My favorite vegetarian recipe...

4 quarts water (16 cups) 6 cups stock (chicken, beef, vegetable, enron) 2 potatoes, peeled and sliced 2 carrots, peeled and sliced 2 stalks celery, with tops 2 cups peeled & diced eggplant (I use a whole eggplant) 1 medium onion, chopped 1 cup frozen yellow corn (cheep!) 2/3 cup canned roasted red pepper, diced 1/2 cup tomato sauce 1/2 cup shelled pistachios 1/2 cup roasted cashews (I don't bother with the roasting - I boil the hell out of 'em) 1/2 cup chopped parsley 1/4 cup lemon juice (or one lemon) 1/4 cup butter 3 tblspns sugar 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon thyme (the chopped stuff works just fine) 1 bay leaf (I leave this out) pinch marjoram pinch nutmeg

Instructions

Pile all that stuff into a large pot over high heat

make it bubble - then simmer it for 2 or 3 hours(I choose 6)...you want 1/2 the water to evaporate..

and if you're a knucklehead like me - throw on some chipotle tobasco

try it - you'll like it...