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Dinner on a Dime Winning Soup Recipe

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Wow! What a run we’ve had with our Dinner on a Dime contest! I’ve received some amazing entries, some amazing inspiration, some great meal ideas! (In fact, I wanted so badly to be a part of the fun that I blogged about my own $5 meal, even though I can’t win the coveted prize! If interested, you can check out my recipe here.)

But now, onto the winners!

Our second runner up was a fabulous recipe, Tomato Macaroni Soup, submitted by Toqua of Toqua’s Crafts.

tomato soupsToqua writes:

When I was younger and a single mother, I had a similar soup to this in a restaurant, so I went home and made something as close as possible. In the years since, this has become my son’s favorite recipe!

Toqua’s Tomato Macaroni Soup

1 and 1/2 C dry macaroni
1 lb hamburger (the leanest possible, or you can use ground chicken or turkey)
1/2 onion, chopped (or 2 T dry)
2 cloves garlic, chopped (or 1 T garlic powder)
1 family size can of tomato soup (or 2 smaller cans)
4 to 5 stalks of celery, chopped (leaves too)
1 T Peppered Season-All (or regular ground pepper)
6 to 8 drops of Tabasco

Boil macaroni until al dente. While that’s cooking, brown your meat, onion, and garlic together.

Empty the tomato soup into a large saucepan, following the directions on the back of the can, using milk.

When the hamburger mixture is done, drain the grease and add to the soup. After the macaroni is done, add that to the soup.

Add celery, pepper, and Tabasco.

Simmer soup for 1/2 hour minimum. The longer, the better.

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Our first runner up is a creative recipe, BBQ Chicken Pasta, submitted by Diane Schmidt of Created By Diane.

pasta recipes
http://createdbydiane.blogspot.com/2011/02/bbq-chicken-pasta.html

Diane said:

Created by Diane is where you will find me up to my elbows in flour and sugar, along with creating ways to make dinner easier, often healthier, and more delicious.

BBQ Chicken Pasta

1/3 C Bullseye BBQ sauce
1 and 1/2 C tomato sauce
fresh cilantro
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1 lb penne pasta
3 boneless chicken breasts

Cook pasta according to package directions. Slice chicken into bite size pieces and sauté with BBQ and tomato sauce until completely cooked. Lightly sauté onion in a separate pan. Plate pasta, top with chicken, sauce, onion, and cilantro.

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Finally, our great, grand prize recipe, Black Bean Soup, submitted by Sarita Edgerton of The Lone Tater.

soup recipeSarita writes:

I am a stay at home mom of 4 children, ages 8 and under, who home schools, works part time, blogs when I can, and sleeps hardly ever. My life is crazy and busy, but I wouldn’t change a thing!

Black Bean Soup

1 bag of dried black beans
2 carrots, chopped
1 medium onion, diced
garlic
salt and pepper
2 cans of Rotel
1 can of sweet corn

Cooked rice

Soak the beans overnight. Place the beans in a crock pot along with onion, carrots, garlic, salt and pepper, Rotel, and corn.

Cook on high for 4 hours, and then on medium for 4 hours more. Serve with rice.

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Congrats to all of our finalists, but especially to Sarita! She wins the amazing prize pack courtesy of Good Cook! I am so jealous!

And, a huge THANK YOU to everyone that sent in recipes! It was very difficult to pick just three. I wish I could have included them all. Thank you for accepting the challenge!

Keep your eyes open for our next challenge!

About Tracie Nall

Tracie lives in Arizona with her husband, teen daughter, and more books than her shelves will hold. She spends her days writing and editing. Many of her words end up on her blog, From Tracie. Find Tracie on Twitter @FromTracie and on Instagram where she takes pictures of things that are yellow.

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  3. Kara says

    Every one of these looks delicious!! The soup looks especially good today because it is cold and dreary outside. Yum!

  4. Paige says

    The black bean soup looks amazing! I have recently become obsessed with black beans, I am adding them into everything! I also just made a wicked bbq chicken quesadilla, so the past recipe looks great. The Neely’s make a fabulous bbq pulled pork pasta salad too.

  5. Karen @ Time Crafted says

    Delish! We love…okay, scratch that ‘we’ part. My husband & wee girl love to make scratch soups that sit on the stove all day throughout the winter, on the weekends. WE, the whole fam, love to eat from the large pot of soup for several days! :> Most of the time, it’s some kind of meat, oodles upon oodles of veggies (carrots, celery, onions & garlic to start, but then whatever we have in the house), and brown rice. Occasionally, he’ll swap the rice for potato dumplings or gluten free pasta. And he also makes a ‘Cream’ of Brocoli soup with no cream or dairy and is absolutely delish! I never liked soups before, until he started making them. :>

  13. Beth (OMG! Yummy) says

    Really like the photo of the black bean soup. Great job. And I love how simple the recipe is but I’m guessing with a great payoff when it comes out of the cooker!

  21. Leah says

    Thank you so much for these amazing recipes! I love making soups and am always looking for great recipes. I’m putting that pizza and black bean soup on my April menu list.

  29. Nikki says

    They all look delicious! I’m always looking for quicky and easy recipes. It’s hard getting out of your dinner ruts with the same old thing over and over again! Thank you!