Instructions: I think soup is our favorite meal. So much variety. I use lots of bases for soup. Including a can of ready-made soup. We just had a can of lentil soup that said it had corn - so we counted the kernels then added more corn! It tasted too much like chicken broth so I added in a 1/2-cup or so of a bottled spaghetti sauce. Threw in some herbs.

So augmenting canned soup makes it quick. Easy. plus some of the lowfat soups can be bland and need fixing.

Bases ... we use bouillon, canned defatted broths, "better than bouillon"

concentrates - but we have to watch the amount of salt in those. Some of the dried soups come in a low sodium version - (Knorr) - So we often use just water and/or juice + onions carrots celery and garlic. A little bbq sauce; tomatoes, etc.

Do you like lentil soup? You could use canned broth or bouillon cubes in this one or just water and the leafy part of a celery stock with a little onion to cook the lentils.

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