Taco Soup

I am a HUGE soup fan!!! So, you will see many recipes for soup on my blog. For one, I think its EASY. Two, most of the time, they have everything you need in them for a balanced meal; meat, veggies, cheese, and add a roll or cornbread and there you go! This one is a favorite in the Ballenger house! TACO SOUP and it only takes about 20 minutes to make!

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 can of white corn(or yellow, but I prefer the white)
1 can of Ranch Style Beans
1 can of Rotel tomatoes
2 small cans tomato sauce
1 can of crushed tomatoes
1 package of taco seasoning
1 package of ranch dressing mix

Cook ground beef then in a soup pot add all other ingredients PLUS two cans of water. Let simmer for 20-25 minutes. Serve with cheese, sour cream, and corn bread.

I would always start my cornbread way before the soup because I knew it took forever to cook in the oven. Then, I discovered that you can cook cornbread in the MICROWAVE in 4 minutes!!! I use the JIFFY cornbread in the little white and blue box. It is 88 cents and goes a LONG way! Mix all the ingredients in a glass baking dish(1 box use and 8x8 two boxes use a 9x13) and pop in the microwave for 4 minutes. Make sure that you spray the bottom of the baking dish with PAM or grease with olive oil before you mix the ingredients in it to avoid sticking. By the time you have mixed and cooked your cornbread that soup should be about finished!!!

Then, if there is any soup leftover dish it into microwavable containers and refrigerate or freeze for later use! Then, for the next meal, or a week down the road you have soup ready to serve! Remember to SIMPLIFY!!!