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"Hearty Savory Soup Recipe To Warm You Up and Save You Money"
Charli-Anne Supora
As colder, and colder weather settles in over much of the country, thoughts about, warm, comforting, nutritious, foods naturally pop into our heads. If you're dreading coming home cold and hungry, warming your day with a hot hearty bowl of savory soup or chili meal may be just the recipe for chasing away autumn and winter weather blues, and cutting your food costs, helping you gain better control of your family food budget.
Few things are as satisfying...
...on
a cold day than warming yourself with your favorite hearty soup from your recipe
box. But that's not all... soups seem to help you stay healthier and recover
from illness faster than most any other food. Research studies confirm this
though they are hard-pressed to explain why. But in the end, does the 'why'
matter so much?
While soups are often excellent sources of healthful nutrients all by themselves, the healing power of soup seems to reach beyond mere nutrition. Your grandma knew this. That's why she always made you a meal of hot chicken soup when someone got sick. And yet the benefits of soup doesn't end there either.
Imagine a fresh 8 inch snowfall. You spend an hour shoveling it, and come inside. Shoveling is hard work. When you first come in you're tired, and may well be 'chilled to the bone' from that cold wind outside. Someone sets a steaming bowl of soup in front of you.
Within minutes...
of digging into that bowl, satisfying warmth spreads throughout your body. You relax - maybe to the point where you feel like a short nap. No matter how you feel about the outside, right now after your meal you're feeling warm and cozy and good.
While there are lots of great soup recipes out there - here's a recipe that
is sooo fast, easy, and economical, some folks will accuse me of "cheating".
Maybe
it is, but I have yet to see any soup lover turn a bowl away.
Here's
what you'll need:
In a medium pan, bring the potatoes to boil then turn off the burner and let them cool for a few minutes.
Brown the meat, garlic and onion. Add a dash or two of your other spices.
Put all the ingredients into a crock pot. Put the crock pot on medium setting.
Let it cook for 2-3 hours or more. Stir occasionally
That's it. If you use a crock pot, you can dump the veggies and broth in right away and add the meat and potatoes as you go.
You can forgo the crock pot if you prefer, and cook the soup on your stove. Just use a low setting, and stir more often to keep it from burning.
Since everything is already cooked, it really only needs to warm through before it's ready to eat, but the longer it cooks the better it tastes. For even more flavor, put your soup in the fridge overnight and put it back on to cook in the morning. Cooling and reheating your soup enhances the flavor, and you can stretch the number of meals you get from it this way. Just add some very low cost thickening agents (check out the saving tips here to learn more about this)..
This hearty soup can be prepared in a few minutes. The recipe is a 'snap' to follow. Once your soup meal is ready to serve, it becomes the ultimate "fast food"... ready to eat when you are. It's a great solution for busy families, and is a terrific recipe to include with your other favorites for your future meal planning.. With microwaves and reusable containers available everywhere, there's no reason you can't enjoy a warm meal of savory soup from this tasty recipe almost anyplace.
Why not warm up to a satisfying, and frugal, meal which includes a bowl of delicious, hearty, soup today?
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