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Posted on 05/31/2014 9:32:56 PM PDT by JustAmy
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mmmmm. time for Fall, or Spring, or Winter, or Summer!
I do believe it’s our pleasure!
Well, it is really appreciated. It is so good to know someone is here when I can’t be.
Okay, here are the recipes for the soups I’ve made, so far. I pinged FRiends who commented, earlier ;^)
One is a link to Bobby Flay’s Minestrone with Parmigiano-Reggiano (I used shaved parmesan). The other is the original (standard, 7 can) Taco Soup recipe I’ve been making for....whew...too many years, now. I’ve added my alterations, following the recipe.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/minestrone-with-parmigiano-reggiano-recipe.html#!
The broth, from just the onions, celery and carrots cooking was unbelievable. The house smelled divine ;-)
Taco Soup
1 lb. ground sirloin beef
1 package taco seasoning
1 package RANCH dressing mix
1 can whole kernel corn
1 can chopped green chilies (hot or medium)
1 can chili beans 12 oz.
1 can kidney beans 12 oz.
1 can diced rotel tomatoes and chilies
1 can diced stewed tomatoes
2 cans water (24 oz. of water)
Brown the beef and add taco seasoning and RANCH dressing mix while simmering. Add remaining ingredients to a large soup/chili pot. Bring this concoction to a slow boil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
This has the same properties as good chili, in that it gets better the more times you re-heat.
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He/she is right about this soup getting better the more times you re-heat.
I cook my hamburger meat with the onions, garlic and black pepper, drain, then add the taco seasoning. I let this cook for a few minutes - to absorb the chili powder/seasonings. Then I add just 1 T of the ranch dressing packet.
I don’t add the can of green chiles...I’ve been making this since my kids were little, so I’m sure they complained about the heat. Now, if I change one thing, I hear about it.
Then, I add the (drained) corn and beans (I used pinto and kidney)...let that cook a bit. Then add the tomato items (Rotel and petite diced tomatoes). I don’t drain the tomato items.
In place of water, I use one box (32 oz) of free range chicken stock.
Serve over tortilla chips. Top with grated cheddar/Mexican blend cheese and sour cream.
Again, these recipes freeze well and warm you up on a cool/cold fall night. Enjoy!
Yummy!!! Thanks for sharing these, Jane! How did yours turn out today?
Well, just head east...about 750 miles ;)
Do you like Chico’s Tacos? It’s a love or hate thang ;)
You are welcome. I love making (and sharing) soup recipes!
I had a bowl of the minestrone, for lunch...and the taco soup for dinner. Couldn’t resist :) Yuuuummmm!!
Most excellent.
Cook’s privilege! :)
This weather we’ve been having is perfect for homemade soups!
I hope we’re done with 90+!
Oh, no! I started out 20 miles from the Sabine River. I drove all day...the sun has set and here I iz in Texas yet!
Yes, Texas is one big state. If you get up early, you might make it by lunchtime, tomorrow ;)
Did you see my question about Chico’s Tacos? I hope you’re bringing Chico’s.
I was coming for soup and now I'm 850 miles West of home...and hungry.
I knew I should have stopped in Ft. Stockton and asked for more directions!
Read: 2 Samuel 1:17-27
In March 2011, a devastating tsunami struck Japan, taking nearly 16,000 lives as it obliterated towns and villages along the coast. Writer and poet Gretel Erlich visited Japan to witness and document the destruction. When she felt inadequate to report what she was seeing, she wrote a poem about it. In a PBS NewsHour interview she said, “My old friend William Stafford, a poet now gone, said, ‘A poem is an emergency of the spirit.’”
We find poetry used throughout the Bible to express deep emotion, ranging from joyful praise to anguished loss. When King Saul and his son Jonathan were killed in battle, David was overwhelmed with grief (2 Sam. 1:1-12). He poured out his soul in a poem he called “the Song of the Bow”: “Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. . . . How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! . . . I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you have been very pleasant to me” (vv.23-26).
When we face “an emergency of the spirit”—whether glad or sad—our prayers can be a poem to the Lord. While we may stumble to articulate what we feel, our heavenly Father hears our words as a true expression of our hearts.
Looks like you’ll have to settle for some gumbo ;-)
God does more than hear words; He reads hearts.
Amen! Beautiful. Thanks for today’s DB.
Good Morning, Amy!
((((HUGS))))
Happy Gratituesday!
Happy Grati-Tuesday, All.
Getting ready to drive over to VA at Palo Alto and tomorrow we drive over to ALS clinic in San Francisco.
Have a great day everyone!!!
Happy Grati-Tuesday, DD and Mrs DD.
Let us know how the appts go.
You continue to be in our prayers.
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