Tortilla Soup

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/02/crockpot-tortilla-soup-recipe.html

 

The Ingredients:

--3 cups of chicken broth (homemade or packaged)

--1 1/2 cups cooked chicken (I had leftover chicken in the freezer)

--1/2 onion

--1 cup frozen roasted corn

--2 green onions

--28 oz can of tomatoes and juice

--1 cup chopped up vegetables that you have on hand (celery and carrots in my case, plus I had the end of the roasted vegetables I froze)

--4 cloves of garlic ( I am STILL out of fresh garlic)

--1/4 t crushed red pepper flakes

--1/2 t cayenne pepper

--1 t cumin

--salt to taste (especially if using a no-salt broth like I was)

optional garnish:

--tortilla chips

--parmesan cheese

--sour cream

The Directions:

--dice all veggies into fine chunks

--dump everything into the crockpot

--it's okay if you have frozen stuff. My broth, vegetables and chicken were all frozen.

--totally okay to assemble the night before.


--cook on low for 8-10 hours, or high for 6 or so.



before serving, add whatever garnish you choose. We were out of tortilla chips, so I used a bit of parmesan and fat free sour cream.

Crockpot Pizza Soup

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/08/crockpot-pizza-soup-recipe.html

--1 jar (14 oz) of pizza sauce
--3 empty jars full of water
--1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
--1/2 red onion, chopped
--1 cup sliced mushrooms
--1 cup baby tomatoes, cut in quarters (or 1 can diced tomatoes, drained)
--2 already-cooked Italian sausage (I used chicken Italian sausage)
--1 cup sliced pepperoni, sliced in quarters (Hormel turkey pepperoni is labeled gluten free)
--8 fresh basil leaves, chopped (or 1/2 T dried)
--1 T dried oregano
--1/2 to 1/3 cup of dried pasta (if your pasta is tiny, use 1/3 cup. if it's big, do 1/2. I used 1/2 cup Trader Joe's brown rice penne)
--shredded mozzarella cheese (to add later)

The Directions.

Use a 5 or 6 quart crockpot for this recipe. Serves 4 hungry adults, or 2 hungry adults and 2 kids with enough leftovers to feed them all again.

Wash and prepare veggies. Dump them into the crockpot. Cut up the sausage into small pieces--I sliced, then cut the pieces in fourths. Add to crockpot. Cut up the pepperoni, add it, too. Add basil and oregano. Pour in the pizza sauce, and follow with three empty jars of water.

Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours. Everything in this is already cooked, so you are really only heating through and allowing the flavors to meld.

Thirty minutes before serving, add the dry pasta, and turn to high. My pasta only took 20 minutes to soften quite nicely.

Garnish/top with shredded mozzarella cheese.

Cheesy Veggie and Ham Chowder

2 c water
2 chopped potatoes
1 chopped carrot
1 chopped stalk celery
1/2 chopped onion

1/4 c butter
1/4 c flour
2 c milk

10 oz shredded cheddar
15 oz can cream style corn
2 c cubed cooked ham

Simmer 1st 5 ingredients covered for 10-15 minutes. Melt butter; add milk and flour. Stir until thickened. Add cheese and melt. Combine everything & heat.

This cooks very easily on medium in a crock pot while you are at work. It also makes a VERY smooth comfort soup if you toss it in the blender when you're finished.

Not Like Grandma's Chicken N Dumplings

Adapted from Crock Pot Magazine using Deceptively Delicious ideas.
4-6 servings

2 c chicken
1 can cream of mushroom
1 can cream of chicken
2 cans water
4 t flour
2 t chicken bullion
1/2 t pepper
1 c pureed carrots
1/2 c pureed celery
1 can chopped mushrooms
4-8 refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

Mix all ingredients together in slow cooker (4 1/2 quart) except biscuits.
Cut biscuits into 8ths and gently top the mixture.
Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours.

There is lots of room for adaptation to this recipe. We added the carrots, celery, and mushrooms to increase the veggie count. More or less chicken makes it a heartier meal or a better budget meal. You can also make your own dumplings or biscuits for the top.

Jennifer O's Taco Soup

2 lbs hamburger
1 pk taco seasoning
1 pk ranch
1 can kidney beans
1 can pinto beans
1 can water
1 can Rotel original
1 can diced stewed tomatoes
1 can corn (Jennifer likes to use frozen)

Mix all together and simmer 30 min. Serve with corn bread. Can also be dumped into the crock pot for at least 2 hours on medium.
 
Very flexible recipe - for spicier dish use warmer Rotels, for milder use mild or regular. For soupier dish keep canned juices but drain for a thicker soup.