This homemade cream soup mix is not only healthier than the bought version, but it’s also cheaper too! And I love that it allows you to make as little or as much as you want at a time.
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Maybe I’m strange, but I enjoy playing around with creating my own homemade version of convenience foods. I find it fulfilling partly because it is typically less expensive, but also partly because it is just so much healthier!
Recently I discovered how to make homemade cream soup mix and I love it! My method involves making a powdered mix which I really like because it is both easy to make the mix and also easy to mix up the actual cream soup once you are ready to use it in a recipe.
It is also very inexpensive, costing me right around $0.25 to $0.30 per serving (the equivalent to 1 can.) It works well as a substitute for canned soup in pretty much any recipe that calls for it.
Homemade Cream Soup Mix
Homemade Cream Soup Mix
Ingredients
- 2 cups instant nonfat dry milk powder
- 10 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1/2 cup mashed potato flakes
- 1/4 cup chicken bouillon granules
- 2 Tbsp. dried vegetable flakes (optional- see Notes below)
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1/2 tsp. dried marjoram
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
Instructions
TO PREPARE MIX:
- In a food processor or blender, combine all the ingredients; cover and process until vegetable flakes are finely chopped.
- Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 1 year.
TO PREPARE SOUP:
- Whisk 6 tbsp. soup mix into 1 ⅓ cups water. Be sure to use a larger container since this will expand as it heats. I find a 2 cup glass measuring cup works perfectly.
- Microwave on high, uncovered, for 2 to 2 ½ minutes, stirring occasionally.
- For mushroom soup, add ¼ to ½ cup sauteed sliced mushrooms; for celery soup, add 1/8 teaspoon celery salt or one sauteed sliced or chopped celery rib.
- Use in place of 1 small can of cream soup.
Notes
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Mary Grider
What are vegetable flakes and where do you find them?
Lydia Beiler
They are flakes of various dried vegetables. Here’s the link that is in the recipe card above for some on Amazon. Or you may be able to find this brand locally. If you have a bulk food store in your area, they often have them as well.
Tacy
This is very very good! Thank you so much
Lydia Beiler
So happy to hear that you like it, Tacy!
Paula Rockwell
Have you tried using a vegan powdered milk in place of the cow’s powdered milk? This would be great but I would need a dairy free option. Thanks!
Lydia Beiler
I have not, Paula, and I don’t know anything about vegan powdered milk. But I would think that it would work the same and could easily be substituted.