Recipe: Create-Your-Own One Bowl Soups (mix-and-match ingredients)

CREATE-YOUR-OWN ONE BOWL SOUPS

FOR EACH SERVING:
1 cup chicken or beef broth
Any combinations of the following:
1/4 cup any cooked meat, poultry or fish
1/4 cup cooked rice, pasta or potatoes (or combination of two)
1 cup mixed frozen vegetables (or mix your own, such as celery, onion, green beans, corn, carrots and cabbage)
1/2 cup canned tomatoes
Pinch of thyme, parsley, garlic powder and 1/2 small bay leaf (remove bay leaf before serving)
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 tsp sugar
Fresh green lettuce leaf (to add fresh taste)

Combine everything in a 2-cup saucepan in order listed. Lay lettuce leaf on top; cover and bring to a boil. Lower heat to simmer and cook gently for 20 minutes. (If using raw vegetables, cook 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.) Remove bay leaf and lettuce leaf.

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