Pantry Soup

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I am trying my best to stay out of the grocery stores except for perishables.

I was very tempted to go today as I had a list of things I thought I needed.

But last week I read a blog of a very frugal woman with a family that talked about making "Pantry Soup".  

The rule being that everything has to come from your pantry, fridge or freezer.

Being that it is 11 degrees outside today and I was so tired because I watched the late Ohio State football championship game, I thought this was a great idea.

Potato soup sounded wonderful to me.

I had potatoes, I also had celery and an onion.

I only had one lone can of chicken broth but found some dry chicken soup base that had never even been opened!

So I used 8 small to medium Russet potatoes, cut into chunks, about 1/2 cup of chopped celery, 1/2 cup of chopped onion put into some water with the soup base and the can of chicken broth.  Boiled this until the potatoes were soft, added a can of cream of corn that I had, and about half a small package of grated cheddar cheese I had in the fridge.  Salt, pepper and some garlic powder.

I used my stick blender to mix it a little.  I left some hunks of potato.

It was really delicious.

Plus I have plenty for leftovers.

The perfect soup for this cold day.

I'm going to try and see how many pantry meals I can make!!

Shirley