Hearty healthy soup

This is the best soup I've ever made! We've had it twice in 2 weeks, which seems to be our pattern. I make something good, and then we keep eating it over and over until we're sick of it. Hopefully you'll enjoy as much as we have! Here's the recipe:

Spinach, chickpea and rice soup

2 thinly sliced green onions. .99
4 cps chicken broth. 1.89
3/4 cp orzo or arborio rice. 2.30
1 lemon. 1.00
1 can chickpeas. .98
1 (6 oz) pkg. Baby spinach. 2.50
1/3 c. Grated parm (I bought the good stuff here... 8 bucks for a wedge. But it's worth it!)
Olive oil. Pantry
1 Tsp dried oregano Pantry
1/2 Tbsp minced garlic. Fridge
Salt and pepper
2 cups water

Heat the oil in the pan, then sauté the green onion and garlic for a minute. Add chicken broth and water and bring to a boil. Add the rice, drained chickpeas and 1 Tbsp of grated lemon rind. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Stir in oregano, some salt and pepper to taste, 1 Tbsp lemon juice, parmesan cheese and spinach. The end!! So easy and so good. $2.41/serving if you don't buy the expensive pram cheese and just use what you have in fridge. If you buy the good stuff, you're looking at $4.41. Still not too bad!! As soon as I can figure out how to upload the picture from the iPad, you will be very impressed :)

Throw it in the crock pot!

Yesterday I knew that I didn't want to cook when got home. I wanted to watch my dvr'd project runway, walk lily, and pack for the weekend. So I decided to throw some stuff in the crockpot before I went to work and hope for the best when I got home. Success! Here's the recipe:

Crockpot chicken breasts

3 chicken breasts. 5.00
1 can cream of chicken soup. 1.00
1 can cream of mushroom soup. 1.00
1 can chicken stock 1.00
1 pkg. Sliced mushrooms. 1.99
10 crushed ritz or club crackers. Pantry

Put everything in the crockpot. Cook on low while you're at work. Serve over rice or noodles. Makes 3 servings at 3.34/serving. Now...i'm not sure this is the healthiest thing in the world... So eat with some broccoli.