We just had tuna fish sandwiches for dinner ourselves...
I like soups for cheap meals. They can be elevated by the use of stock instead of broth, they can be hearty or light, they can be very very basic or complex.
We are fond of sopa de lima. You use cooked chicken (usually, I poach a couple of the frozen chicken breasts in water with a dash of lime juice and a bay leaf).
Saute one onion, chopped, in the bottom of your soup pan. Add a can of green chilies, a large can of broth (or stock, if you're feeling flush...), and the cooked chicken (chopped to bite size, of course). Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes or so. Add a chopped tomato to the pot before the last five minutes. Add a squirt of lime juice right before serving.
While the simmering is going on, cut up several corn tortillas into 2 x 1/2" strips and fry them in hot oil until brown and crisp. Drain these, then use them to garnish the soup.
It's so simple, but it's really, really delicious.
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I like soups for cheap meals. They can be elevated by the use of stock instead of broth, they can be hearty or light, they can be very very basic or complex.
We are fond of sopa de lima. You use cooked chicken (usually, I poach a couple of the frozen chicken breasts in water with a dash of lime juice and a bay leaf).
Saute one onion, chopped, in the bottom of your soup pan. Add a can of green chilies, a large can of broth (or stock, if you're feeling flush...), and the cooked chicken (chopped to bite size, of course). Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes or so. Add a chopped tomato to the pot before the last five minutes. Add a squirt of lime juice right before serving.
While the simmering is going on, cut up several corn tortillas into 2 x 1/2" strips and fry them in hot oil until brown and crisp. Drain these, then use them to garnish the soup.
It's so simple, but it's really, really delicious.