Tantalizing Taco Soup

I’ve been on a recipe kick recently. I just made a pot of taco soup to take to church tomorrow. A group from another church will be there, and so we’re having a pot luck dinner for them (and us) after the church service.

This a recipe I got from one of my nieces about five years ago. I’ve made it many times since then - for family and for company. It is delicious, and it’s ridiculously easy. Here it is:

TANTALIZING TACO SOUP
1-pound ground beef
1 chopped onion
2 cans diced tomatoes (not crushed)
1 can corn
1 can tomato soup
Up to 2 tomato soup cans of water (as desired)
1 can kidney beans
1 can tomato sauce
1 package taco seasoning (hot or mild, depending on your taste)Brown the ground beef and onion together. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer. Serve with toppings like corn chips, sour cream, salsa, grated cheese. You can also substitute salsa for one can of diced tomatoes.

Don’t get too hung up on exact quantities of everything. Tonight I “kinda” doubled it - I doubled some ingredients and added just a little extra of others, depending on what I had on hand - and it still tasted wonderful. It’s nice to serve with little bowls of grated cheese, salsa, sour cream and corn chips beside it. That way everyone can “doctor it” the way they like it.