Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

1 onion chopped
1 bell pepper choped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeno chopped

2 cans black beans
1 can corn
1 cup cooked brown rice

2 quarts vegetable broth
3 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp oregano
1/2 tbsp chili powder

salt to taste
lime juice

crushed tortilla strips and cheddar cheese

Really Awesome Cookies

2 sticks butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup good cocoa powder
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
~1 cup Reese's Pieces

Bake 350, 8 minutes for Tbsp sized cookies

I Just Need Time

This is the extent of my culinary adventures these days. Bygone are the days of shoe boxes full of fresh baked cookies, fish shaped bottles of homemade liqueur, platters of cupcakes flavored with hard alcohol and citrus, feasts of vegan proportions and bags of freshly steamed scratch-made buns. All i can hope for is that i have time in the morning to make a sandwich, and hope that the half-frozen peanut butter and jelly I ate for dinner the night before didn't go directly to my thighs.