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Remember me? It's two dollars a day guy.
Here's the first delicious soup I've made in my adventure.
12oz dried red beans, soaked
1/2 head of nappa cabbage, shredded
1 28oz can diced tomatoes
1 medium onion, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
1-2 carrots, chopped
3 strips of bacon, diced
56oz water
Fry the bacon in the bottom of a six quart pan. Remove, but leave the
fat.
Sauté the onions, celery, and carrots in the bacon fat.
Add the cabbage, tomatoes, beans, and water.
Bring to a boil, cover and let simmer until beans are tender.
Add the bacon bits back in.
Initially, this was a little bland, but I added some fresh thyme and
rosemary, and threw in a few cloves of minced garlic.
This cost me about $2.50 for about five quarts of soup.
I would have preferred to use chicken stock over water, but have not
yet got any chicken to make stock.
That sounds good.
I remember going through a period of time when I didn't have much money. I
ate boiled eggs or oatmeal for breakfast. Lunch was spaghetti with tomato
sauce and a small amount of cheese for protein. I made it from scratch.
Huge batch and portioned it out to take to work with me. I didn't own a
microwave in those days but we had one at work so I could reheat it there.
Dinner was a peanut butter sandwich and canned peas. Had plain, air popped
popcorn for snacks. Fresh apples and carrots rounded out my meals, when I
had a little extra money left to buy them. I usually got a meal at my
parent's house a time or two a month. Once a week, I had dinner at Sizzler
and had the "all you could eat" salad bar. I really took advantage of it
too, stuffing myself full of all kinds of vegetables. Back then I didn't
worry about whether or not my food was organic and didn't know of my food
allergies. Ah... Those were the days!
