Welcome to the page for all things SOS mix! What is SOS mix? Well, it is the miracle kitchen, meal and budget friend that stands for “Soup or Sauce” mix. This universal mix can be used hundreds, if not thousands of ways from creating creamed soups from home, to replacing your can of “cream of whatever” in all of your recipes. Plus you can create several different sauces, and other frugal, yet yummy creations with this mix!
You make the dry mix, store it in your pantry and use it when you need it. You can store it for a very long time. Then when you are ready to use it, just prepare it for your recipe or soup and it doesn’t take much more time than opening a can of creamed soup or sauces.
In addition, our family personally thinks that the flavor is much richer than any other canned creamed soups and it is fat-free too!
How this page works is that the first recipe is the base for the SOS mix and then you will find a number of recipes as the month goes on to show how to use this mix quickly and easily in a number of ways. But as a note, you can use it any recipe calling for a can of creamed soups. So we will share many ideas, but there are literally thousands when you think of it that way 🙂
Base SOS Mix Recipe
Sample Soup Recipes using SOS Mix
- Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
- Homemade Broccoli Cheese or Cream of Broccoli Soup
- Homemade Cream of Potato or Baked Potato Soup
- Homemade Cream of Celery Soup
Sample Sauce Recipes using SOS Mix
Sample Casserole Recipes using SOS Mix
Cost Comparison with Shopping Lists For Needed Ingredients For Base Mix
- Coming soon!
Healthier Ingredient Options Ideas
See our Recipes Section of our site for more frugal, healthy and hearty meal ideas!
Lisa M
Thank you so much for this great idea. I tried the cream of celery for lunch, and we ate it all up. Good stuff!!!!!
Susan Johnson
I LOVE THIS TYPE OF HOMEMADE MIX TO KEEP ON HAND
Jolene
Chuckling at the typo in the second paragraph—-store it in your panty??? Of course, we know what you meant to type. Pantry sounds like a much better place to store things! LOL
Laughing is a good thing, right???
Cassie
Oh my! This post is a couple of years old and no one has said anything until now 🙂 LOL! I am changing it now! Thanks Jolene!
Rachael
Ohhhh I wish you hadn’t changed it! I would have loved the giggle!
Kari Anne Combs
The recipes look great using the SOS mix, however I don’t see the link for the recipe for SOS. Can you please help me find it? Thanks, Kari Anne
Linda
here is the link, if you are still looking…..https://thethriftycouple.com/2012/08/07/sos-mix-recipes-soup-or-sauce-mix-as-a-frugal-replacement-to-canned-creamed-soups-and-more/
Dee
I just made homemade stroganoff with the SOS mix. I sauted mushrooms, onions and garlic. Cooked the mix withthe required ingredients and water. Although, I didn’t have fresh celery on hand, so I did use 3/4 of can cream of celery and about a 1/2 cup of sour cream. All over cooked egg noodles. I have to say it beat Hamburger Helper by far. Less sodium (and I need to watch that) and such a creamy flavor. Love, Love it and I will make it again!!! Thank you for the recipe for SOS mix!!!
Dee
Dee
Oops and a 1/2 lb of lean hamburger with the mushroom, onion, and garlic sauté.
Linda
Have you ever made your SOS mix into Tomato soup? If so, would you share your recipe and instructions?
Cassie
Yes! Creamy tomato soup! So amazing. Let me find my recipe and I will post it! I am out of town right now, so when I return home, I will find it!