In other words "A bag of spice," this is a common way to add flavor using fresh or dried spices and herbs to soups, broths, and other dishes. I used one for making homemade chicken broth and another for homemade tomato soup. I simply used a piece of cheese cloth and placed a bay leaf, fresh sage, rosemary, basil stems, one clove of garlic, and thyme and tied it up.

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I haven’t had much experience cooking with lentils but I love eating them! I decided to try out the lentil soup the cookbook had to offer because not only did it sound good, but it seemed like a quick way to make a good meal.

The directions were clear for the most part. The only thing that caught my attention was that the recipe called for chopped onions but it didn’t specify which type of onion to use. I ended up using what I already had, which was a part of a white onion and a bit of red onion. I halved the recipe since it makes enough soup for 6 and I didn’t need that much and I found that I needed to add about 2 more cups of water while it was simmering in order to keep enough water in it. All in all, the directions were clear and easy to follow and the recipe was super easy to make and delicious!

Finals week...or two...or three. One of the most stressful and hated times for students all across campus. Resentful of those who are done by the 14th or only have papers to write. Relieved that you’re finished before the 23rd. Trying to block out the fact that all of your friends from home are done by now, enjoying their month long break. Questioning how on earth there could not have been any possible way that your exam on the 23rd, or any exam for that matter, couldn’t be rescheduled. Somehow all classrooms throughout campus are filled to the brim up until the day before Christmas Eve, 8:00am to 9:00pm. There is absolutely no possible way of taking it early, no exceptions. Period. Unless you have swine flue, of course. It’s not the professors fault that your exam is when it is, the University set it up that way. Do you think your GSI’s want to be here too?

You wake up at the crack of dawn just so you can beat the crowd over to the Grad reference room to get a comfy chair (perfect for napping). Or rush to the UGLI to get a group study room only to find them all filled with one person apiece. After about a half hour of searching around, you find a spot that “nobody else knows about.” Golden. You get situated and start working. Hours go by and suddenly you realize you’re on facebook looking at someone’s photos from high-school that you talked to once in your history class. Why are you even friends with them anymore?