Care to join me in celebrating National Soup Month? Here are some ways we can do it together.
Get Souped Up. Have soup every day if you can stand it! Grab a crockpot and make your own concoctions (chopped up carrots and potatoes with broth and your favorite meat? Add some onions and peppers for some zing?) or buy a few Campbell’s cans for the easy way. Try one of those heat-able, drinkable cans for a new way to eat lunch—or bring it to work in a thermos, old school.
Go on a Soup Diet. You can definitely lose weight eating soup for lunch and dinner if you go low-calorie; just be sure to go low-sodium, too. This can be hard to do with condensed soups; you may want to make your own or look for the low-sodium labels.
Spice Up Your Soup. Add some cheese or sour cream topping, toss in some of your child’s cheese fish crackers, dice up your favorite meat or get some bacon bits and sprinkle them on, or even literally add your favorite spice for a zesty flavor.
Order Soup. Try all of the different soups that your favorite restaurant has to offer. When you eat out, ask what the soup of the day is—or see if there is a soup that the restaurant is famous for. Go somewhere that serves up lots of different soups, like Sweet Tomatoes or Panera Bread, and try all of the flavors. Many places offer a bottomless soup lunch special that will also save you some money.
Make unusual soups. Add your leftovers to some broth and create something entirely new. Use ramen noodles as a base and add your favorite spices or veggies for a new soup. Buy a dehydrated soup package or a bean-based soup in a bag you’ve never tried before and see what you can make for dinner.
Soup is one of the cheapest, most filling, and most comforting meals you can make. What’s your favorite soup? Do you have a special way to really spice up an ordinary soup you can share? Add your soup savvy to the comments below.