Recipe for Taco Soup

I love to cook, so I try a lot of new recipes. Some of my blogger buddies occasionally share good recipes, so I thought I'd share some recipes on my blog this year. I tried this recipe a couple of weeks ago and Kristen and I both loved it. It's a Paula Deen recipe and most of her recipes are delicious.

Taco Soup
1 3/4 pounds ground chuck
1 large yellow onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Two 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes, with juice
One 15 to 16 ounce can kidney beans, drained
One 15 to 16 ounce can pinto beans, drained
One 15 to 16 ounce can black beans, drained
One 15.25 ounce can whole kernal corn, drained
One 14.5 ounce can chicken broth
One 1.25 ounce package taco seasoning mix

1. In a large Dutch oven, cook the beef, onion, and garlic over medium-high heat until browned, stirring until the meat crumbles. Drain well and return the meat and vegetables to the Dutch oven.
2. Stir in the tomatoes, beans, corn, broth, and seasoning mix. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Serves 10-12

I'm not a big fan of tomatoes, so I bought the petite diced. Also, I may have used a little more meat than it called for, and it came out a little too thick. So I added another can of chicken broth to get it to a consistency I liked. The first night we had it I added a little bit of velveeta cheese in my bowl and it was really good. The next night I put a little sour cream in and it was really good. It's really easy and makes a LOT!

Fav Foto Friday - Favorite 2008 Foto

Once again, I am a day late. This week the theme is favorite foto of 2008. This was a hard one, but I picked the picture below because Kristen is with her best buddy, her grandpa. This was at my niece's wedding where Kristen was the flower girl.

Fav Foto Friday (a day late)

Here are a few pics from Christmas

Kristen's first loose tooth

Kristen has her first loose tooth. You'd think she had won the lottery as excited as she is. She wants everyone to know...the checkout person at Target, any customer we passed in the aisle, she says she's going to tell her ear doctor on Tuesday, she can't wait to tell her teacher at daycare tomorrow :) And more than anything she can't wait to show Grandma and Grandpa when they get here tomorrow. Just a couple of pictures from the last couple of days. Her shirt says 'Been Good All Year'.

Fav Foto Friday - HO HO HO

We saw Santa today!!

Fav Foto Friday

There isn't a theme for Fav Foto Friday this week, so I'm posting some pictures of Kristen helping decorate the Christmas tree...and just goofing off and posing for the camera.

Video from The Nutcracker - Angels

Here is the video of the angels from The Nutcracker. I didn't do a very good job of taking the video, and you can't see her very well. But it's still precious....