25 Days of Christmas: Food Edition Episode 5

It's Saturday :) YAY! It means the weekend is here. And today we're celebrating my 30th Birthday :) I'm excited to see friends that I haven't seen in too long. And because we're partying tonight, I knew I needed to prepare a nutritious lunch so I could enjoy the party food.

So I began brainstorming recipes that I could make with what groceries I had left for the week. I decided to make Chicken Tortilla Soup. I've never made this before so I really had no clue what I was doing but what I ended up making turned out to be really good! With this cold weather we've been having, I've really been wanting soup too so this hit the spot!

First, I took 2 cans of low sodium, fat free chicken broth and added them to the crock pot along with 2 raw chicken breasts and half a cup of salsa(make sure whatever kind it is that it doesn't have any weird ingredients or sugar, yeah some of them do). I cooked these down for about 1.5 hours on high and then used 2 forks to shred the chicken.

Then I drained and rinsed one can of low sodium black beans.

Then I added the black beans and 1 drained can of whole kernel corn to the
crock pot.

I also added another half a cup of salsa at this point because after tasting it I felt like it needed more. Then I continued to cook for it 35-45 minutes on low.

Serve with sprinkle of cheddar cheese! It turned out really, really good :) I was very impressed with myself, lol. ENJOY!

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Chicken Tortilla Soup2 cans of low sodium, fat free chicken broth
2 raw chicken breasts
1 can low sodium black beans
1 can whole kernel corn (no sugar added)
1 cup salsa (no sugar added)

In crockpot, pour chicken broth & salsa. Add raw chicken breasts. Cook on high for 1.5-2 hours. With forks, shred chicken breasts. Drain beans & corn then add to soup. Continue to cook on low for 35-45 minutes. Serve with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.

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