Frugal meal: veggie soup

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Totally uninventive here but my mom gave me some veggies that she wasn’t going to have time to use, so I decided to make an improvised crock pot soup. She gave me 3 potatoes, a bag of carrots and a bag of celery. I chopped them up, with about 10-12 cups of veggie broth, a bunch of seasonings, and then ignored it for 8 hours on high. The seasoning I used this time was veggie broth, smoked paprika, coriander, rubbed sage, and oregano. It gave it a “meaty” flavor. I did spend this on additional items: $3 cheese $1 saltine crackers All in all, a very basic soup with good seasoning that turned out good-made maybe 10 servings for $4.00 out of pocket. Score! I was reading on someone’s frugal blog how at the end of the week, whatever leftover veggies they have they make a soup out of, and I love the idea. I try hard not to waste food, even if that means making somewhat weird recipes or getting creative. So this was my “whatever” soup. With the ingredients, it wouldn’t cost much more than $10 to make, I wouldn’t think. I do get tired of soup but have not yet this year! Do you have any frugal recipes or made any good soup lately?