So that makes 60 hearty lunches! I wanted to keep lunches simple, so I decided it would always be soup. And I came up with 30 different soup recipes! Many of them use Campbells' Healthy Request soups in cans (These kind do not have monosodium glutamate and they have half the salt of the regular Campbell's soups.
I also decided that, to go with the soup, since we -in a worst case scenario-won't have bread or enough fuel to make bread- that we would have crackers or tortilla chips. You must really rotate these out because they expire within a few months of purchase. You can still eat them, though. They will just taste stale. But, again, I recommend rotating them. I also included our favorite peanut butter and a jar of sunflower seed butter to put on the crackers. This will add more protein to the lunches that have low protein.
Here are the soups...all 30 of them. I coordinated the soups with the evening meal. For example, I would not have a soup with beans in it for lunch, if I were serving a bean meal for supper. And if I had a high protein supper planned, then I'd go easy on the protein at lunch. Note: In any of these soups, you can add water to make it the consistency you like. Some folks like a thick, stew-like soup, some like it more liquid-y.
1. Potato Chili Soup with Tortilla Chips (Can Potato soup and can of green chilis)
2. Ranch House Chili with Beans and tortilla chips (Can of Chili and can of beans)
3. Clam Chowder (Can of clam chowder, extra can of clams, can of potatoes). Dice up those potates and add to the soup. Add the potato liquid, too, if you want. Crackers.
4. Chicken Noodle Soup (Can Chicken noodle soup-Healthy Request- and can of carrots added to it.)
5. Tomato Rice Soup with crackers and peanut butter. First cook up some Minute Rice and then add an 8 oz. can tomato sauce and a 15 oz. can diced tomatoes. Season as you wish. We love black pepper. You could use Mrs. Dash..Tapatio...a touch of garlic powder.
6. Corny Chili with Olives (Can of chili, can of corn, small can sliced black olives.)
7. Sirloin Steak Soup with extra carrots (Can Campbells' Sirloin Steak soup. Add can of carrots. Season as desired.
8. Molly's Black Bean Soup (can of black beans, 1/2 can or more of low sodium chicken broth.)I add some Taco Bell Salsa in a jar (half of a small jar)
9. Fortified Chicken Noodle Soup.(Can Healthy Request Chicken Noodle Soup, add extra can of chicken chunks and can of sliced carrots.
10. 4 Bean Chili (Can of 4 Bean chili and add an extra can of beans and a can of stewed diced tomatoes. Add little bit cumin
and chili powder.
11. Beef Barley Soup with Extra Carrots
12. Italian Style Wedding Soup with extra spinach (chopped, canned) and extra white beans.
13. Chicken Curry Rice Soup
14. Tuna Noodle Soup (can tuna, cooked shell noodles-use 6 oz. dry)cream of muishroom or chicken soup with added soy milk.
15. Minestrone Ravioli Zupa (one can minestrone soup, 1 can mini raviolo, water as desired)
16. Fajita Chicken Soup with extra chicken and carrots
17. Beans and Potato Chili (can chili with beans, can potatoes, diced up)
18. Chicken Noodle soup with extra chicken and carrots
19. Wisconsin Chili (can of chili, add cooked maccaroni noodles (about one and a half cups or so, add 1/2 can of peas...and a bit more water.
20. Vegetable Beef Soup with Extra carrots and peas.
21. Polish Chicken Noodle Soup. (Add can of potatoes, cut in halves, add some dillweed)
22. Corny Bean soup (Can white beans, Can of creamed corn, can of reg. corn all undrained.)
23. Vegetable bean soup(add can of red beans)
24. Tuna Rice Soup (Can tuna, 2 cups rice, Healthy Request cream of chicken soup)
25. Frijole Soup (Can of refried beans,can of pinto beans,water, cumin and chili powder)
26. Mac'n' Cheese Chili (Prepare box of Mac'n' Cheese using 2 tablespoons olive oil instead of the butter, use can of Stagg No Bean Chili), can of green chilies
Combine.
27. Italian wedding soup with extra potatoes and white beans.
28. Meat and potato soup ( can of Campbells Beefy mushroom soup or a can of beef
gravy, and can of cooked potatoes, diced, undrained. Add water as desired.)
29. Chicken Rice Curry Soup (Jar of Curry simmer sauce, can of chicken, 2 cups cooked rice, some water as desired.)
30.Spaghetti Soup (cooked spaghetti noodles - 4 or 5 oz. dry-sliced black olives, can or jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce, parmesan cheese.
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