My Tomato Vegetable Soup w/Pasta Recipe

By popular demand......

The recipe I used for my Progresso Tomato Vegetable Soup copycat is HERE.

But......
I didn't use vegetable stock, I used chicken stock instead(because that's what I had).
I also subbed puree tomatoes for diced tomatoes and I tripled that ingredient from the recipe, I subbed cut up green beans for the celery hearts as well.
And I doubled the amount of zucchini and tripled the amount of pasta.
Soooo....basically I made up a new recipe. lolz

Progresso copycat Tomato Vegetable Soup with Pasta by Sluggy  8-)))

5 C. chicken stock or broth
1 large can tomato puree
1 C. water
1 C. pasta(small shells)
1 can whole kernel corn
1 1/2 C. green beans
1 1/2 C. carrot slices
2 small zucchini, chopped
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 TB.. garlic powder
1 TB EVOO
Salt and Pepper to taste

* sweat onions in EVOO
* Add garlic powder to EVOO/onions to "bloom" for 1 minute or so.
* Add stock, water and tomato puree, to boil.
* Turn down heat to simmer, add any  "fresh veggies" to pot to cook them.
* When fresh veggies are tender, add any canned or frozen veggies.
* Wait 5 minutes, then add pasta, cover and simmer until pasta is done.
* Serve.

--Frozen, Fresh or Canned veggies are all fine.
--If you wish a thinner soup/broth just adjust amount of stock/broth and/or add more tomato puree to taste.


Sluggy

Rite-Aid & Weis This Week

I forgot to mention this second trip to Rite-Aid last week Friday afternoon...........

More of those .88¢ Snapple drinks which earned me back $2 in new Plenti Points, a couple of Daylogic razors and blade refills I had rain checks for from earlier in the year which were free after Plenti Points earned so I got them free on the rain checks.
$3.63 w/tax and earned $2 back in Plenti Points so I spent down PPs by $1.63.
The catalina machine spit out a $2/1 Gillette save gel on that transaction so I bought a Gillette shave gel and a .69¢ candy bar since the shave gel was $1.79 on sale and the $2 CatalinaQ would have made me negative .21¢.  After .11¢ tax this transaction came to .59¢ which I paid for on a gift card.


I quick trip to Rite-Aid to pick up an Rx this Wednesday and this stuff too.......

1 x Gillette shave gel on sale $2 off=$1.79
1 x Axe Shampoo on sale=$4.50
1 x Axe deodorant on sale-$4.50
1 x Colgate toothpaste 20% Wellness disc. less than sale price=$3.43
2 x Bic Disposable razors bogo50%=$7.78
SubTotal.....$22.00

Coupons Used
1 x $1/1 Gillette shave Load2CardQ=$1.00
1 x $2/1 Axe shampoo Load2CardQ=$2.00
1 x .50¢/1 Axe deodorant IPQ=.50¢
1 x $2/2 In-Ad Axe R-A Q=$2.00
1 x .50¢/1 Colgate toothpaste Load2CardQ=.50¢
1 x $3/1 Colgate toothpaste In-Ad R-AQ=$3.00
2 x $3/1 Bic disposable razors IPQ=$6.00
Coupon Total.....$15.00

$22.00-$15.00=$7.00+ .42¢tax=$7.42
I used $7.42 in Plenti Points to pay and earned back $4 in new Plenti Points($2 wyb2 Axe, $2 wyb2 Bic)so I "spent down" $3.42 in PPs.

I had gotten 12 bags of coffee as of Tuesday at Weis.......

12 X 8 O'Clock coffee BOGO=$32.94

3 x $2/2 Weis 8 O'Clock coffee Q=$6.00
3 x $2.50/3 8 O'Clock coffee IPQ=$7.50
3 x $1.50/1 8 O'Clock Infusions IPQ=$4.50
1 x $1/1 Weis 8 O'Clock coffee Q=$1.00
Coupon Total......$19.00

$32.94-$19.00=$13.94 Total OOP
Or $1.16 per bag.
Nice.

I went back Wednesday and bought this stuff(more coffee too!lol)

4 x 8 O'Clock coffees BOGO=$10.98 - $6 in Qs=$5.98 for all 4.
2 x Minute Rice medley blend on sale=$3.98-$2 in Qs=$1.98 for both.
1 x Sandwich Bros metls on sale=$3.49-$2.50 in Qs=.99¢
The following was part of the Mix and Match 6 items/Get $3 off Instantly--
2 x Tyson chicken nuggets=$10.98
3 x Green Valley beans=$4.47
1 x Cool Whip=$1.49
Total on those 6 was $16.94.
I had $6 in Q + $3 off instantly, so $7.94 for those 6 items or $1.32 each.

I got my FREE smoked ham too for 50 points.
$14.50 I didn't have to spend on that item.
I also found 2 packages of cube steaks $9.31 with $2 meat stickers on them so $5.31 total for both packs.
I also found these 3 Bob Evans fridge sides, reg. $4, on sale for $3 each with $2 discount stickers on each.  I also had a $1/3 Bob Evans ManuQ so $9 on sale -$7 in Qs/discounts stickers=$2.00 for all 3 packages.

I also bought 5 more cartons of Minute Maid OJ($1.87 ea.)and earned another $2 Catalina(plus I used a $2 MM OJ Catalina on this transaction).
A couple of bags of Tostitos(using a $1/2 eon those)rounded out the order.
$38.22 OOP and I saved $75.50 w/sale prices and Qs or a 66% savings rate.


Sluggy

Xmas Stuff

We are five days away from Christmas and almost through Hanukkah too.....EEK!

I just wanted to update on here since I don't have time to email everyone individually who sent in cards for Sonya.

These are the cards I have received so far......

S Steiner
D Hartwick(2 cards)
Anne at the Table
N Alexander
Cheap Chick
Jen-Absolutely Sweet Chaos
R Davis(2 cards)
American Dreamer(at least I think it's yours due to the postmark) ;-)
Jen G.
Lorraine-We are Clamco

Keep 'em coming! 8-)))

If you want to email me a note since it's so close to when I need to send these off, I can print that out and include it too.  Just send me an email.

Back later with more "stuff".

Sluggy

This Week on the Dining Table

* I'm a day late with this due to other things going on around Chez Sluggy.....so sue me. ;-)

The "Souper Sunday" Edition--

I wanted to replicate Progresso's Tomato soup w/pasta and veggies.  Came pretty close to doing so but my soup is thicker and has more pasta shells.
Works for me!  I stuck what's left of it into the freezer after 1 week to eat later this Winter.

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning!

Here's what was planned last week--

1. Sunday--homemade Tomato Soup w/Veggies and Pasta, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

2. Monday--Pork Chops, Grilled Asparagus

3. Tuesday--Fried Fish, Home Fries, Brussels Sprouts

4. Wednesday--Leftover Spaghetti and Meatballs, Salad

5. Thursday--Chicken Sausages, Roasted Veggies
6. Friday--Homemade Pizza, Caesar Salad
7. Saturday--Leftovers

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--homemade Tomato Soup w/Veggies and Pasta, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

2. Monday--Apricot Glazed Pork Chops, Mac and Cheese from box, Brussels Sprouts

3. Tuesday--Fried Fish, Sweet Potato Steak Fries

4. Wednesday--Chinese Take-Out

5. Thursday--Leftover Spaghetti and Meatballs
6. Friday--Chicken Sausages, Roasted Carrots and Beets, Latkes
7. Saturday--Baby Back Ribs, real Mac and Cheese, Veggie

Last week saw 5 night of home cooked dinners, 1 nights of leftovers/fend for yourself, 1 nights of take-out and 0 nights of Eating out.
Two trips to just Weis was the extent of the shopping last week and the bill came to $159/75.  That brings December's food spending to $328.63.  There are 12 more days in my shopping month.

My savings percentages last week was 52.84% and the monthly savings so far ends up at 53%(without Rite-Aid trips added in).

Leftovers going into this week.......spaghetti and meatballs, latke mix, ribs, mac and cheese.

Here is this week's "food plan".....

1. Sunday--Veal Parmesan, Salad

2. Monday--Chicken and Dumplings

3. Tuesday--Eat-Out?

4. Wednesday--Chicken Fried Steak, Taters, Gravy, Califlower

5. Thursday--Chicken Enchiladas, Rice, Beans
6. Friday--Pizza, Wings, Veggie Tray
7. Saturday--Leftovers

This week will see 5 new meals cooked, 1 night of leftovers, 1 night of Take-out/Eat-Out.

The only thing I need to buy to make these meals is nothing I think.  That isn't to say that I won't go to the grocery store however. 8-)

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week?


Sluggy

And the Giveaway Winner is.......

There were 108 valid entries.  I used Random dotorg to pick a winner and they picked entry #90 so the Winner is...........

Bonnie!

BonnieDecember 16, 2017 at 6:12 PM

Just a couple days left until the drawing!

Congratulations Bonnie!!
Now you have 48 hours from the time stamp this post goes live to email me your full mailing address so I can get this on it's way to you.

Thanks to everyone who played along and don't forget to enter the Second December Giveaway before it ends on December 23rd.  That link to enter is HERE.

The regular Monday meal planning post is coming up shortly......

Sluggy