Monthly Archives: June 2014

Chicken Chile Soup

I love cooking with my crockpot – walking into the house after work and already having dinner ready is one of my favorite things! This chili-style soup has become a staple in our house over the last few years!

Ingredients:

  • 3 chicken breasts (can be frozen)
  • 1 large onion, chopped (I buy frozen chopped onions and eyeball it)
  • 2 gloves garlic, minced
  • 3/4c water
  • 1 1/2t chicken bouillon (I use two cubes)
  • 1t ground cumin
  • 1t dried oregano
  • 1/2t salt
  • 1/4t red pepper sauce
  • 2 15oz cans great northern beans, drained & rinsed
  • 1 11oz can white shoepeg corn
  • 2 cans chopped geen chiles
  • 3 T lime juice
  • Sour cream and shredded cheese for toppings

Directions:

  1. Place onion, garlic, water, bouillon, cumin, oregano, salt, and pepper sauce in crock pot. Add chicken. Cover and cook on low 4-5 hours (I’ve left it all day, and it’s fine).
  2. Shred chicken.
  3. Stir in beans, corn, chiles, and lime juice.
  4. Cook on low another 15-20 minutes until beans and corn are hot.
  5. Garnish with sour cream and shredded cheese, if desired.

Salad Recipe Roundup

Absolutely Fabulous Greek House Dressing
This Greek salad dressing is really good over lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, feta cheese, and kalamata olives. You can cut the recipe by about 10, because it makes a LOT! It’s great because it lasts a really long time without needing refrigeration.

Honey Garlic Vinaigrette
This dressing is quick and easy, and great over most salads.

Roquefort Pear Salad
The best part of this salad is the mustard vinaigrette. It’s a strange combination of foods, and I don’t think I used all of the ingredients in the recipe (I definitely didn’t use Roquefort cheese, and I’ve made it without the pears too).

Strawberry Romaine Salad
This is probably my all-time favorite salad recipe, and I get asked for the recipe almost every time I make it. Often I’ll substitute Greek yogurt for all or some of the mayo, and Splenda or Stevia for the sugar, and it’s always good. The type of lettuce isn’t important, and I either leave out or use red onions instead of the Bermuda onions it calls for. Always a hit though!

Margaritas

I love a good margarita, but they can be hard to find outside of Texas. This is my favorite recipe for making them at home. They are pretty strong, so cut the liquor in half if you don’t like them that way!

Ingredients:

  • 1 can frozen limeade
  • 1 can full of tequila
  • 1/2 can full of triple sec
  • 1 can full of water

Directions:

  1. Mix ingredients together.
  2. Serve over ice.