Belly be gone!

at last week’s meeting, we talked about quick & easy recipes. i won’t post them all until i try them…wouldn’t want to pass along anything w/o knowing what it’s like.

so, the leader mentioned taco soup. i’ve made a similar one before, but i tried hers. w/o meat - it’s 1 pt / cup. with meat (lean ground turkey or 93/7 beef), it’s 2 pt / cup. at least according to my meeting leader. i haven’t put it through any of the recipe builders.

here’s the base of it:

3 cans of beans - any beans (i drained them b/c i don’t like the liquid the beans are in)

2 cups of water

1 can corn

2 cans of diced tomatoes (can use rotel, also…when i made it last night, i used 1 can tomato, 1 can of mild rotel)

1 packet taco seasoning

1 packet of ranch dressing mix - this is optional - i used it

throw it in a pot and heat until mixed and warmed through.

i used meat - ground turkey.  i just ground the turkey, then threw it in the pot w/everything else.

other alternatives…the other recipe i have made used hominy instead of corn.  if it’s about the same nutritional value as corn, then i think i’ll use it next time b/c i like the texture better than corn.

the other recipe i made would ground the meat, then add the taco seasoning & some water to the meat.  then the seasoned meat would be added to the rest of the ingredients in the pot.

anyhow…it’s yummy & quick & easy!!!