Amy's Soups and Grocery Store Wars

The other day, I was asked by a sweet friend if I had any cravings. My cravings vary from month to month, but lately it's been Amy's Organic Black Bean and Vegetable soup complete with blue corn chips. Ahh. I just ate it for lunch actually and love the fact that I don't feel guilty after eating it. One thing I LOVE about Amy's soups is the fact that I can pronounce all of the ingredients,

{ingredients for the black bean vegetable soup:

"organic black beans, filtered water, organic onions, organic carrots, organic corn (non-GMO too which is unheard of!!!), organic potatoes, organic celery, organic leeks, spices, organic cilantro, sea salt, organic garlic, organic high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic black pepper". Isn't that great?!}

their soups don't contain any trans fat, MSG, preservatives, pesticides, GMO ingredients (which is huge!) and they're gluten free! The soups have gone up in price in the past year due to the high demand, but every few weeks they go on sale at our health food store and I stock up. I'm sure they range in price from store to store, but at ours, they're about $3.00 a can when not on sale. I can get them for about $2.00 a can when they are though which is definitely a cheap, healthy lunch! Sometimes, I'll write down the ingredients on the back of the can and make my own Amy's soups. ;)

I do try to make my own soups from scratch. It's much cheaper and I always have extra to throw into the freezer which is nice. I do love making my own beef and chicken stocks too. Whenever I make a chicken roast in the oven, I save the leftover carcass, throw it in a pot with some water and let it simmer for about 30 minutes. Ta-da! Homemade chicken stock to boil your rice with (much tastier) or to make more soups. When we get our grass fed beef, we'll throw a T-bone steak on the grill and save the bones to do the same thing and ta-da! Homemade beef stock. I just love experimenting with cooking/baking. It's so fun, healthy and helps cut down cost.

So, here is a clip I found today on Amy's website that

you'll laugh out loud to. Enjoy!