A good standby meal is to have dried beans handy to make soup. I keep a bag of mixed beans and
taco mix (forgo the seasoning that comes with the beans). Thrown together in a crock pot it makes a great winter meal together with cornbread (you can usually pick up cornbread mix for under 50c) or
make your own cornbread
Or buy individual types of beans (soak overnight first)
Bean Soup
1/4 cup white beans
1/4 cup kidney beans
1/4 cup split peas
2 tbsp barley
2 tbsp parsley
2 tbsp dried onions
1 bay leaf
2 teasp. powdered beef broth
Cook in crockpot
Optional: Can of tomato soup or tomatoes
