I've recently started to come to peace with canned soups. Well, some of them, anyway. When I end up needing to work through lunch, a can of soup is often in order lately. Only I open up my spice cabinet and get all jiggy with it. I've been picking up Campbells 100% Natural varieties (maybe I should put this on the "I admit it" thread...) Clam chowder usually gets garlic, fatalii, filé powder, cumin, basil.... Butternut Squash Bisque likely gets some kind of red pepper powder, garlic, allspice, maybe some nutmeg.... you get the idea. There's still more salt than I want, but this is an occasional thing, and adding the spices makes some of them downright tasty. But yep, can't deny that home-made is better. Still, I'm less-hating them than I used to, though the variety still makes a big diff, too.