Summer Soup

Soup is normally a cold-weather, winter sort of dish. It's warm and comforting when it's cold outside--not usually something you want to eat when it's hot.

Today, however, it was pouring. I nearly drowned driving home. I couldn't get to the gym because the roads were flooded. I was cold(ish) and wet and warm, simple soup sounded like the best plan for dinner.

For a summer soup, you need summer ingredients: yellow squash and zucchini, mysterious long beans, tomatoes, and chicken.

I cooked the chicken until done in a large pan with a splash of olive oil:

and garlic:

Then added the sliced squash, beans (cut in half), a can of tomato soup, a can of water, and a can of diced tomatoes:

Brought it to a boil (and this is where the chicken got dry, I suspect: I cooked it too long. Should've just brought it to a boil and called it good):

Finally, the rain paused, and I dashed outside to grab some basil to top it off.

The chicken was a bit dry, but other than that, the soup was just what I was hoping for: fresh, light summer flavor in a warm, rainy-day comfort food. Success!