• Lord Wiggle
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    222 hours ago

    A bag of pre-cut veggies, pre-peeled potatoes, add some beans, bake 5min with some herbs and throw in a blender with some water. Throw the blended stuff in a pan, boil with some cream and add some pasta. Super tasty soup is ready in 10 to 12 min. Enough soup for 4 days. But I don’t mind cutting some veggies, they only need some rough cutting as they go into the blender anyway. Just use easy to cut veggies. Broccoli or cauliflower for example, or courgettes like I used yesterday. Soup for 4 to 5 days costs roughly 5 to 7 euros. Add a euro for home made bread made with a bread baking machine and you have a proper meal. Just throw some baking mix and water in it and 3h later you have fresh warm bread. Honestly, making your own soup in 12min for 4 days is roughly 6min more effort then canned soup. No added sugar, conservatives and too much salt. Much better taste. Especially when you add some blue cheese.

    • TheRealKuni
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      221 hours ago

      Climb out of blanket cocoon. Pry open can. Empty into bowl. Fill can with water. Empty into bowl. Put in microwave for three minutes. Stir. Microwave for two minutes. Go back to huddling under blankets.

      (Like I said, I mostly eat soup when I’m sick. Don’t care much about taste or quantity in that case.)

      You’re not wrong in any way though.

      • Lord Wiggle
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        19 hours ago

        I don’t even have a microwave. I understand the concept, however I prefer home made meals. I hate cooking, so I usually cook 3 or 4 nights in a row, cooking large meals which are 4 to 5 large portions. This way I have enough food in my freezer for 2 to 3 weeks, consisting of 3 to 4 different kinds of food so not every day the same. I always have something I can warm up when I’m ill or feel down. It’s basically the same as canned soup or instant meal, but home made so much tastier and healthier.

        • TheRealKuni
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          117 hours ago

          I don’t even have a microwave. I understand the concept, however I prefer home made meals.

          Microwave is just a tool for heating stuff. You can use it for homemade meals, too, although you gotta know your machine and its limitations (just like any tool). It’s most useful for reheating stuff quickly, though.

          • Lord Wiggle
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            115 hours ago

            Lol I know what a microwave is. Not the ‘concept’ I was aiming for haha

            • TheRealKuni
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              115 hours ago

              Oh duh, lol 🤦‍♂️