So guess what day it is.. SUNDAY! and we all know what that means in my little house. Getting my food ready for the week. I really was not all about standing over the stove or heating up the oven so I decided to pull out the good ole crockpot cookbook. Was really not all about some of the recipes because they required way to many steps for today. So I went to the soup & stew section and came across a recipe I have made before and it says "YUMMY" on the top. So I thought well I am going to make that. I remember that it makes alot but you can really do alot of different things with it. Here is the recipe:
1 1/2 lbs of ground beef
1 packet of taco seasoning
2 (15 ounce) cans Mexican stewed tomatoes
2 (15 ounce) cans chili beans with liquid
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 cup of water
crushed tortilla chips
shredded cheese
Cook your meat in the skillet and then pour the meat into your crock pot and add everything else. Not the chips or cheese! that's for later. Stir everything real good to combine and then put the lid on and turn your crock pot on. I have mine set at 4 hours on high because it doesn't really have a low setting. Cook for a minimum of 1 hour on high.
I plan on taking this "soup" and eating it like a soup a few times with the chips and cheese and then think I may add some rice to it another time, drain off the juices and make a salad, drain off the juices and put into some wheat tortillas and make a burrito type thing. Many possibilities. I'm sure you could probably cook some barley or rice in with it and it would make an awesome casserole....Maybe I will just go add that now. I am thinking you would have to add more liquid to it so you would probably want to use tomato juice or beef broth for that. Which I have neither of, so never mind!
Oh and about the cook book I have been talking about, well it costs more money than I thought so I am trying to decide if I really want to buy it! Such a very hard decision. I did spend some time the other day looking at the recipes and it really does have some good ones but is it worth the money right now?
What do you think?
