How double the quantity of tinned soup for 1.5p!

I've been experimenting today.  We get through a lot of soup.  I make my own when I can, but I do find having some tins in the cupboard handy.  Being in the mood for frugality and dieting I thought I would try and eek out a tin from the cupboard.

This 400g Morrisons Chicken soup was 40p and 99calories for 1/2 a can

I mixed one stock cube (1.5p) with 400ml of boiling water.  Whisk until dissolved.  This serving is 20 calories

Mix with the soup     

 

 

 

Lunch today cost 20p (plus a slice of reduced priced bread ) Soup was 50calories bread was 100 calories.  I will freeze the rest.

 

Was it any good?



 

The soup was a little thinner than usual (I don't mind that because I rarely thicken my home made soup anyway).  But the flavour was really lovely.  The stock cube really added to the flavour and I felt full after I had eaten it.  If the freezing experiment works out ok I will do it again.

 

Have you any clever tips for eeking out food either for slimming or thrift?