tortilla soup with vegetables, meatballs

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Yes, I do like some pre-packaged soups and use them occasionally as a timesaver. Bear Creek is my favorite brand, although I will usually add extra ingredients. I often use limited quantities (1-2 cups) as flavoring thickeners for other soups rather than pure flour.

This one is the tortilla soup base, with meatballs and extra vegetables but no tortillas.
Feel free to add fried tortillas if you like them. They're not my favorite.

See Sopa de Lima for a real tortilla soup with a lime/grapefruit flavor.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 3 quarts = 6+ servings:

1 pck. Bear Creek tortilla soup
1 pck. frozen meatballs (Sam's Club)
2 green & 2 red bell peppers, 1 celery, 2 large onions = Cajun trinity
S&P

Pic1: tortilla soup with veggies, meatballs

Directions

Pic2: Bear Creak tortilla soup base
Pic3: simmering
Pic4: served

Bring 8 cups of water to a roiling boil.
Wash and cut the vegetables.
I used the Cajun trinity mix, but feel free to use other vegetables.
Add the soup base to the boiling water.
Reduce heat, simmer for 30-60 minutes while stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
When the dry vegetables are soft, add the vegetables and frozen meatballs.
Simmer 10 more minutes.
Serve and enjoy.

Optional:

Fry tortilla strips and add to the soup, to make it a real tortilla soup. See Sopa de Lima

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org