I tried it once and didn't care for it. I think the only good thing about it is the Labels for Education coupon. Save that. Then I'd probably just take my loss and move on.

Donate it to the Food bank.

1. Carefully open can, so as not to mar label.
2. Walk over to kitchen sink and dump out its contents.
3. Rinse can thoroughly.
4. Fill with wild daisies (my personal favorite this time of year).
5. Use for informal barn wedding or rustic barbecue centerpiece.


Sorry, Suzi. I have the propensity to overthink these things :) You could probably make a quick Broccoli/Cheese soup, or an even quicker, Mac and Cheese. Sorry to be of little help.



Sol

Sol, you just made my day! Laughed so hard I have tears! I did do a search and found if you add 1/3 C milk to it, it makes a nice cheese sauce for Broccoli. I could still save the can for all those suggestions you made.

It really doesn't "make a nice cheese sauce"....tastes flour-ey....and like fake cheese>
When my kids were in grade school, they opened a can, heated it up and used it as a chip dip. ...What did they know...

I heat it up with a little milk (1/2 a can - or to desired consistency), add some frozen broccoli or cauliflower and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

Ok, not the most delicious or nutritious recipe in the world, but really not bad considering how easy it is to throw together, this recipe is one I've had for many years from back in my early cooking days. I haven't made it in a long time but I held on to it so here it is.

Cheeseburger Chowder

½ lb ground beef
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 ¾ cup milk
1 cup frozen hashbrowns
1 can chopped green chilies
1 tablespoon taco seasoning
1 tablespoon minced dried onion
½ teaspoon chili powder

Brown beef.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Bring to a boil.
Simmer 5 minutes.

Curious what you meant to buy. Hang out here and we'll teach you good homemade soup.

: )

Is that LindaC?

sleevendog, DH has a bad cold, and I was picking up soups for his lunch. I was mainly looking for chicken noodle, but somehow that yellow color got in to my soup batch. Don't worry, I do know how to make homemade soup. Just wasn't in the mood.

I've seen recipes for chicken enchiladas using it. I have to cook for my widowed dad now and he actually prefers salt and preservative laden foods to home made ones, so I may do the enchiladas some day. Mom left a whole pantry full of it for that reason. She was elderly and didn't have much energy to cook and besides dad didn't appreciate it anyway. We don't eat it as a soup, plenty of other options for that. But I agree, not all of us can afford to throw out or turn up our noses at edible stuff. Would not be that much worse than a cheese sauce on enchiladas, which with a cheese sauce wouldn't be that healthy anyway. Here's a link to the recipe. It's going in with all my other "dad" recipes, lol! http://www.campbellskitchen.com/recipes/easy-chicken-cheese-enchiladas-50780 Campbell's Easy Chicken Enchiladas Would be easy enough to sneak in some veggies and beans into the enchiladas for something with slightly more nutritional value.

On a related note, dad loves stuffed chicken breasts and pork chops made with Stovetop stuffing mix, so I don't fight it. He has the money to pay extra for what is basically breadcrumbs with some preservatives, salt and flavorings added in. Now I can add Lowspark's recipe too. That is the kind of thing my dad would love, it has all his favorite food groups--meat, starch, salt, fat and probably some sugar too.

I hope it IS LindaC, and I agree, it tastes vile and like fake....something. Not cheese, of course, but something.

I think I'd try to hide it in something like mac and cheese, and add some real stuff. Even better would be the enchiladas, chowder or a chip dip, because you could add some salsa or seasonings and maybe cover up that fake plastic flavor. If you're watching the salt intake, though, it's scary.

Annie

Warm it up, mix in a can of Rotel tomatoes, & call it a dip.

Couldn't be any worse than the Velveeta they make dip from.

(Could it?)

Rusty

Yep!!!

Our local grocery would take it back if you haven't opened the can. Wouldn't yours?

writersblock, they might, but it's a 15 minute drive and absolutely not worth it.

Thanks to all of you for the many ideas. Gonna use that can and be careful not to accidentally buy it again!

it is LindaC ! Yahoo!

I'd throw it in my next homemade cheese sauce, cheese soup or mac and cheese........or there is the food bank!

Suzi, you've been an awfully good sport about all the grief we've given you over a can of soup!

Suzi I haven't been here much in a long time. last time might have been before coming to HOUZZ.

I would check the date, and think about donating it next time the post office looks for food donations for their drive.

Here is an episode of Cookin' Cheap, featuring a can of soup, plus other assorted cans:

20+ years ago I dated a fellow who's mother make a cheese fondue by heating cheese soup and stirirng French Onion dip to it. Dunk bread chunks into it -- people went crazy over it!

Ironically, I found six cans of Campbell's cream soups in mom's pantry. Two cheese and mushroom, two cream of chicken, one cream of mushroom and one cheese. Dad actually prefers foods made with these ingredients, so this thread may come back to haunt me MANY times. I can't for the life of me figure out why he prefers these foods, my grandmother (his mother) didn't cook with them and mom usually didn't either. But he would just rave and gravitate towards these kinds of foods. Turn up his nose at the healthier versions. I make him home made dishes over the weekends when I visit and the next weekend I find them untouched and the fridge filled with pre packaged and pre-prepared stuff filled with salt, saturated fat, highly refined flour and preservatives. He finds no comfort in comfort foods!

It's because he likes salt.....

l pink: Is it possible that his taste buds are gone and he is seeking highly seasoned food?

He's always been like this. And he claims he doesn't like salt. Like I said, it doesn't make sense. He's had food issues since he was a little kid. For example, he likes to eat raisins by the handful out of the raisin box, but will pick them out of toast or a cinnamon roll. I mean I don't care but it's insane trying to cook for him, it's like living in an alternate universe where the rules are completely random! He claims to be allergic to onions and pitches a fit when he sees me or saw mom put onions in anything, but then we go out to eat and he orders French onion soup.

I guess "French" onions are OK! That is hilarious in a sad kind of way. That would drive me crazy too. My husband is a really picky eater and before I married him, I had never dealt with a picky eater before. I come from a family that loves to eat and thankful for having the food on their tables. My husband is afraid of almost all vegetables...you cannot make him eat them, it's maddening!

In his defense, he has very bad digestion--ulcerative colitis, so I think he is always worried he is going to aggravate it/have a flare up. But then he limits himself so much food-wise that then he binges on something. Like when he was bragging that he didn't salt his food or like salty foods, I pointed out that the crackers, breads, boxed meals, ham and salami and canned soups he eats are more loaded with salt than any amount you would get from a casual sprinkling from the salt shaker. He just got mad at me and said, "I don't want to argue about it, I'm just saying I don't eat salt." I've tried for DECADES to get him to create some healthy eating habits for himself. It will never work, better and smarter people than me have tried too. But cooking for him is sure a roller coaster ride. Some of his lady friends and neighbors tried cooking for him right after mom died, but they soon gave up! I just do what I can, try to detach, as long as he's not wasting away not eating, there's not much I can do about the quality of what he eats. The more I push for something healthy the more he pushes back, that is just his nature.

lpink, I sorta understand your dad and his raisins. I will tell you I cannot stand coconut, however, I will eat a good coconut cake or a coconut pie or a Mounds bar or drink a pina colada. But, I will pass on my mother's ambrosia (citrus fruits and coconut). I cannot abide ready-to-bake cookies from the refrigerator case because even the chocolate chip cookies contain coconut. The thought of coconut on curry or coconut shrimp is unappealing. I have no idea why I find it acceptable in some forms and not in others.

I think your attitude of "as long as he isn't starving" is best. I know it is frustrating. I've got a mother in her 80s with a wide streak of independence - her way is the only way. Get him a bottle of multiple vitamins and let it go.

lpink, that sounds very frustrating. I suppose that unless he's suffering from high blood pressure, it's not a huge concern. My husband also loves salty food but yet his blood pressure is as low as a teenager's. I don't say anything but I will if he ever has high blood pressure.

Maybe you can point out grams of sodium on the package? Apparently he doesn't count the sodium as salt and thinks that if he doesn't sprinkle salt then it doesn't have salt? For his health, he should know that. Oh well, my parents never concerned themselves with sodium grams and they both lived to near 90 so nothing wrong with that! I should be so lucky! :)

Make the effort to not say "salt" and use "sodium" instead. Sodium is the culprit, and processed foods that are high in sodium are not necessarily salty tasting. I have been trying to educate a friend on this issue. She thinks that because something doesn't taste salty, it must be okay.

bbstx, I don't care for coconut much, either. But, like you I like Mounds bars, Pina Coladas and some things with coconut in them. I have come to the conclusion that it is a texture thing for me. As long as I am not eating flakes or shreds of the stuff it's okay.

To stay on topic, I am not adverse to using a can of soup now and then in a recipe. 99.9% of the time I use fresh or from scratch, but I have tried recipes that call for a "can of" and some are okay.

I have found that many of the "cookbooks" sold for fund-raisers have loads of recipes that use cans or boxes or pouches of processed foods.

Linda

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