WAHM Timesavers: Soup!

When you are a wahm you can have days where it's difficult to manage the house and the job but soup is a great idea for doing multiple things.

First, soup is economical. You can make many meals out of a pot of soup. It's very budget friendly for using leftovers and for stretching the dollar! It's great for lunch or for dinner and a hearty meal can be made with some rolls and a salad.

Soup is nutritious. If you are like most parents, you want your family to eat well. Soup gives you a great opportunity to get vegetables into your kid's diet. If they don't like it much, they might like it when they don't know what it is. Pureed and creamed soups can help you disguise healthy for yummy. Puree a soup with loads of good stuff and add milk and cheese and make a great vegetable chowder. You can also lose weight eating soup if you go for low calorie soups.

Soup is easy to make. A few minutes invested can yield a great meal that practically cooks itself and in only one pot! The crockpot is a great friend to soup as well!

Soup goes a long way so when you make a pot, make extra and freeze it to bring it out on another day. I once read a tip about keeping a container in the freezer and adding all your leftover vegetables after each meal for several weeks until it was full. Then, make a great soup out of it. I wish I knew who to credit this tip to but must say it was great advice that has helped me get more mileage out of leftovers. I have turned into a great soup chef. Here are some great bases as well:

-tea. White tea is great when you're sick for antibacterial properties. Green tea and regular tea work great as well and for something different, try using chai tea as a soup base.

-Bovril. Beef, vegetable and chicken Bovril are staples in this WAHM's house. I love it!

-Motts Clamato or V8 juice makes a great base for Sacred Heart Soup or any other vegetable soup.

-Campbell's Tetra Packs of Soup broth. They can go in the fridge and a little goes a long way.

Experiment with different recipes and with textures and don't shy away from spice. A great way to get soup to be a winning meal in your house is to fill it with flavour and cook it with love.