This past week I made a huge pot of soup, a triple batch of Vegetarian Tortilla Soup, The recipe was actually an alteration on Don't Panic, Dinner's in the Freezer's Chicken Tortilla soup. I subbed homemade Veggie broth and omitted the chicken, we will add that when we thaw the leftovers and reheat it over the next month.
Out of that triple batch of Veggie tortilla soup, I put away 8 packages of soup each one has the potential of being multiple things. I can use the soup as a base for a simple chili by adding beans and a little tomato paste. I can use it for Chicken tortilla soup by adding a chicken breast or thigh. I can use add ground beef and use it as taco meat or burrito filling, or a topping for taco salad. The possibilities are endless.
Since we had already eaten 3 meals out of this pot of soup before I put it in the freezer, we got at least 11 meals out of it. Total cost for those 11 meal bases is about $6
Now I subbed a lot of ingredients, instead of using tomato soup, I used a giant can of tomato juice (since you add water anyhow, I just left that off) it also helps to shop at Aldi, The diced tomatoes and rotel style tomatoes are only 39 and 49 cents per can respectively. Spices come in bulk from either Gordon Food Service or Sam's which ever I get the best deals at when I am running out.
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