11/06/2012- Baked Potato Soup

This recipe is right up there with the sausage and potato casserole. It was incredibly easy and insanely delicious. I invited our neighbor, Chris, over for dinner that night and he kept saying how good it was and ended up having three bowls and took one home with him.

Noah helped me put it all together and loved helping. When it came time to test the soup, however, he was adamant that he hated it, before he tried it. Once he tried it, though, he was all about that soup. You know if Noah eats it, it's good.

We went to the store to get some bacon bits and I also picked up a loaf of artisan wheat bread. It was divine.

There was enough in there to let Chris have his three bowls, me have two, Noah and Aaron have one, send some home with Chris and have enough leftover for lunch the next day. You can bet I'll be making that again! Now I just need to find some cheap chicken broth like I did (it was on sale for $0.68 per 14.5fl oz can) and I'll be making that soup like a mad woman!

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10/17/2012 - Chicken Noodle Soup

If you read the family blog, you'd know this was right about the time we were all beaten down with colds. Noah got it first, gave it to Mason and then I got it. It was horrible. Aaron was the only survivor. So, it worked perfectly that this day was chicken nooodle soup day. There was only one problem....My crock pot wasn't big enough. I had to rush to the store that morning, buy chicken broth/stalk rush home, throw it all in and then, it overflowed. So, I called my grandma, desperate for help, and she suggested using my large pot with tin foil on top. DING! It worked great. I had to add four cups of water because there simply wasnt enough liquid for it to be any where near able to cook the noodles, but it worked. Also, my noodles came out SO mushy. It was more like a goulash than soup. We threw in some crackers and called it good though. Not much gets us down, as long as we can eat it and it's somewhat tasty, we're good.

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*After actually going back to write down recipes, I realized in the madness that was that morning, I didn't read it all. I simply read "combine all ingredients". I didn't read "except noodles". So....that's why my noodles were nasty mushy and there wasn't enough liquid. SO, I'll be redoing it next week and I'll update the results with pictures too.

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal and "World's Best" Taco Soup

I love pumpkin. I love pumpkin pie, pumpkin coffee, muffins, cake, everything pumpkin. So when I saw the pumpkin pie oatmeal, it was a given I needed to eat it. It was really simple to make and would have been better if I had pecans. I will say, though, it needed about a tablespoon of sugar. The syrup didn't quite cut it for me.

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That night I also made "The Worlds Best Taco Soup". Needless to say, it was good...but not the "worlds best". I did omit the peppers and salsa simply because I hate peppers (please don't stone me). The Rote'l tomatoes made it really spicy, but some cheese and cornbread made it much better. Aaron and I agreed it was essentially chili with taco seasoning. Still good though.

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