Chicken Tortilla Soup

This recipe came from a friend. I had to have it.

Ingredients:
2 cans Cream of Chicken
2 cans Cream of Mushroom
2 cans Cream of Celery
2 cans Chedder Cheese soup
2 15 oz. cans of chicken broth
1 cup salsa
1 15 oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 or more cans of green chilies
1 medium chopped onion
1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro
4 cloves fresh minced garlic
1 tsp chili powder
salt and pepper to taste
4 cooked chicken breast cut into small pieces

Simmer in crock pot for about 4 hours or on high for 2 to 3 hours. Chicken is already cooked so you just need to get it hot and meld all the flavors together.

Serve with cheese, sour cream, and crispy tortilla strips.

*** This is an extremely large recipe so you might want to half it!

Sweet Potato Casserole

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes

¾ cup sugar

½ cup butter (not margarine)

¼ cup milk

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix all the above ingredients together with a hand blender and pour into a 9x9 baking dish or a 7x11

Topping

1 cup brown sugar

½ cup flour

1/3 cup softened butter

1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Mix all the toppings ingredients together and sprinkle on top of sweet potatoes. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes

Turkey Day

Thanksgiving... Away from home.

Tough right? I mean, what is Thanksgiving without the famous "Newey" Rolls,  my SIL Deb's AMAZING cranberry relish, Dad's favorite Shrimp Salad, or any other things that you have every Thanksgiving - but might not this year.

I know that it is a few weeks away, but I want to gather recipes now so I can test some out before Thanksgiving. So this week, and possible next we are sharing classic Thanksgiving recipes. Even if it is as simple as how you cook your turkey (which I have NEVER done before) it would be awesome to share. So please do.

Oh, but be sure to save your delicious PIE recipes, we'll have a special week, just for those. That, and if I get those tempting recipes now, that is all I will test out before hand... and we don't need that!