Tasty Tuesday

Taco Soup

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef, cooked and drained, or 1 bag frozen veggie crumbles (which is what we use)

15-oz can tomato sauce

1 15-oz can each kidney, pinto, garbanzo and black beans, rinsed and drained (so 4 cans of beans total, you could use whatever kind you like)

28-oz can diced tomatoes

15-oz can corn (I also rinse and drain this)

3-oz can diced chilies

1 packet ranch dressing mix

1 packet taco seasoning

1 1/2 c water



*Directions:

If you're using the ground beef, just make sure it's cooked and drained first. Then dump everything in the pot, stir it up, and simmer for about 30 minutes covered. I stir it occasionally. If you use the veggie crumbles like we do, you can throw them in frozen with the rest of the ingredients and do the same, simmer for 30 minutes covered. Very easy and quick dinner, and for the two of us we eat it that night, then I put the rest into two gallon freezer bags and freeze it for two more dinners. I just defrost it in the fridge and warm it up on the stove.