Chicken Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

2-3 Chicken Breast, about 2 lbs, boiled and cubed or shredded

1/2 green bell pepper, diced

1/2 red bell pepper, diced

1/2 small white onion, diced

1-2 cloves garlic, minced

1 small serrano pepper, seeded and diced

1 can, whole or diced, tomatoes with juice

1 can, black beans, drained and washed

1/2-1 cup frozen corn

1-1.5 cups minute rice, depending on who thick you like it

salt, pepper and chili powder to taste

4 cups chicken broth, I used the water I boiled the chicken in(or water)

Cheese and Corn Tortillas for garnish

Directions:

Saute onion and garlic until translucent. Add in peppers, tomatoes, black beans, and chicken. Add salt, pepper and chili powder to taste, then pour in chicken broth, bring to a simmer. Add in rice and then let simmer for about 5 more minutes.

Serve with corn tortilla and cheese

Potato Stoup

So this is a thicker soup, I like them a little thicker but if you want it more soupy add more liquids or less potatoes!

**Picture coming soon...I ate it before I took a pic =p**

Ingredients:

4 slices of bacon, cut

4 medium sized potatoes cubed, you can peel them but I like the skin

1 (14oz) can low sodium chicken broth

2 1/4 milk

1/2-1cup shredded cheese + some for garnish

~1tbsp butter, I used my country crock spread

salt and pepper to taste

cap full of dried chopped onions (all I had on hand, but I'm sure it would be better with fresh onions)

1/4 tsp minsed garlic

dash cayenne pepper *optional*

Directions:

In soup pot or dutch oven brown bacon. Once browned remove and place on plate with paper towel, it will be sued for garnish.

In bacon drippings add onion, garlic, and potatoes. Let cook about 5 mins. Add chicken broth and milk. Cook until potatoes are mash-able. Mash potatoes to consistency of your liking. Add salt and peppers to taste. Stir in cheese and butter. Serve with garnish of cheese and bacon.

I took this from a baked potato soup recipe, you can certainly add sour cream and bake the potatoes instead of boiling them, I just used what I had on hand and I didn't want to wait for the potatoes to bake =p