Recently some friends invited us over for dinner. It was great fun!!! They made a delicious dinner (dessert to be
reviewed at a later date) AND shared a recipe for a soup that they make using
all Trader Joe’s ingredients!
Well, of course we had to try that out!!! So we collected ingredients and set out to
make what I have decided should be called SUZY SOUP. Yes, I know that Suzy and Rob, the friends
who had us over for dinner, like to call it Tortilla Soup, but they are
wrong. In our house it will henceforth
be known as SUZY SOUP.
Wanna make it? It
is, as Suzy told me, “Easy peasy lemon squeezy!”. Here is how to make it:
Ingredients
1 can black beans, drained (reviewed here)
1 can corn, drained (reviewed here)
1 box chicken broth (reviewed here)
1 jar Trader Joe’s Double Roasted Salsa (this was our
first time having this product!)
Chicken (boneless, skinless) –
sautéed
Combine all ingredients listed
above in a pot to heat (after sautéing the chicken)
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| Can't you almost SMELL it cooking??? |
Now here is the fun part!
Fill little bowls with:
grated jack cheese
cilantro
sliced avocados
sour cream (or Suzy says you can
use plain yogurt but we were too scared to try that)
tortilla chips (we used our
favorite Blue Corn Chips (reviewed here)
chopped onion (we got crazy and
added this!)
chopped tomato (again, Suzy didn’t
tell us to have this, but it made the soup amazing!)
Then let everyone fill their bowl
with Suzy Soup and top with whatever toppings from the little bowls they would
like!! (Of course, at our house, we each
put in EVERYTHING!)
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| We were so excited to EAT Suzy Soup that I forgot to take a photo until my bowl was nearly empty... |
SERIOUSLY good soup. Perfect for cold winter nights. Super easy to make yet somehow looks fancy!
The only downside I can think of
is that when you are done with dinner you not only have SOUP BOWLS to wash, you
have lots of tiny bowls that were filled with toppings to clean, too. But that is a small price to pay for such a delicious
meal. David reports that one other
downside is that it is so tasty, that SOME PEOPLE (editor’s note – there was a
bit of guilt in his voice when he reported this…) might eat TOO MUCH and then
go to bed with a very full belly and have a hard time sleeping…
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| I CAUGHT HIM eating a second (or third??) helping!! |
The recipe made more than the 2 of
us could eat but it was GREAT as leftovers.
I can’t really list a PRICE here, because it depends on what
topping ingredients you buy. But it is
not expensive to make.
Rating - 5
