Cheap, Tasty, Hot Soup from Your Refrigerator

Ingredients

• any vegetable oil will do
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• A grated carrot
• A chopped garlic clove or so if you've got it
• 4-8 cups water, depending upon whether you like your soup brothy or chunky
• a teaspoon salt
• chicken or beef bouillon cubes
• a can of tomatoes
• a diced potato or two (leftover hashbrowns work)
• hamburger
• spinach
• peas
• corn
• green beans
• broccoli
• leftover cooked rice or noodles
• cooked, chopped chicken
• uncooked chicken pieces such as tenders or boneless skinless breasts or thighs
• leftover lunchmeat, especially ham and probably not bologna
• pre-cooked Polish Kielbasa