My favorite one has got to be pasta and lentil soup. My family calls it "pasta lendic", or something similar; I don't actually know how the second word is spelled and have seen no reference to it anywhere so don't even know if it's a word(lehn-DEEK). But it's a simple soup. Saute an onion or so and a few cloves of garlic. Add a good portion of lentils, water, 2 cans of diced tomatoes, basil, parsley, salt, and pepper, and probably some other spices/herbs I'm forgetting. While that's cooking, cook up some small pasta, like small macaroni or little O things. When both are done, put past in the bottom of a big ol bowl or soup mug, and add the lentil mix to it to top it off. Stir, inevitably add more salt cause you didn't put in enough, and enjoy. I love the stuff. My favorite cooking food, and my favorite emotion booster if I'm having a bad day. Or a good day. I'm easy and love it so much.