one day last week, i required tommie to make crock-pot potato soup for school lessons. i figured that if the public school kids have home-ec or should i say, "intro to culinary arts"... which is in fact, a real 9th grade class that my niece is taking and getting high school credit for... well then what's wrong with having tommie start his day off preparing good homemade food for the family? and especially all homegrown! i printed this recipe off: really easy crockpot soup! and it really was excellent! and he was most proud! it was nice for me, too... since i didn't have to do anything!