Just one of those weeks where it seemed like a bit more work to choose to be positive but we made it! A few dental visits, work schedules, a teething one year and we chose our way through a week full of sunshine. Thanking God for friends to walk with, eat with and awesome time to reflect on being thankful.
So now to the food; I made a big pot of taco soup and ate it all week topped with my favourite garnishes. Fast and easy!
I pulled out all of the vegetables I had in my fridge; some things needed to be used and this was the perfect vehicle.
I diced up two onions, a few ribs of celery, two peeled carrots and sautéed them with olive oil, salt, pepper, a ton of cumin and chili powder. I then added in three links of Italian sausage that I removed from their casings. Once the sausage was almost all cooked and had some colour on it I deglazed the Dutch oven with a half a bottle of left over red wine and simmered this for about ten minutes. I added in one can of whole tomatoes that I had blitzed smooth and 1 litre of chicken stock. This filled my large Dutch oven pot.
I brought this up to a simmer for about 30 minutes and then added in two chopped bell peppers, and a rinsed can of Romano beans.
Lastly I added some frozen corn and chopped cilantro with the stem.
I basically brought this up to temperature and then it was ready to serve.
I love a bowl of this topped with sourcream, shredded cheese, taco chips and a few dashes of chipotle Tabasco!
The soup gets better and better everytime I have a bowl; even the kids are loving it.
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