EASY Leftovers Everyone Will Eat (Crock Pot or Not)

This is now officially the start of my new series,
Tuesday Turnaround: From turning something old into something "new" to turning your thinking around, you can save yourself some $money$ either way.

Have you ever gotten to the end of a meal, everyone is done, but there is about a spoonful of everything left? It's not enough to save, but too much to through away without feeling guilty. You feel like just eating it, but you are already STUFFED. lol

Well, I have the perfect solution for you:

My grandmother always kept a butter tub in the freezer and stuck those little bits of veggies, meat, pasta, rice, etc. in it at the end of the meal. Anything that you would find in soup (we put black-eyed peas in ours once -- YUM!). When the tub got full, she would thaw it out and make soup out of it.

Nowadays I put mine straight into the crock pot (no thawing required). Add a few odds and ends and you have something everyone will eat (cause they've already eaten each item the last 2 weeks anyway). And it usually has leftovers that reheats well.

Here is the recipe.

Train Wreck Soup

1 tub leftovers (see above)
1 small can tomato sauce
1 can Rotel or diced tomatoes
1 can mixed veggies (if desired)
1 cup dry noodles (add 30 minutes before serving)
salt and pepper to taste
(add anything else that is lacking like extra meat or potatoes, etc.)
cover with water to desired thickness
Put crock pot on low for all day (dinner) or high for 1/2 day (lunch).
Serve with Crackers, cornbread, or chips. Dress it with cheese if you like. The possibilities are endless so be creative. It turns out different every time! :o)

It's SUPER  EASY!! And good for you, too.
:oP -- MMMM! Call me when it's soup. lol