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Vegetable cheddar soup (with bread): 83 cents/serving
If you’re thinking this “vegetable cheddar soup” looks suspiciously like broccoli cheddar soup, that’s because it is broccoli (and cauliflower and potato) cheddar soup. However, that’s only because...
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White sweet potato soup: 77 cents/serving
You may already be aware that there are two kinds of sweet potatoes in U.S. grocery stores—the white kind no one buys, which look like regular potatoes, and the orange-fleshed ones everyone buys,...
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French onion soup: 84 cents/serving
I am, admittedly, a French onion soup fanatic. I order it whenever I spot it on a menu, whether it’s an upscale French brasserie or a strip-mall Red Robin, and I’m constantly trying to perfect my own...
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Chicken soup with lemon-pepper dumplings: $1.17/serving
It wasn’t until I really started cooking in earnest that I learned there are two kinds of dumplings: dropped dumplings and rolled dumplings. I had always assumed the big, fluffy dropped dumplings were...
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White bean soup with pasta & rosemary oil: 63 cents/serving
Bean soup. If you’re on a budget, you’ve probably had more than your fair share of it, as it’s easy, inexpensive, healthy, and filling. It can also be kind of depressing. This soup to the rescue! It...
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Chinese chicken and ramen soup: 76 cents/serving
This is, admittedly, the first thing I’ve made in the slow cooker since November’s Malaysian beef curry that didn’t have me thinking, “meh.” I want to love my slow cooker, I really do, but anything...
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Bulgur-lentil soup with mint: 63 cents/serving
Few things are more healthily filling than the combination of bulgur and lentils, and few things are more simple and inexpensive to make than soup. Why not combine them? (And use up some more of the...
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Ye olde chicken noodle soup: 83 cents/serving
Found yourself a whole chicken on sale and not sure what to do with it? You’ve got two failsafe options: roast it (or, as I prefer to do, cut it up and roast the parts separately), or simmer it whole...
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French onion soup with bacon: $1.52/serving
For some reason I’ve been really craving French onion soup this week. Trashy French onion soup—extra-cheesy, extra sweet. It’s been hot (read: not soup weather), but as anyone who’s been pregnant...
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How to make soup out of (just about) anything
Yes—it’s true! It probably took me a good six months into the $35 a Week project to realize this, but most soups don’t require a recipe. In fact, there exists an extremely simple formula that allows...
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