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  • Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup

    Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup

    This chicken tortilla soup is really tasty. It has been a favorite for a long time. It works as an evening meal or a weekend meal when we don’t feel like doing a ton of cooking. The only work is pulling the meat from a deli chicken and sautéing some onions. The soup can either be pulled together in 30 minutes.

    We got the idea from a recipe that I found in Cooking Light. I can’t find the recipe that we started with on their site. Looking at it now I am a bit surprised that I printed the recipe we started with in 2002. Luckily it has been in plastic. Over time we adjusted the spices to our taste, and in this case we actually doubled them compared to the original. That doesn’t mean that our version is overpowering. It is just more interesting.

    This soup is kid compatible in our house. We do give him a bit more sour cream if he wants it.

     

    Notes

    A cooked deli chicken makes about 3 cups of shredded chicken.

    We use a slow cooker that has a a cast aluminum insert. That way we don’t have to use one pan for the onions, the insert just moves from the stove to the slow cooker.

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     Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup
    This easy chicken tortilla soup recipe is really tasty. It is a favorite evening meal, or weekend meal when we don’t feel like doing a ton of cooking.
    easy chicken tortilla soup
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
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    Optional for Heat
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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings
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    Ingredients
    Optional for Heat
    Accompaniments
    easy chicken tortilla soup
    Instructions
    1. Heat a pan to medium, add olive oil and sauté onions until translucent, about 5 minutes
    2. Add garlic, chili powder, cumin, Worcestershire sauce, and simmer for about a minute.
    3. Add chicken stock, chicken, tomatoes, and simmer for 20 minutes.
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    4. Optionally, if you prefer your soup spicy, add chipotle chili powder. Test the flavors and add a quarter teaspoon at a time.
    5. Serve with sour cream, green onions, and tortilla chips
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  • Hearty Tomato Soup

    Hearty Tomato Soup

    This hearty tomato soup is a favorite as an easy lunch or dinner. We adapted this recipe from a few that we have enjoyed. Worcestershire sauce gives it some character, and sour cream takes a bit of the bite out of the tomatoes. It can stay hot on the stove and can feed a crowd. When the weather turns cold, we pull this one out because it is so tasty and versatile.

    The ingredients also store well. Onions and sour cream are the fresh ingredients involved. Both last for a few weeks, so you can stock up and make the soup as you need it.

    If that weren’t enough, the leftovers can be canned and stored for a later time. We usually scale the recipe up. If you want to adjust the recipe below, you can change the servings and the ingredient list updates for you.

    Last weekend we made this hearty tomato soup with grilled cheese for a family party at our house.

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     Hearty Tomato Soup
    This hearty tomato soup is a favorite for an easy lunch or dinner. It is great cold weather comfort food.
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
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    Instructions
    1. Dice the onion, celery, and carrots. Reserve the celery leaves for a garnish.
    2. Heat oil in a medium sauce pan.
    3. Saute onion, carrots, and celery until soft, about 10 minutes.
    4. Make a space at the bottom of the pan, and add the garlic. Cook for about one minute.
    5. Add tomatoes and stock. Cook for about 15 minutes.
    6. Add sour cream and Worcestershire sauce, and stir to combine.
    7. Optional – Remove pot from the burner and use an immersion blender to smooth the soup.
    8. Check the flavors and add ground pepper and Worcestershire sauce if needed.
    9. Garnish with grated parmesan cheese plus minced chives or celery leaves.
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  • Easy Beef Chili

    Easy Beef Chili

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     Easy Beef Chili
    This easy beef chili has a nice slow heat that warms everyone up. By chili rules it isn’t a traditional recipe. It is always a hit at our fall and winter parties.
    Course Main Dish
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 90 minutes
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    Course Main Dish
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 90 minutes
    Servings
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    Instructions
    1. Add oil and onions to a large pot. Cook until the onions become translucent about 10 minutes.
    2. Move the onions so you have a space at the bottom of the pan. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds until it becomes fragrant.
    3. Add ground chuck and stir until browned, about 10 minutes. Pour off any extra fat.
    4. Add remaining ingredients except for the beans. Cook for 40 minutes.
    5. Optional: Remove from heat. Refrigerate overnight.
    6. Rinse the beans and then add them and warm over medium heat at least 30 minutes before your guests arrive.
    7. Serve with your preference of minced green onions, shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, corn bread, and sour dough bread.
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  • Pumpkin Apple and Bacon Soup

    Pumpkin Apple and Bacon Soup

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     Pumpkin Apple and Bacon Soup
    Petoskey brewing serves a pumpkin soup with apple and bacon. It is awesome, especially with a good beer. We recreated it at home, and this is a pumpkin soup recipe for our version. Great comfort food for a cold day.
    pumpkin apple bacon soup
    Course Side Dish
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
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    Course Side Dish
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 10 minutes
    Servings
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    pumpkin apple bacon soup
    Instructions
    1. Cook bacon until firm, but not super crisp.
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    2. Peel, core, and cut apple into 1/4 inch dice.
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    3. Saute apple in butter until softened, about 5 minutes.
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    4. Chop bacon into 1/2 inch dice
    5. Stir in bacon, pumpkin, chicken broth, cream, spice, maple syrup. Warm over medium low for 5 minutes.
    6. To make it pretty, I cut up an extra apple, and a bit of extra bacon to garnish each bowl. I also like to serve the soup with pretzel rolls. It wasn’t garnished at the restaurant, but as I said, Petoskey Brewing has really good beer. They also had pretzel rolls. I love pretzel rolls. At home we like to serve the soup with these Pretzilla mini buns. They are really good. Sometimes we eat this pumpkin soup as dinner. It also works as a side dish with grilled cheese, hamburgers, or pork chops. It makes great comfort food for a cold day.
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  • Chicken Soup Recipe

    Recipe: Chicken Soup

    Summary: This is a classic chicken soup recipe. I like to make more than enough for one meal since it reheats nicely and can be the base for chicken and dumplings.

    Ingredients

    • 8 cups chicken stock
    • 3 carrots diced
    • 3 celery stalks diced
    • 3 parsnips diced
    • 3 medium onions diced
    • 2 medium red or yukon gold potatoes, peeled if you like, and diced
    • (optional – 3 leeks, white part only sliced)
    • 2 cloves garlic minced or pressed
    • 1/4 t black pepper, freshly ground
    • 1/4 t mace
    • 2 t poultry seasoning
    • 1 1/2 lbs skinless boneless chicken, cut into bite sized pieces
    • (optional – 1/2 cups frozen peas)
    • (optional – 1/2 cup frozen corn)

    Instructions

    1. Add all ingredients except for chicken to a stock pot
    2. Simmer for 25 minutes
    3. Add chicken pieces simmer for 15 minutes
    4. (optional – add peas and/or corn and stir for 2 more minutes)

    Variations

    Substitute 2 oz of egg noodles can be substituted for the potatoes if you like. I stick with potatoes if I am going to use this for chicken and dumplings.

    A good recipe for poultry seasoning is 1/4 t ground sage, 1/4 t ground thyme, 1/4 t ground marjoram, 1/4 t ground rosemary

    Preparation time: 15 min

    Cooking time: 40 min

    Number of servings (yield): 4