You're probably sick of me talking about how much I love Fall… the crunch of leaves under my feet, picking apples at the local orchard, and pulling out my slow cooker for easy-peasy dinners that will simmer away all day and make my house smell all kinds of yummy. As I was making a big batch of my mom’s Beefy Veggie Soup the other day I started thinking about how making soup is kind of like writing a romance novel.