Chicken Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
2 Cans Chicken Stock (or 3 cups homemade chicken stock)
1 Can Mexican Tomatoes
1 Can or Pint of Tomatoes
1 Can Green Chilies
1 Can Corn
2 Cups Cooked Diced Chicken
1 Clove Garlic
Homemade Tortilla Strips

Chicken:

I cut up and boil 2 to 3 chicken breasts and to the water I add chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, and paprika (I don't measure it, I just eyeball about a tablespoon of each).

Soup:

Combine all ingredients in a crock pot and let it heat through until warm.

Tortilla Strips:

Use a pizza cut to cut tortillas into strips. Heat a little oil in a pan and fry the strips until crunchy!

We always eat our our soup with sour cream and cheese on top as well!


From the kitchen of Megan

Baked Beans

This is a yummy (the picture doesn't do it justice!), easy (crockpot!) recipe that is perfect for any end-of-summer potlucks and/or family reunions you may have.

BAKED BEANS

1/2 lb bacon, cooked and broken up
1/2 lb hamburger
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped

Cook hamburger, pepper, onion together until hamburger is done. In a crockpot combine hamburger mixture with:

1 32 oz can pork and beans
1 16 oz can kidney beans
1 16 oz can butter beans
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup bbq sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 T mustard
2 T molasses
1 t salt
1/2 t pepper

Mix all together and cook for about an hour.

From the kitchen of Kelly.

Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie

Add into your crock pot:
4 peeled and diced potatoes
3 peeled and sliced carrots
2 diced stalks of celery
1/2 diced onion
1 cup frozen peas
1-2 chicken breasts (I added mine in pieces and shredded them when it was done, but you could dice them if you prefer that.)

Make a gravy on your stove:

Measure 1 can chicken broth and enough milk to make 4 cups liquid total.

Melt 4 TB butter in the pan
Add 6 TB flour and stir
Slowly add liquid while stirring
Keep stirring and wait for it to boil and thicken.
Add spices to taste. I add plenty of thyme and sage, garlic salt, and pepper.
If your gravy is not thick enough for you, add a mixture of corn starch and water.

Add the gravy into the crock pot and cook on high 4-5 hours. If you prefer not to make the gravy, you could add cream of chicken soup mixed with milk.

Pour over biscuits to serve.