Taco Soup

This is the easiest dinner recipe and I know many of you use it often. (Circe this is not for you...I think you have it down!)  Brad doesn't really like it a ton, but my kids do so he has to suffer and especially on nights mom isn't so prepared (like today).  This was already posted on my family blog but of course I need to post it here now.  My recipe comes out of the Lion House Christmas Recipes Book.  Not that this is already quick enough, but a short cut I do monthly is to buy bulk ground beef at Sams/Costco and fry it all up then divide into around 1 lb. baggies and freeze.  Then I can thaw a baggie in the microwave and toss it into the soup saving me a step.

Taco Soup

1 lb. ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped

1 pkg. mild taco seasoning mix

1 16oz. can cut corn

1 16oz. can kidney beans, drained and rinsed (I use 2 because my girls love them)

1 28oz. can stewed tomatoes

1 8oz. can tomato sauce

Tortilla chips

Grated cheese

Brown ground beef in heavy saucepan.  Drain.  Saute chopped onion; add to ground beef.  Stir in taco seasoning, corn, kidney beans, stewed tomatoes, and tomato sauce.  Simmer for 20-30 minutes.  Serve topped with tortilla chips and grated cheese.  Makes 8 servings.