My favorite and frugal soup

This is so easy to fix and doesn't cost much at all. Mind you, I feed 12 or more every Sunday for dinner after church. This is my favorite soup and is so easy and cheap!

2 pounds of browned ground beef

4 cans of diced tomatoes with chili peppers and garlic added ( I pay 49 cents /can at the surplus store.)

Add salt, onion/garlic salt, pepper flakes to taste

3 cans water

2 cans mimxed veggies, which I get at the surplus store for 49 cents/can

Sometimes I clean out my fridge and add left over pasta, beans, etc and dump it all in.

Sometimes I will add some taco seasoning powders in for a different taste.

I cook in teh soup pan or crock pot and I have a delicious soup.

Comments: 22

Vivian P. Oct 13, 2009, 3:51pm EDT

Oh it is homemade soup season ! Yum

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Carrie Marie P. Oct 13, 2009, 3:51pm EDT

Sounds delicious. I make soup like too on cold days.

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Carrie Marie P. Oct 13, 2009, 3:52pm EDT

And, home made baked bread to go with it! yum!

Elizabeth R. Oct 13, 2009, 7:17pm EDT

My Grandma bakes the most wonderful bread. The aroma from her kitchen is a great memory.

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Holly K. Oct 13, 2009, 3:56pm EDT

Sounds really good!

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Netty B. Oct 13, 2009, 3:57pm EDT

sounds good to me..pass the crackers

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Nora Davenport Oct 13, 2009, 4:00pm EDT

Wow, Cathie, you sure have some great, frugal tips!!!!!!!! The guys would like this soup, but I'm not much of a soup eater.......although I do like chili!

Cathie M. Oct 13, 2009, 4:05pm EDT

thanks Nora!

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Debbie W. Oct 13, 2009, 4:06pm EDT

Thanks for sharing. I'll have to try that

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Joanne Vicente Oct 13, 2009, 4:46pm EDT

Sounds good. Thanks.

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colleen r. Oct 13, 2009, 4:56pm EDT

This sounds great, thanks for sharing!

I was wondering- what's a surplus store? I don't know if we have those by me. If they do, I'm just not familiar w/ that term.

Cathie M. Oct 13, 2009, 5:03pm EDT

This store buys out other stores surplus and damaged goods. The cans and boxes I buy are dented or torn a little but the product is not damaged. I don't mind paying for messed up packaging.

colleen r. Oct 13, 2009, 5:21pm EDT

Oh I see!

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Tessa Alive Free Happy D. Oct 13, 2009, 5:11pm EDT

thanx, but I think I'll leave out the chili peppers
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dreama e. Oct 13, 2009, 6:59pm EDT

I love soup time
Thank you :)

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Elizabeth R. Oct 13, 2009, 7:18pm EDT

It is soup time. The heavy rain started last night and will continue all day.

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Ed Da Head Toker Oct 14, 2009, 12:27am EDT

sounds like it is great tasting.

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David E. Oct 14, 2009, 3:41pm EDT

I occasionally do cheat soups. I'll just mix cans of stuff together. I posted before about the white chili I made and am thinking of doing a chicken corn chowder with chicken noodle soup and creamed corn.

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