Winnie the Pooh Stew

I recently combined a couple of soup recipes and came up with a REALLY good soup. I've served to a number of people and everyone raves about it and wants the recipe and I say, sure, I'll get it to you. Problem is...I made it up and so I don't really have an exact recipe. I am going to attempt to come up with one though so here goes. Just remember that this soup is very forgiving so exact amounts are unnecessary.

2 small or 1 large onion, chopped

1 head of broccoli, chopped (I discard the stems, actually I feed them to my bunnies)

4 to 6 carrots, peeled and chopped

4 med potatoes (not the baking kind but the ones in the bag)

butter

spinach

rice (optional)

cooking sherry

chicken broth (I prefer "Better Than Bouillon")

Melt the butter and add the onions and saute until soft. Then add the carrots and potatoes and toss in the butter and saute for a few more minutes. Add the broccoli and fill with enough water to cover the vegetables. Keep track of how many cups you use and add one bouillon cube per cup or you can just use chicken broth instead of water. Add about 3 Tbsp. of cooking sherry. Bring to a boil and then turn it down to simmer for about 20 minutes until veggies are pretty soft. Use a blender or hand blender to puree the soup. Then add a few handfuls of spinach and if you have some leftover rice that is good as well.

That's it!