what to make for dinner
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
April 26, 2017 3:24pm CST
I need an easy meal to throw together. I'm the only one at home with Little Mister today, and he seems to be on a napping strike... so it needs to be fairly simple. I also don't have any meat thawed right now (other than last night's taco meat and a little bit of leftover chicken), but I have ground beef, ground turkey, and breakfast sausage in the freezer which could be thawed quickly.... but I'd prefer using my leftover taco meat and/or the leftover spaghetti sauce in the fridge. I thought about chili, but I'm wondering if taco soup in the slow cooker is a better idea.
If I make taco soup, I've got plenty of tortilla chips and sour cream and shredded cheese to serve with it, and I think I even have some avocado that I could dice up.
What would you serve on the side with taco soup?
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
27 Apr 17
Taco Soup sounds delicious with tortilla chips and shredded cheese
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Apr 17
It made for a very good dinner. Gotta have those tortilla chips and cheese!
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
27 Apr 17
@spiderdust sounds very good right now i am hungry
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Apr 17
@chrissbergstrom The leftovers are even better!
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@teamfreak16 (43571)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Apr 17
I've never had taco soup. Is it the same as tortilla soup?
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@teamfreak16 (43571)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Apr 17
@spiderdust - Ah. I'll have to see if I can find it somewhere.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Apr 17
It's similar, although tortillas aren't a requirement for taco soup. Taco soup is thicker, while tortilla soup is a thinner broth based soup. Also, tortilla soup is authentically Mexican while taco soup is an American midwestern invention.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 A search for "taco soup" on Pinterest will bring up tons of recipes. Some with chicken, some with beef, some with ranch dressing mix (!!!), and without... there's a lot of variations.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Apr 17
sounds like a good choice. i used to make soup of all the leftovers together when pressed for a fast meal. the kids loved it. called it moms refrigerator stew. lol
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Apr 17
I've read about doing this, but haven't always pulled it off successfully.
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@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
28 Apr 17
How about some biscuits. That would go good with taco soup.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Apr 17
My daughter can't have wheat and I didn't have stuff on hand for making gluten free biscuits (which are close to an abomination anyway).
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 Apr 17
Are taco chips different than tortilla chips? It's what people called tortilla chips when I was growing up.
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