Back when my boys ate normal human sized portions, I kept two containers in the freezer for leftovers. In one went all leftover meat w/ sauces and/or vegetable juice and in the other all leftover vegetables. When one container was full - almost always the vegetable container before the meat container - I thawed them and made soup. Tonight's dinner was a play on that theme.
Refrigerator Soup
~ All cooked vegetables, including the leftover stir fry
~ Left over Keema Curry
~ Leftover beef broth from beef tips
~ 1 can's equivalent of black beans and great northern beans
~ 1 can diced tomatoes
~ 1 can tomato sauce
~ 1/2 bag frozen corn
~ 1/2 cup or so of frozen peas
~ 1 bay leaf
~ 1 teaspoon or so cumin
~ Salt and pepper to taste
Dump it all into a soup pot and heat.
Our soup ended up as a Mexican vegetable soup, so I served it with quesadillas and a salad.
*I know the freezer soup containers sound gross but trust me. Some of our best soup has been created this way. And really, it is practically free. You are using scraps that would normally either be thrown away or packaged and forgotten in the back of the refrigerator. Of course, the down side is that you can never recreate the exact soup, but for an almost free meal, it is worth the risk.
2 comments:
This sounds delicious -- especially for the upcoming cold evenings of Fall. thanks for posting. Katie
this sounds delicious. thanks for posting - will try during the colder nights of Fall
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