Weekly Haiku Prompt
Gentle Joy
Haiku/tanka prompt “gentle”
3 min readSep 26, 2020
Chop stir and sizzle
Aromas permeate home
Spreading gentle joy
We have a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes this year, so, this afternoon, I picked all the ripest ones and cooked up tomato soup.
Throw your tomatoes, a chopped onion, a shallot, some crushed garlic, and some water into a big pot and cook until everything is good and soft. Add some fresh basil from the garden, a pinch of salt, and cook for another minute or so.
Let it cool down a bit, then blend until smooth. Serve with pepper and some greens as a garnish. Maybe some crusty bread to bulk it out a bit.
Very simple and very yummy. And, oh, those lovely aromas as you cook!
Cooking (and eating) good healthy food is one of life’s simple joys.
