Taylor's Soup.

Makes/will fill a 4 quart soup pot.
6 carrots diced.
4 stalks of celery diced.
2 teaspoons of chopped minced garlic.
1 diced onion.
1 package of boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into quartered pieces.
1 liter or quart of chicken stock.
1 large diced eggplant.
1 small can or 4 tablespoonfuls of tomato paste.
1 tablespoon of onion powder, paprika, cumin, fennel seeds, and celery salt, black pepper.
3 bay leaves.
1 chopped jalepeno pepper.
3 cups of red lentils.
2 quarts of water.
Just put it in a pot and let it cook, you can brown the chicken in a bit of oil first if you want.

Taylor's special coffee.

French vanilla roast coffee.
1 tablespoon of dolche de leche in the botton of the mug.
Thin the dolche with a bit of cream before adding the coffee and slowly stir the hot coffee in.

Taylor's Get better tea.

2 tablespoons of green tea leaves.
1 bay leaf.
1 rosemary sprig fresh.
1 cup of fresh chopped mint.
sweeten with 3 tablespoons of honey.
He makes it in a 1/2 quart tea pot using boiling water and uses a strainer to serve it.