Easy Frugal Soup for Two
by James Cummings
Whenever we order Chinese food from our local favorite restaurant, The Szechuan Garden, they always give us an extra container of white rice. Being extremely frugal, a.k.a. cheap, I hate to throw it away. Sometimes I turn it into rice pudding but this time I decided on a soup made the easy way. This is a flexible soup as you will see, and very tasty and low in calories and fat.
Simple Directions
1. Open a can of stewed tomatoes and slice them in half. Place them in a
saucepan.
2. Dissolve a chicken bouillon cube in a cup of water and microwave for 1
minute. Pour into soup.
3. This is the flexible part. I put in some leftover peas and some leftover turkey,
from the freezer, along with some of the leftover rice. Bring this mixture to a
boil and simmer for a few minutes.
4. Serve with bread or rolls.
I would imagine that leftover roast beef would go well with a beef bouillon cube and perhaps some leftover navy beans that I often have in the freezer from making baked beans. Leftover string beans, corn, or carrots, would also go well in this recipe.
For needleworkers, the following design from an old needlework catalogue is fun.
