How to cook on a budget

For those with limited cooking experience or those cooking on a budget.

Cooking implements needed:
-Sauce pan (wok works well, deep and wide)
-pot (large enough for 2-3 servings of noodles)
-wooden mixing implement (flat end works best)

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Using Mushroom Soup
I use Campbells original Mushroom Soup in a can.
This makes 4 - 6 servings of sauce

Pour 2 cans of Mushroom Soup into the frying pan.
Add one can of water (I do a half a can from each can of soup, this cleans the can)
Turn element to ~7 (of 10)
Spice to taste.
Stir until no chunks of soup are left (you don't have to stir constantly, but stir more while there are lumps than after).
Stir occasionally. Cooks in about 15-20 minutes
Add half a cup of frozen vegetables (I prefer peas and/or corn).
For special taste
-Add pre-cooked ground beef at the beginning. (See artist's comments below)
-Add Cheese when the lumps of soup are gone.
If the sauce is too liquid Add a couple tablespoons of white baking flour and stir thoroughly until there are no lumps.

Boil water and cook noodles or rice to the package specifications.

For noodles:
-Pour noodles after straining into the saucepan and mix together. Serve from saucepan.
OR
-Pour noodles onto plate or bowl. Pour sauce on top.

For rice:
-Pour rice on place or bowl. Pour sauce on top.
Sauce can be thinner for rice

Package the rest in a seal-able container and store in the fridge for your next meal.

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Making Tomato Soup
I use Campbells Tomato Soup in a can
Makes 2-4 servings

Pour one can of Tomato Soup into a pot.
Add one can-full of water.
Turn element on to ~6 (out of 10)
Spice to taste.
Stir frequently (if it starts to burn, turn the element down and stir more often)
Just before boil turn element down to 3.
Add one package of Ramen Noodles.
Stir occasionally.
When noodles are cooked, turn element off and serve.
Cooks in ~20-25 minutes
For extra taste:
-Add Chopped up hot dogs after ~5 minutes
-Add Frozen vegetables (peas or corn taste best) just before boil and keep the higher temperature for an additional ~2 minutes.
-Add a spoonful of Sour Cream on top of the soup once it's served.
-Add a bit of parmesan cheese on the soup once it's served.
To tell "just before boil"
-Watch the pot. The soup should be solid red for most of the cooking time. You will get orange bubbles in the middle and along the edges. When the surface of the soup is 80% orange bubbles, you will begin to boil in ~1.5 minutes.