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I can’t think of a more economical meal than soup.  And here are the top 5 reasons why:

(1) soup provides a hearty, nearly complete meal . (2)  the cost for protein is lower and nutritional value is high (you can easily feed a family of 4 with only 2 chicken breasts, unlike the 4 chicken breasts required for a meat and potatoes type meal) . (3) soup is easy to freeze; be sure to freeze some single serving sizes for after practice or before a meeting saving $$ on fast food . (4) many of the ingredients in  soup are stock-up items you can find at great prices and always have on hand. (5) soup is the easiest recipe to substitute ingredients making good use of vegetables that need to be used up or using veggies your family likes better than the one in the recipe

You will notice that there are no cream soups and that is because they do not freeze well and those soups you want to eat up soon after they are made.  Also, I know you are not going to make soup 7 nights this week.  But in the fall and winter having soup a couple of times a week is easy on the budget and great on the tummy.  So here are 7 soups to try over the next few weeks as the weather gets cooler.

m.  chili

tues.  chicken, potato and black bean

w. granny’s sausage and bean

thur. chicken and barley stew

f. minestrone

sat. spicy vegetable lentil

sun. farmer’ market soup

click on the recipe cards to print or copy and paste them into a document to print.

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now for some pumpkin buckle.  if you enjoy pumpkin spice latte's you will fall in love with this dessert.

blessings . jane . vp + gamma . armommy