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Taco Soup

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Taco Soup. SOUNDS SO GOOD!!!!

 

“I apologize for not having any pictures of this yummy soup.  We were quite hungry that night, and taking a photo was the last thing on my mind.  When the weather turns cold, I start craving soup.  I found the taco soup recipe on this site (there are also many, many, many other slow cooker recipes on this site!!), and I thought it looked pretty good.  However, due to our local grocery stores being a little, ah, limited in their selection of products, I had to improvise a little bit.  Here’s my recipe:

Taco Soup Recipe

  • 1lb browned ground beef
  • 2 cans of kidney beans – rinsed and drained
  • 1 can of white beans – rinsed and drained
  • 1 can of black beans – rinsed and drained
  • 2 large cans of diced tomatoes
  • 1 can of chilies (small can, you can find it next to the taco kits)
  • 1 can of corn
  • 1 packet of taco seasoning
  • 1 packet of ranch dressing
  • *optional* soup stock or water – mine seemed to be dry, so I added about 1 cup of soup stock, and 1-2 cups of water
  • toppings – sour cream (we use Greek yogourt), cheddar cheese, and tortilla chips

If you are going to make this in a crock pot, cook the hamburger first, and then put everything in the crockpot, and cook it for 4-8 hours (4 on high, 8 on low).  I made it in a pot on the stove, and it turned out pretty yummy.  There were a lot of beans, however, and if you’re not a bean fan, cut the amount of beans in half.

Next day ideas:

Now, this makes about 4L of soup.  I sent home some with my parents, and there was still lots left over for supper the next night.  We mixed it up with some rice, and wrapped them in soft wraps, and made enchiladas.  Also very yummy!”

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This is an part of life. One step closer in the art of deciphering life. Don’t forget to eat your rice.

lepukku

Steps of Lepukku:

Step 1:

Cut a square with an imaginary knife in your abdominal. (3 pulses)

Step 2:

Fast spam in circles (3 pulses)

Step 3:

Haiku time!

“The bird sees the cat, the cat sees the bird, they have gusta.”

Step 4:

“Euhhhhhh..” Head faces upwards.

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The Hunger Games

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Hunger games. Pure awesomeness.

The Movie Brothers

In a dystopian future ruled by a totalitarian regime, resourceful Katniss and her partner, Peeta, represent their district in the lethal Hunger Games — a televised survival competition in which teenage contestants fight each other to the death.

Brian
Rating: 3 out of 10

Have you ever sat and thought about what you thought the future might be like? Will we be driving flying cars? What kinds of video technologies and modern conveniences will change our daily routines? Will we travel to distant planets?

I’m pretty sure your idea of the distant future wasn’t a split society where one half was the “Grapes of Wrath” where poor people hunt their dinner with bow and arrows and the other half was a technologically advanced group of drag queens that all wear makeup and can’t wait to watch young people kill each other in a boring game of “Lord of the Flies.”

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Potatoes a la Boulangere: The Best Potatoes You Will (Almost) Never Eat

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Potatoes. These once had a life force in them. Sadly, it was ended by humans.

Putney Farm

Let’s start by saying these are some of the best potatoes and onions you will ever eat. Sweet and salty, with a touch of herbs, and a soft texture with a little crunch on top. And a very pretty dish, too. Every bite is a delight. So you, or our family, may ask, “why don’t we make this more often?” And then you remember all the work you just put into making this dish, and you know exactly why this is for special occasions (or masochists). Such is the challenge of Potatoes à la Boulangere, really good, but a pain in the posterior real effort.

Potatoes à la Boulangere is a simple combination of potatoes, onion, butter, thyme, chicken stock, salt and pepper. Layered and cooked together for at least an hour in the oven, the ingredients meld into a truly lovely dish. So what’s the problem? Well, there are…

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The Best Brownies Ever

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More food. I bet Peeta Mellark could bake this blindfolded. Lol. 😛

Putney Farm

Baking, in its purest form, is chemistry. Baking has rules, exact measurements, chemical reactions and controlled variables. Baking is science. But like many sciences, once you master the basics (after many, many reps), you begin to move into the realm of art. Each recipe is a canvas to be tuned and tweaked for new textures and flavors. New dishes emerge, but without undoing the fundamental chemistry of the dish. The hard science yields to something evolutionary. The magic seeps through. Those moments of evolution are rewarding for the cook, and the eater, alike.

And while it is a big leap to say we have the “best” anything, these brownies do represent Carolyn’s never-ending quest to pack as much chocolate into every brownie as is humanly (and scientifically) possible. When we say “best” chocolate brownies, we mean it. We are talking about a couple of pounds of chocolate, and chocolate in…

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Hybrid Enchiladas with Green Chiles & Cheese

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Life. It’s about food. So here’s some food for thought!

Onions and Chocolate

I am currently jealous of any person currently living in an area where the daily high temperatures are not rising above 70º.  Here in southern California…we’re still in the thick of the heat.  Today we had a major dip and the high was only 84º!  Last week, husband and I were enjoying a late summer vacation around the Teton region in Wyoming and Idaho and although it was certainly cooler…it was still ridiculously hot for this late in September.  Wild fires still abound and our days were filled with smoky haze.  However the brisk early mornings and waning light left me hungry for fall weather.  Casserole weather.

I love enchiladas as they tend to include cheese (love), corn tortillas (love) and they beg to be topped with the quintessential Tex-Mex garnish of sliced canned black olives.

No, these hybrid enchiladas will not get you more miles to the gallon…but they…

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