By Jessica Domel
I don’t know about you, but this time of year, I spend a lot of time trying to re-create family recipes that may have been lost with the passing of relatives.
Foods like Texas Trash, which is a Chex party mix variation, German noodles, Velveeta queso and purple Jell-o bring back strong memories of family, holidays past and lively conversations among cousins.
Over the years, I’ve been able to re-create versions of our family’s favorite recipes, but it’s never quite right. There was something about my maternal grandmother’s kitchen that made her Texas Trash taste so much better. She often gave a giant container of it to all of us for Christmas.
It was one of our favorite gifts mainly because it was so tasty, but also because we knew she made it just for us.
Our food editor, Kelly Bogard, and I spend a lot of time working on recipes like that to share with you on Texas Table Top. We know that you, too, probably have favorite family recipes that bring back strong memories.
Later this month, we’ll share some of our favorite Christmas cookie recipes as we do a cookie exchange here in the office.
Do you have any favorites that you’d like us to share? Any long lost recipes that you hope someone else has found? Let us know! We’ll do our best to share what we can.
Crock pot Taco Soup (super easy)
*1 pound of hamburger meat
*1 packet of taco seasoning
*1 packet dry ranch dressing
*1 can of corn
*1 can stewed tomatoes
*1 can of rotel
*1 can of pinto beans
*Half an onion (chopped)
Add all indregients EXCEPT the hamburger meat and chopped onion, into crock pot on high. Brown hamburger meat and onions together, when meat is cooked and onions are tender add to crock pot and stir. Leave on high for two hours. Serve with shredded cheese.
Whitney that sounds wonderful. I will have to try it this weekend when the weather gets colder. Thanks for sharing.
No problem ma’am I know it will turn out great! This recipe is perfect on cold days 🙂
Thank you for sharing Whitney! I’m always looking for a new soup recipe to try.
Jessica
One more ingredient- Half a cup of water. Sorry 🙂
Oh thanks! That last ingredient always makes the difference. Thanks again for sharing.
The friend that passed this recipe on to me included a can of Ranch Style beans and a bell pepper. The recipe called to cook the bell pepper and (finely-chopped) onion in with the ground beef browning in 2 Tbsp Olive Oil. The Taco Seasoning is added to the browned meat mixture, as instructed on the packet. The meat mixture is drained before adding to the crockpot. The Ranch Dressing Seasoning Mix packet is added during the last 15 minutes of simmering.
To serve, place crumbled Original Fritos in bottom of individual bowls and pour soup over. Top with chopped onion and cheese to taste.