Taco soup

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Last night Tammy and I made taco soup.  Even though the weather is warming up now that our high temperatures are in the 40s F, I felt hot soup would be nice for the next few days.

The recipe can be found here: http://recipes.homemadegourmet.com/recipe.asp?code=5704

(If interested, you can order the taco mix through Tammy's Homemade Gourmet web site: http://www.homemadegourmet.com/tamara23544)

We made a few modifications to the recipe.  Tammy doesn't like pinto beans so we left that out and replaced it with a second can of corn.  We also added a second can of tomatoes, a can of peas, and a can of green beans (as we both love green beans).   We altered the soup to be stronger on vegetables than broth.  It was very filling.

The Homemade Gourmet^® Taco Soup Mix isn't too spicy.  Tammy doesn't like spicy foods and she was fine with the spice level.  The mix had just enough spice to satisfy me. Although... I may have altered the soup's spice level as I inadvertently drained the can of chopped chilies before adding them.

We were able to alter how much spice we got in our individual portion based on the ratio of vegetables vs. broth as the spice was in the broth. The photo is of my bowl of soup.  Yum!

A person can use the taco soup mix to make taco dip if they prefer. As Tammy is not a big soup person, that is what she usually makes.