SOUPS, SOUPS & more SOUPS!

Who doesn't love soup? I love coming home from a long day to soup waiting for me in the crock pot. Soups are delicious, easy to make and most importantly- cheap! I make a crock pot of soup at least once a week because it is easy on the budget and my husband and I each get about 3 meals out of it! My next few posts will be all about soup. I hope you get a chance to try a few of them. I make all my soups in the crock pot because it is easiest but you can make any of these over the stove. You will want to cook the soups on low for at least 4 hours or on high for at least 3 hours in the crock pot or about an hour on the stove.

Tortilla Soup:

1 box vegetable broth

1 15oz can tomato sauce or diced tomatoes

1/2 onion diced

1 carrot choppped

1/2 green pepper chopped

1 1/2 C cooked black beans or 1 1/2 cans of black beans

1C sweet corn

1 4oz can diced green chiles

1T olive oil

1T garlic

1t ground cumin

1t chili powder

1t cayenne pepper

1t oregano

salt and pepper to taste

Garnishes:

avocado

crushed tortilla chips or tortilla strips

cilantro

lime

cheese

sour cream

-Saute the onion, carrot, and garlic on medium heat with oil until onions are tender.

-add all ingredients to crock pot

-cook on low at least 4 hours
-top with preferred yummy garnishes and enjoy!