RecipeMuncher

This is one of my favourite make in a hurry soups. It is thick and hearty and the whole family happily eats it. As I always have chicken stock ready made in my freezer this is what I use, but even plain old water is not a bad substitute in this case as the bacon adds flavour. Or you could use store bought chicken stock, but I have stopped buying it as it is packaged in tetra packs, which are not recyclable, and as for chicken stock powder, I have long since stopped using it as it is full of MSG (...)