Meatball soup

Sounds odd to some, but it's tasty.

Ingredients
8 cups of water
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
2 cubes beef bouillon (or equal amount of granulated for 2 cups)
1lb frozen meatballs (thawed)
2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup elbow macaroni

Directions
Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add spices, bouillon, meatballs, tomato sauce, carrots, celery, and garlic, and simmer for 30 minutes.
Add macaroni and cook until pasta is done! Great with home made bread.



Meatballs           $1.99
Tomato sauce   $1.38
Celery                $0.25
Carrots              $0.30
Garlic                 $0.10
Macaroni            $0.25
                           $4.27

Creamy Turkey mac

Nothing from scratch about this one.

Ingredients
1lb Macaroni
2 10.75oz cans of cream of mushroom soup
1 and a half cans of milk
1lb ground turkey
2tbs oil

Directions
Set a pot of water on to boil with some salt. When it comes to a boil, add pasta and cook to desired doneness.
Add oil to a skillet and heat it, then brown the turkey. Drain when done.
Add the cream of mushroom soup and milk to the skillet and whisk together, bring to a light boil and add turkey back to the skillet.
When the macaroni is done, add the turkey mixture to it.


Macaroni              $1.09
2 cans of soup     $1.38
Milk                       $0.75
Ground Turkey     $1.25 (At Walmart, 1.49 at Aldi)
                             $4.47