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Everyone makes stupid puns about soup being ‘soup-er’. For your sanity and mine, I will not do the same. Grab a can of non-concentrated soup (the kind you do NOT add water to) and the rest of the ingredients. I’m using Chicken with Brown Rice Soup, Spinach, Corn, and Chicken, but you’re free to do as you please. Remember, this is not gourmet cooking. Do whatever you want.

Ok, its not even the first paragraph and already this post is doomed for failure. Not only did I change the recipe half way through making it, but I completely forgot to take pictures during the cooking process. So what we’re going to do is use our imaginations to ‘imagine’ what it looks like as we go along.

First, open that soup can and pour it into a big bowl. Easy. Then, put the spinach that you got out back into the refridgerator and get out a single egg instead. I’m sick of spinach. I’ve been eating it almost every meal for 3 days and I need a break. ugh.

Ok, try to imagine a 1/4 cup of corn (about 1/2 of a serving). Oh, wait, thats actually in the first picture. Scroll back up and look at it. Put that in the soup. Then measure out 1/4 cup of chicken (about 1 serving) and put it on top of the corn.

Now take that egg, break it open, and put it in with the soup. Why am I adding ingredients to a can of pre-made soup? I’ll tell you why. I do what I want, thats why. Actually, I’ve got left-overs that go bad fairly quickly and need to use them. Also, canned soup tends to not be thick enough for me and not have enough actual food in it. Its more fun to use them as starting points and modify them as I see fit. This way I can use it as a complete meal and actually be full.

Zap that shit for about 5 minutes or until hot. You’ll want to stop every minute or so and mix it up so that the egg doesn’t turn into a big clump in the center. Mixing it will break the egg up, thickening the soup.

Now Imagine what it looks like when hot. Can you see it? Yum! Ok, lets look at the price and calories. For real look, not pretend look.

Soup: $1.00, 220 calories

Egg: 16 cents, 70 calories

Chicken: 48 cents, 60 calories

Corn: 17 cents, 30 calories

Calories: 380 calories

Cost: $1.81

Time: approximately 6 minutes