Soup can be made in many different forms, and it can be made over and over. You just have to have the right ingredients, to start, and some of the left over soup can be made into casseroles. Bullion cubes or grains help with the flavor, and spices. You can make fried bread to eat with it, that is just self rising flour and water, made thin enough to pour in a oiled pan small amounts at a time. They look some what like a pancakes, you brown them on both sides.

Dry beans can also be very cheap you can make good soup with them or eat as they are when cooked. You can and rice, tomatoes and garlic, onions to most beans. Pinto beans are the best they taste better, after you reheat them the next day and the next.