Since the most recent post here in the Frugal Living Blog, I have gotten some questions about my “cream of… soup” usage and the homemade from scratch “cream of… soups” that I make. I thought I would answer those questions and give a little more detail on the whole homemade “cream of… soup” thing being frugal and easy to do.
If you missed that earlier article, you can click here to catch up: The Cream of Soup Budget.
The first question asked which “cream of… soups” can be made easily from scratch. This is a wonderful question. Actually, pretty much any commercial “cream of… soup” can be duplicated at home very easily. I start with a basic recipe and alter it a little for the particular type of “cream of… soup.” Here is just a short list of the soups that can be made:
- Cream of chicken
- Cream of mushroom
- Cream of celery
- Cream of broccoli
- Cheese sauce (canned and in the cream of soup section).
The next question asked about the convenience. While it is true that opening a can has got to be pretty convenient verses creating something from scratch, I don’t find it all that much more time consuming to make the soup, especially when I factor in rinsing out the can and recycling it. I used the pot that I made the soup in as a mixing pot, so I didn’t have any extra dishes to wash.
This morning, for example, I decided to make a Caribbean chicken dish in the crock pot that called for a cream of chicken soup. I got out my ingredients and while my chicken was thawing in the microwave (yes, I know I should thaw it in the fridge the night before, but this is the first day in a couple of weeks I even felt like moving), I got out a sauce pan and whipped together the soup. It took me all of six minutes. Then I simply added everything according to my crock pot recipe.
Keep those questions coming!
Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. Starting June 1st, don’t miss her articles in the Baby Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here.
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