Black Bean Taco Soup

• 1 lb beef - browned and drained
• 28oz can crushed tomatoes
• 15 1/4 oz corn (undrained)
• 15oz black beans (undrained)
• 15 1/2 oz can red kidney beans (undrained)
• 1 envelope dry Ranch dressing mix
• 1 envelope dry taco seasoning
• 1 small onion, chopped
• tortilla or corn chips
• shredded cheese
• sour cream

1. Combine all ingredients, except last 3 in crockpot.
2. Cover. Cook low 4-6 hours.
3. Garnish with last 3 ingredients. 

Taco Soup

• 1 onion
• 1 28oz can of diced tomatoes
• 1 9oz jar of tomato sauce
• 1 can of corn (do NOT drain)
• 1 can of chili beans (do NOT drain)
• 1 can of pinto beans, rinsed (or red, kidney, or black)
• 1 small jar/can of jalapeno pepper
• 1 lb hamburger
• 1 pkg taco seasoning
• sour cream, grated cheese (opt)
• tortilla chips

Brown the hamburger and onion. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, corn, chili, beans, pinto beans, jalapeno pepper, and taco seasoning. Simmer for about 20 min. until heated through. Serve with tortilla chips, crushed (opt). Enjoy!

Autumn Harvest Soup

1 Tbsp. garlic

1 large onion

2 links Italian sausages (milk or hot, we like spicy hot)

2 Tbsp olive oil. 

Saute on low heat. 

6 C chicken stock (beef stock works fine if you don't have chicken stock)

2 rings smoked Kielbasa sausage

4 C cabbage shredded (if you use purple cabbage, you will have purple soup)

2 C quartered raw potatoes (we like with the skin on)

1 C diced turnip (we've used acorn squash instead, very tasty)

1 C diced carrots

Cover and simmer 1 hr.

Cut sausages. 

1 C fresh  spinach (I've used kale instead because I had it on hand and it's very similar)

1 Tbsp sage

1 Tbsp rosemary  ( I didn't have sage this past time, but I threw in thyme, basil, oregano, and bay leaves, that was delicious!)

1 green apple (I don't think we've ever put that in, but you can try and tell me how it was)

Salt and Pepper to taste. Sprinkle Parmesan or Romano on top of each bowl. Yum! 

Note: This is a great soup to ignore measurements and just throw in whatever you have. I had tons of carrots this past week, so I'm sure this soup had way more than one cup of those.