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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Soup for One recipes

Yesterday, I was searching for some recipes for "one"...especially soup or anything I could microwave...I ran across a couple of ideas and this is what I came up with...I got everything I needed for less than $20 and I used coupons, too...I was able to measure everything out to make 6 individual chicken noodle soups, 6 vegetable beef soups and 4 potato soups...I put everything into sandwich sized zip lock bags and put them in the freezer...I made one of the vegetable beef soups for lunch and it tasted like I spent all day on it and it only took about 10 minutes to cook and I didn't have to add any salt or pepper!...(I tried the potato soup the next day and it was yummy!)...enjoy! (I already had cheese, milk, bacon bits, dried parsley flakes, dried celery flakes and dried minced onion. The bouillon granules were cheaper in the Hispanic section where I found the noodles.)

Chicken Noodle Soup
Divide the following ingredients into 6 zip lock sandwich bags:

1- 7oz bag of Moderna Fideo noodles (with the Hispanic foods) You can use egg noodles if you prefer
1- small bag of Tyson Ready Grill Chicken Breast strips (cut into small cubes)
1 - snack size carrot, celery and broccoli veggie tray (slice celery and baby carrots thinly and place about a teaspoon in each bag, eat the broccoli and dip while you work, LOL)
Place 1 teaspoon of chicken bouillon granules in each bag
Sprinkle a little parsley flakes on top.
Seal bag and freeze until ready to use.

To cook, add 1 and 1/2 cups of water, bring to a boil and then simmer until noodles are done. Enjoy!

Vegetable Beef soup
Divide the following ingredients into 6 zip lock sandwich bags:

1 - 16 oz. bag of frozen mixed veggies (I got the ones with the green beans)
1 - 20 oz. bag of Simply Potatoes, diced potatoes and onions (in the dairy section, by the eggbeaters)
*I only added about 10 potatoes to each bag. I saved the rest for the potato soup.
1- small bag of Tyson Ready Grill Seasoned Steak strips (cut into small pieces)
Place 1 teaspoon of beef bouillon granules in each bag
Sprinkle a little parsley flakes and dried minced onion on top.
Seal bag and freeze until ready to use.

To cook, add 1 and 1/2 cups of water, bring to a boil and then simmer until veggies are done to your likeness. Enjoy!

Potato soup
Divide the following ingredients into 4 zip lock sandwich bags:

1 - 20 oz. bag of Simply Potatoes, diced potatoes and onions (in the dairy section, by the eggbeaters)
*if you don't make the vegetable beef soup, you can probably make 2 extra bags of potato soup
Place one teaspoon of chicken bouillon granules in each bag.
Sprinkle a little dried parsley flakes, dried celery flakes and dried minced onion on top.
Seal bag and freeze until ready to use.

To cook, add 1 cup of water, bring to a boil and then simmer until potatoes are done. Add 1/2 a cup of milk or cream and a little butter or margarine (I used about a tablespoon), do not boil, simmer a few more minutes. Remove from heat and garnish with shredded cheddar cheese and bacon bits, if you like. You can mash the potatoes to thicken the soup if you'd like. Enjoy!

1 comment:

  1. I would add 2 cups of water to the chicken noodle soup, or cut back on the bullion...it was still good, but a bit strong, so I added a little more water...thought all of these were good otherwise...fast and easy! :o)

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