Cooking For One or Two - A Guide to Budget Meals and Stretching Your Money

Okay, you don't have time to make your own soup right now, and you're tired of canned soup. But you've got a stock-pile of cans that you bought on sale. What do you do? Easy. Add a bit of pizzaz to your soup. I regularly add salt, black pepper, crushed red chile pepper flake, sesame oil, and Italian seasoning (any combination of dried parsley, basil, sage, rosemary, thyme). If you like mushrooms and have canned ones on hand, add a few slices. If you have some leftover boiled potatoes, make a small dice of one small potato and add that before heating. After you've heated your soup - either on the stove or in the microwave, for an incredible texture contrast, toss in some Middle-Eastern Salad. When your soup is ready, add a few tablespoons of this salad to your soup.

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