Frugal soup needs less cooking!

This evening I tried a frugal bread and soup recipe from the Metro newspaper.

I fried onions and garlic, then added a tin of tomatoes. I sprinkled with cinnamon (don't know why, it was in the recipe!).

I was then supposed to simmer for 20 mins then pour in half the stock, season if necessary, add the chunks of bread, pour in the rest of the stock and simmer until the soup gets a thick texture.

That uses an awful lot of gas, so hardly frugal! Instead I added a little water, pepper and dried thyme only, so cooking much reduced. It made a very satisfying soup, so I'd make my version of this soup again.

The soup "bowl" is a large cup I got at a charity shop.