If you want to get serious about saving money on food consider making more soups.   And more fried rice.. but that's another story...

4 cups of water, 15 cents worth of chicken stock and 5 cents worth of noodles makes a dinner fit for a princess.  And it's one she'll eat.

So take another look at concentrated soup bases.  They come in various formats; powdered, cubes or tetra pac.  It's an affordable way to make the water and noodles or rice taste a bit better.

Want something a bit beefier?  The same 4 cups of water, 15 cents worth of beef broth, a carrot and a dime's worth of barley makes you a nice beef barley soup.

Of course if you add some meat chunks and onion, parsley and seasoning salt it may taste better, but you get the idea.  

Make it look real  To get a more "professional" look to your soups add a bit of cornstarch to add a nice gloss and a bit of thickening.  Not so watery..

Does your soup taste bland?  Add more salt.  You would be surprised at the amount of salt in most commercial grade soups; don't be shy in adding a bit to the one you make at home.

We have 3 great cream soup recipes to present:

• Cream of Carrot
• Corn chowder
• Cream of the fridge - your all purpose vegetable cream soup

These 3 soups work well as bases for baby food or lunches to go.  Just put some pasta in a bowl, top with one of these cream soups and perhaps some chicken and you have a hearty meal that tastes great and reheats nicely.

More soup ideas at Buck's Recipe HomePage