Stock Pot Soup

This is Wednesday so to follow my own schedule, I am doing a dinner on a budget. So, we will do stock pot Soup.

1 soup bone $4.00
1 cup barley $0.80
5 medium potatoes $1.20
1 medium carrot $0.09
1 large can whole tomatoes $0.75
1 46 ounce bottle tomato or vegetable juice $1.46
left over vegetables (peas, green beans, carrots, etc) free :) or used cans at 30-40 cents each

peel and cut the potato and carrots into combine everything but the barley and the juice in a large stock pot (or 6 qt crock pot) add water to cover and simmer for several hours. 1 hour before serving, add the barley and enough juice to bring the soup back to the original volume. Serve with bread and butter (around 1.00 depending)

So our grand total for this meal is: 9.28 if left over veggies are used. If you use 5 cans at 30 cents each, your new total is 10.78. Not too bad for a pot of soup with enough left overs for at least one more meal :)