Home made soup

I didn't have much time for cooking today, so I made tomato soup and a chicken dish.

For tomato soup you need: 1 tin of peeled tomatoes, a chicken wing or a piece of bacon for flavouring, salt and pepper to taste. I mashed the tomatoes though the sieve (don't throw away bigger parts that get stuck in the sieve). Place the tomatoe mash with a piece of meat into a saucepan. Add water (at least a litre), boil and simmer until the meat is soft. I served soup with rice left over from yesterday. Make sure the soup is hot before serving if you serve with cold rice.

For the main dish I prepared chicken. I bought 1 kg of frozen chicken for £4, half of the pack I froze. The remaining part I defrosted overnight, fried in oil with 4 sliced mushrooms. (I got them this week- at a reduced price). Once chicken was cooked, I added tomatoes left over on the sieve. Mix it all together. I boiled noodles (spaghetti) and serve it with chicken. As a salad I prepared two apples (cut into quarters, with seeds removed).

For dessert I offered swiss roll, bought this week as well with cream on top. Cream was sitting in the fridge for the last two weeks (I usually get a long life cream).

Left overs: a handful of noodles. I placed them in a small dish, covered with cling film and put them in the fridge. Don't ever cover anything hot. The food has to cool down before it can be placed in the fridge.

Hint: when buying meat, look at the price per kilo. If it is not stated, calculate how much it would cost for 1000g (1 kg) and compare with other meat.

Hint 2: Any meat used for soup should be removed from the bone and placed in a small pot in the fridge (if not eaten).