Taco Soup

TacoSoup

 

Today we are cooking up something nice and warm to compliment the cold weather currently creeping into our households and capturing pictures of adults hiding under the covers.

Now, this recipe can actually be altered according to your personal touch because you’re basically making a Taco Flavored Chili. You’ll need:

• Ground Beef
• Kidney, Black, and Pinto Beans
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• Spicy Doritos
• Salsa (or Stewed Tomatoes, Onions, 1 can diced tomato with chilies, 1 can green chilies. If you use the Salsa you really don’t need to add the individual ingredients unless you’re a big time chef and you do that kind of thing. But if you’re not much of a cook, Salsa will knock that right on out lol,)
• Taco Seasoning
• and Corn (opt.)

• Take a skillet and on medium heat brown the Ground Beef, drain. Add the taco seasoning and mix well just as if you were making tacos.

• Scoop the ground beef into a big pot adding the beans

• Add water, salsa mix and more taco seasoning, along with other seasonings of choice (but keep it along the lines of a Taco / Chili like flavor). Also add the corn or anything else you would like to add to the mix.

• Let everything cook and gel together on medium heat. Stir occasionally so that the bottom does not burn.

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While that simmers, make a bed of Spicy Doritos in a bowl (You can actually choose your tortilla of choice but Spicy Doritos compliments this dish really well.). Scoop your soup into the bowl, covering the Doritos. Sprinkle the shredded cheese on top along with any other topping of choice like sour cream.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Fudge Brownies

So if you’re a non-chef like me but you’re also married and enjoy serving your hubby delicious recipes, today’s Sunday Sweet Treat is definitely for you, it’s even all natural.

brownies-sliderToday we are cooking up Chocolate Fudge Brownies using Marie Callender’s Fudge Brownie Mix.

Directions:

You Will Need:

1/3 cup oil, 2 large eggs,   (2 Large eggs for chewy brownies. 3 Large eggs for cakey brownies) 1 Tbsp water, Chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

1. In a bowl combine 2 large eggs, 1 Tbsp water, 1/3 cup oil. Mix well.
2. Add dry mix and mix only until combined (about 30 strokes).

 

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3. Now, this recipe is for extra fudge, chocolate chip brownies. So at this point you are going to take your chocolate chips and place them into a greased baking pan. I like to use the muffin pan (as those of you who are familiar with this blog already know), but you can do the same thing for a regular one sheet baking pan as well. Grease the pan and place the chocolate chips down first. I used Hershey’s Baking Melts, round flat chocolates, and placed them at the bottom of the greased pan.

 
4. Pour brownie mix from step #2 into greased baking pan, spread evenly. (For chocolate layered brownies, pour some of the mix into the pan first, then the chocolate chips, and then pour the rest of the mix in last.)

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5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes. High Altitude Baking: Add 2 Tbsp of water. Yield: 12 (1.75 x 1.75) bars. To make 8 x 8 pan use (1 lb) of mix and bake for 30- 35 minutes at 325 degrees F. For richer brownies, substitute melted butter or margarine for oil.

 

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Step #6: Enjoy!