushroom in there.

hmm on second thought, it might have been better if i had thrown all my food into the pot before adding the water so i knew how much water i would need, but oh well. a few shakes of worchestershire sauce, some salt, and 1.5-2 hours of cooking time and this was my result:


^ my beef soup 1 hr into cooking time.

it actually tasted pretty good and my housemate described it as "delicious" (success!) so i'm glad that things worked out. phew. :)