Ready for fall weather & recipes!

Taste Of Home Stuffed Pepper Soup

1. I'm so ready for fall!  
2. I am thankful my darling cherubs have gone back to school!
3. I've missed blogging!  

All three statements are true as true can be.  In celebration of fall lurking around the corner, kids going back to school, and reentering the blogging community.....I cooked.  Oh, how I cooked.  I dug my crock pot out & fired her up.  It's time.  If I cook enough delish soups, stews, and casseroles in it....fall will come sooner.  I just know it.

Some of the recipes (links below) I whipped up this week have been posted on my blog in years past.  However, the pepper soup recipe....I couldn't find here on the blog.  So strange.  I make it all the time, and would have bet money on it being listed here, but it wasn't.  I've been holding out on you!  Be angry...because it's one of the best soups EVER.  Well, if you like stuffed peppers, that is.

{DISCLAIMER}
So, the Points listed are old Points.  They're fabulous tried and true recipes.  I know you can figure out the value(s) of them on your own.  The pepper soup recipe has all of the nutritional info so you can do the conversion easily.  The other two do not.  I will do my best to list recipes with nutritional data from now on.  Pinky swear.

Stuffed Pepper Soup 
This is a tweaked version of the original Taste Of Home recipe.  I never but the beef bouillon in it, and it always tastes great.  This week, I used 2 pounds of ground chicken breast (not just plain ground chicken which has a much higher fat content due to the dark meat added in) instead of half beef half chicken.  Use whatever meat you would like.  Play with the recipe, and see what works best for your family.  I've used TVP in it instead of meat before, and the taste was odd.  Just a heads up.  :)  {Click here for recipe.}


Slow Cooker Lasagna
This was a recipe we passed around at Weight Watchers several years ago.  You might have it in your own collection if you've attended meetings for what seems like forever (like me!).  So the Points listed are old Points.  Since I can no longer have gluten, we swapped regular noodles for a gluten free rice version. (I need to remember to cut the cooking time in half next time when using gluten free pasta.  Not only does my slow cooker seem to cook hotter than most, but GF pasta gets too mushy when cooked too long.)  Despite the mushiness....this was an awesome dinner!  I could have easily eaten it 'til I popped, but I had on my big girl panties & stayed in control. (Because clearly the answer to not being in control is wearing big girl panties, right? lol)  {Click here for recipe.}

Mexican Corn Chowder
The only item I have to omit due to gluten issues is the cream soup.  To be honest, I don't even miss it.  If I were you, I'd leave it out.  This is the BEST soup.  My son, who normally dislikes soup, love it.  He is a teenager now, and could seriously eat the entire pot on his own.  (Why do teens eat so much????)  I have learned the hard way to make a double batch of this one.  {Click here for recipe.}

Happy Cooking!!!!!