I don't know who started this "everything but the kitchen sink" soup fad, but I LOVE YOU!

About a month ago I went to my local lunch special spot (soup, salad, bagel chips and a soda for $7) expecting to pick up a chicken noodle, split pea or maybe even mulligatawny but lo, what did I see on the soup specials list? Eggplant parmesan!

Now I don't normally order eggplant/chicken parmesan at a restaurant--the melted cheese on breaded meat/vegetable seems like something I could make at home (eventhough I don't)--but in the soup form I was intrigued. I bought it and hurried back to my office, eager to try my "meal soup".

The soup consisted of a chunky tomato sauce base dotted with plump san marzano tomatoes and little nuggets of eggplant, bread crumb and parmesan cheese goodness. I knew I was setting a dangerous lunch time precedent with this rich, indulgent soup, but I was so happy that I didn't care. I felt like I could have eaten it forever, a fact that my adjacent cube mate was surely made aware of by the desperate spoon scraping sounds coming from my desk well after I had finished.

Today I revisited my parmesan heaven this time with the chicken parmesan soup--just as delicious as the eggplant version--and couldn't help but be greatful that there is such a wide world of soup that I have yet to explore!