primos sabrosos

Check out my amazing Spanish! Ha ha! So here's two recipes. The first is the classic taco soup. This is the easiest, most basic recipe. I love it because you just dump stuff in the pot and then it's so yummy in the end. The second recipe is a tasty cousin (primo sabroso)--Enchilada Soup. This soup was very easy and, again, so yummy.

Taco Soup *****

1 lb. Ground beef

1 16-oz. can tomatoes, w/liquid

1 16-oz. can kidney beans

1 pkg taco seasoning mix        

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 16-oz. can corn, w/liquid

1 8-oz. can tomato sauce

In large soup pot, brown ground beef and onion.  Drain well.  Add remaining ingredients, using taco seasoning to taste.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat.  Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Serve soup with shredded cheese, sour cream, and corn/tortilla chips.

This recipe is from my own collection. The picture is from www.tumblr.com.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN ENCHILADA SOUP *****

Filed Under Soups
Ingredients
3 cups chicken stock
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes
1 (10 oz.) cans diced tomatoes with green chilis
1 (4 oz.) can diced green chilis
1 (15 oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups frozen corn
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
2 large flour tortillas, cut into thin, 2-inch long strips
1 cup shredded pepperjack or Monterry jack cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Optional garnishes: crushed tortilla chips, shredded cheese, avocado, sour cream, chopped cilantro

Directions
In a slow cooker, combine everything except the tortilla strips, shredded cheese, sour cream, and cilantro.  Cover and cook on low for about 4 hours.  Stir in tortilla strips and shredded cheese.  Cook for an additional 2 hours on low, or until tortilla strips have dissolved into the soup and thickened it.  Just before serving, stir in sour cream and cilantro.  Top with additional garnishes and serve.

Source: http://www.letsdishrecipes.com/2011/12/slow-cooker-chicken-enchilada-soup.html#.USfg247zyHk

Danelle's blog, Let's Dish, has a great collection of recipes that she has found and some of her original recipes.

A Berry Yummy Morning

Yesterday my AWESOME sister made Berry Monkey Bread for breakfast. It was super yummy and didn't look too difficult (I had a good time watching her make it!). And the house smelled yummy too. I give it five stars. To quote my sister, "I didn't just pin this, I nailed it!" =)

Berry Monkey Bread *****

I think this is the link, though my sister may have done some modifications. I think she just used a blueberry jam. I will check with her and post the specific details later.

http://spoonful.com/recipes/berries-and-cream-cheese-monkey-bread?cmp=SMC-FB_AMZ_[berry

Some thoughts about Pinterest...

Superbowl Fun

I like football, but, when it comes to the Superbowl, I'm just here for the food. (A nickel to anyone who knows what movie that last part comes from). In general, food is my favorite part of a party...well, and the people too, I guess. =) This year, we didn't do anything too extravagant as far as Superbowl parties go, but I'm happy to say that we didn't lose power at any given time and we enjoyed some good food. Here are a couple of things that I made:

Trisha Yearwood's Charleston Cheese Dip ****

Anything with more than one cheese in it and bacon and anything that Garth and Trisha like, has to be good. And it was. This cheese dip was also super easy to make. I first saw this on Trisha's cooking show on TNT, I believe, and thought it looked quite scrumptious. The blog where I found the recipe is also lots of fun, and I can't wait to check out more from this blogger.

http://tnt-cook.blogspot.com/2011/01/trisha-yearwoods-charleston-cheese-dip.html

Football Chocolate Covered Strawberries *****

These turned out super cute and weren't too difficult to make. Plus, I was able to eat a bunch of them because they were healthy. I will warn you, though, that you have to be careful with heating up the chocolate. I started melting some chocolate chips in the microwave before I read over the instructions. I quickly learned what it means to 'seize up' your chocolate. It is not a pretty picture. But once I read the instructions found here, http://domesticfits.com/2012/01/16/superbowl-snack-chocolate-covered-strawberry-footballs/, I discovered what I had done wrong and was able to do it correctly. Not to toot my horn, but these turned out super cute!


Any favorite Superbowl recipes that you want to share? Here's a little bonus for you:

Five Things to Make Into Footballs

http://www.studiodiy.com/2012/02/01/five-things-to-make-into-footballs/

Good Morning, Breakfast!

A few months ago, I decided to start doing what I call "Super Saturday". I had come to the realization that we eat the same things every day all week long (namely cereal, cereal, and cereal), and I wanted to experiment and make some yummy breakfasts. They do say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so it should also be a yummy meal, right? However, I'm honestly not up to cooking breakfast every day...some days I'm happy to get the cereal into my children's mouths. Thus, I decided to make a goal of cooking breakfast every Saturday. Here are a few of the breakfast extravaganzas we've had so far, along with my rating and some notes about it:
Pumpkin Pie French Toast *****
Super easy to make, very filling, and oh-so-DELICIOUS! It was like eating a slice of pumpkin pie!
http://www.5dollardinners.com/erins-pumpkin-pie-french-toast-5-dinner-challenge/
We went over the top and topped our pumpkin pie french toast with this caramel frosting from:
http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2010/10/pumpkin-cinnamon-rolls-with-caramel.html

CARAMEL FROSTING

1/4 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

2 tablespoons milk

1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 dash salt

3/4 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar

It was very rich but worth every calorie!


Crockpot Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal ***
Disclaimer: I didn't cook this in the crockpot. Instead, I was up super early for some reason that morning and just cooked it in a pot. Also, the steel cut oats were kind of expensive, so I ended up just using the regular, ol' Quaker Oats. So maybe, my evaluation of this pin isn't really valid. You can decide.
That being said, I thought this was really good. It was much better than the instant oatmeal, a sort of glorified version. I put the extra oatmeal in the refrigerator and ate it for breakfast all week long. It warmed up super yummy.
http://www.cookingwithjax.com/2011/01/apple-pie-breakfast.html

Here's a similar recipe that I want to try some time:
Throw 2 sliced apples, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon in the bottom of the crock pot. Pour 2 cups of oatmeal and 4 cups of water on top. Do NOT stir. Cook overnight for 8 – 9 hours on low. Breakfast.
From: http://foodpicsgo.com/?p=1618

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes ****
Fairly easy to make and super yummy. Mine didn't quite look like the picture. I guess I will just need more practice. Shucks!
http://slowrobot.com/i/38569


Copy Cat Cracker Barrel Pancakes ****
I had some left-over buttermilk, so I made these pancakes a couple of weeks ago. They were good, hearty pancakes. I've never tried Cracker Barrel Pancakes, so I don't know how they compare, but they were rather tasty.
http://www.christineiscooking.com/2011/10/cracker-barrel-pancakes-copycat-recipe.html


And here's what we had this morning:
Cinnamon Roll Waffles *****
These were super easy and yummy, yummy in the tummy. You just pop a Pillsbury cinnamon roll in the waffle iron, and a few minutes later, it's done. I just topped it with the frosting that came with the cinnamon rolls. Sam, my picky three year old who only eats Cheerios, asked for seconds. Very tasty. The only drawback is that they come out small and get eaten quickly. I had two but could have done another (if push came to shove). You would probably want to plan for three waffles per person.
http://www.littlebitfunky.com/2012/03/cinnamon-rolls-in-waffle-iron-who-knew.html


I promise, one of these days, we will try some healthier, low-fat recipes! Some day...