Campbell’s Chunky Soup New Recipe Ideas! & The Cooking Guy Cookbook

I just discovered a tasty new way to use Chunky soup to help save money on cooking, while enjoying a terrifically tasty meal.

Sam Zien, “The Cooking Guy” has been going loco creating combinations of soups and sides to make new delicious meals. You can find over 30 of his quick and easy dinner combinations on facebook, and each meal costs less than four bucks.

Campbell’s Chunky soup knows I’m a fan (raise your hands in the air for Baked Potato w/Cheddar and Bacon Bits!) so they sent me a little sample pack so I could get my own soup on.

And I did! Chunky Soup photographers can make Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables atop mashed potatoes look awfully pretty, huh?

And here’s how it looked when I was serving it up. Not as pretty, but definitely as tasty! This is one hearty, warm, and satisfying meal.

Here’s the other combination they sent me to try: Beef with Country Vegetables over rice. First the Campbell’s pro photo.

Now my amateur shot. I skimped on the rice, I think, but it still shows how it’s a feel-good, warm and soothing meal.

Now that Chunky clued me in on the recipe possibilities, I’m going to continue to serve it for dinner like this for my son. He’s picky, and he ate every single spoonful and forkful.

I told you how Sam Zien came up with all these great ideas, right? Well, he has a new cookbook out called Awesome Recipes and Kitchen Shortcuts and I am going to give away a copy of it to one lucky reader!

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