Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
April 27, 2010
I love this recipe from Allrecipes.com… you throw all of the ingredients in the slow cooker and just let it go to town. It’s perfect for a mexican fix when you need it (which for me is often!). Roswell said this was best thing I’ve made since we’ve been together. Yum! Hope you enjoy!
Ingredients
1 pound shredded, cooked chicken
1 (15 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, mashed
1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce
1 medium onion, chopped
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups water
1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 bay leaf
1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
7 corn tortillas
vegetable oil
Directions
1. Place chicken, tomatoes, enchilada sauce, onion, green chiles, and garlic into a slow cooker. Pour in water and chicken broth, and season with cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir in corn and cilantro. Cover, and cook on Low setting for 6 to 8 hours or on High setting for 3 to 4 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
3. Lightly brush both sides of tortillas with oil. Cut tortillas into strips, then spread on a baking sheet.
4. Bake in preheated oven until crisp, about 10 to 15 minutes. To serve, sprinkle tortilla strips over soup. [I prefer to garnish with shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado, cliantro, etc. Use whatever you like!]
Bits of my Weekend x2
April 26, 2010
So I apparently needed a break last week… but I’m back, and I have some ideas about this week. Stay tuned for a yummy slow cooker recipe (according to Roswell, the best thing I’ve cooked yet.) So here’s a combo of the last two weekends. Enjoy!
See you again soon!
Cherry Blossom Season
April 14, 2010
Bits of my Weekend
April 12, 2010
Balcony Makeover
April 6, 2010
We moved into our apartment at the end of January. And then came snowpocalypse. And we were buried under 30+ inches of snow. It’s finally melted away and it’s finally beginning to feel like spring (or rather summer with the upper 80 degree weather yesterday.) We have a fairly nice balcony with our apartment – we are on the back of the apartment complex and face a nice forest of bamboo from the neighbors behind us. We even have a lovely blooming tree that’s been smelling spring like.PhotobloggingDC Featured Photo
April 5, 2010
Bits of my Weekend
April 5, 2010
Squirrel Love
April 4, 2010
Hello April!
April 1, 2010
Go check out the new calendar from Design*Sponge for April. Loving the bright colors!
Happy Peeps-ter!
March 31, 2010
Happy Easter everyone. Here’s a few of my flickr favorites featuring one of the most popular Easter candies. Are Peeps even candy? Maybe I should say Easter snack. Oh well…
1. Hey, Peeps! (207/365) (052/365) by Kim Baker
2. peep by lifelovepaper
3. Peeps on Parade by alicia bruce
4. Army of Peeps by L. Marie
5. The Terra Peepa Warriors by Victoria Pickering
6. (002/365) by Kim Baker
7. Peep Waterboarding by Marc Benton
8. @GeoDuckie & Moon Landing Peeps by George Brett
9. Peeps contest entry by Victoria Pickering

























One Comment
have you beeen to ikea yet? we LOVE ikea!! def post the finished product whenever you set up your dream balcony retreat. we hope to move to reston one day soon.