trading my burgers for soups.

desperate times call for desperate measures.

ohhhhh pregnancy weight…why must you torture me so.  better yet.  cheeseburgers why do I love you so damn much?  I know why.  because you are ridiculously delicious.

in order to get our foods in gear we decided to do a little soup fast.  nothing super drastic.  just home made soup and as little bread as possible.  we are a fast food family.  not only because we freakin love double decker tacos, but because we’re our lives are pretty busy.  but now that im at home all dang day im trying to make an effort to cook all our meals at home.

we went grocery shopping and loaded up on chicken breasts, veggies, and soup fixins and set our eyes on the prize.  this grocery shopping trip came right after I had a melt down and cried at my husband for a number of minutes.  telling him that he sucks cuz having penny didn’t make him fat.  not my finest moment.

Since our  little soup excursion ive lost about 3 pounds.  Its amazing what eating vegetables can do!  whod-a-thunk.

when it comes to the kitchen im not what you would call…skilled.  I mean im sort of afraid of my crock pot.  I don’t trust appliances where you can leave them on all day and things are suddenly cooked.  its unnerving.  I don’t trust it.    But its been fun trying new things.

If you want some hot tastey goodness of your own.  Heres the first recipe we tried.  It was pretty damn delicious if I say so myself : )

SPICEY TACO BEAN SOUP

1 large onion

1 packet taco seasoning

1 can corn drained

15 oz chicken broth

1 can black beans washed and drained

1 can great northern beans washed and drained

1 can refried beans

1 can spicy diced tomatoes

1 can diced tomatoes

dice onion in 1 tbsp olive oil, add remaining ingredients, simmer for 15-20 minutes.  serve with sour cream, cheese and tortilla chips

sidenote:  brett and I were able to live off of this for 4 days or so…it was pretty awesome.