Spaghetti Lover's Soup is easily made either from scratch, or using leftover meat sauce and spaghetti noodles or store-bought pasta sauce. Starting with The Trinity of southern cooking and adding carrots, provides intense flavor to this broth and tomato based soup. Spoon over pasta, sprinkle with a bit of parsley, torn fresh basil and freshly grated Parmesan for a nice finish. Pair it with some garlic bread or slices of a crusty, whole grain bread.

Spaghetti Lover's Soup

Do you find it hard to find balance in your life anymore? Seems that there are so many demands on moms and dads and even grandparents these days, that it's hard to get everything done that needs to be done. Children and chores – just those two topics encompass so much on their own… I honestly do not know how all of y'all do it with more than one child. I have a lot of respect for you, that's for sure, and that includes my son and daughter-in-law. Their lives literally exhaust me.

Besides raising good citizens for starters, there's all the events, programs, parties, activities, athletics, cheer, ballet and dance that come with children. Then there's the mounds of constant laundry and dishes (dishes, dishes and more dishes if you're a food blogger too), housework, dusting, polishing, cleaning, decluttering, meal planning, grocery store trips, finding time to cook at home (instead of drive-through eating)… nevermind all the organizing and paperwork we all have to keep up with in our lives now – insurance matters, legal stuff, taxes, medical appointments and health needs, home upkeep and repair, and lord knows what else I'm missing.