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cheap, comfort food, cooking, easy, fast, home, instant mashed potatoes, poor, quick, recipe, Shepard's Pie, shredded cheese, soup, welfare
Yes, I’m copying over some of my favorite posts from previous blogs. Not all of them. Some of them are silly and dated. By some, I mean many. Anyway. I’ve posted this in every blog I’ve had since coming up with it ages ago. Enjoy the fruits of poverty past.
When I was on welfare, I gained an amazing skill of making tasty and filling food on pennies a serving. This is a favorite that’s carried over. It’s easy, it’s fast, it’s filling, and you can feed two people for little more than the cost of a can of soup.
You will need
- one can of vegetable beef soup
- instant mashed potato flakes
- shredded cheese (optional)
- Heat can of soup until boiling
- strain water/broth from the rest of the soup into a bowl
- add instant mashed potato flakes until mashed potato-like
- add the rest of the soup on top of the mashed potatoes
- Sprinkle with shredded cheese
I made it in 5-10 minutes tops. And it is delicious. In a very “this economy is busting my balls- what can I make from what I have in my cupboard” kind of way.