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Favorite Chili Recipe? Or even soup recipe?
I want to make more soups this fall/winter and DH has a great veggie soup recipe, but not a good chili recipe.
I also think this will be good for lunches and freezing. I also want to make some italian wedding soup from scratch instead of buying it with all the addtitives.
Re: Favorite Chili Recipe? Or even soup recipe?
Off the top of my head, so numbers aren't exact.
Vegetarian Chili Recipe
1 can black beans, drained (all cans are 'regular size'--14 or 16 ounces?)
1 can chickpeas/garbanzos, drained
1 can kidney beans, drained
1 can corn, drained
2 cans diced tomato, not drained
lentils (I buy the dried ones and cook half a package according to package directions, but you can probably find canned too), drained
Dump them all in a crock pot
package of sliced mushrooms and a chopped green pepper, sautee in a little olive oil, and then add to the crock pot
Add whatever spices you want. . .I tend to use about 3 tbsp chili power and 1 tbsp cumin (these are important). Then 1 tbsp each of whatever else I feel like adding--basil, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, etc. Salt to taste.
In my crock pot, I cook it three hours on high or six hours on low.
I tend to serve this over rice, with cheese, sour cream or guacamole on top. It's also good for parties (I have lots of vegetarian friends who will eat this instead of hotdogs and hamburgers).
DH is usually picky, but for some reason when I throw things into the crockpot together or make soup, he eats them. I think it has to do with the way the flavors meld.
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Creamy Potato Soup (aka best and easiest soup of all time)
Ingredients:
Frozen Country Style Hashbrowns (the chunky kind)
One can of cream of mushroom soup
One can of cream of celery soup
1.5 cups of milk
1 8oz. box of cream cheese
3/4 stick of butter
1 teaspoon of garlic salt
small diced onion (can use frozen kind too)
Directions:
Place the frozen potatoes and onions in a pot and fill with water *just* enough to barely cover the mixture. Cook until potatoes are tender and the mix is soupy.
When potatoes are done, take off of the burner and add the cream-cheese (cube it first) and stir till melted. After the cream cheese is melted, add the rest of the ingredients and put it back on the burner.
Simmer until the mixture is piping hot (I usually let it simmer at least an hour, stirring occasionally).
I usually add shredded cheese and bacon bits to garnish. I swear it's the best potato soup you will put in your mouth. It's creamy and not so cheesy.
I remember someone posting this a few weeks after I'd started my diet last year and thinking... "that sounds awesome, and I can probably never eat something like that again...." :-(
This is our favorite.
http://family.go.com/food/recipe-cp-630082-three-bean-turkey-chili-t/
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