Frugal Food: Taco Soup

June 30, 2008

Jenn@FrugalUpstate is continuing her Frugal Food series. This week’s feature is ground beef.

The following is a FishBoy favorite. They absolutely love it! And even though it’s summer time and hot and humid and buggy and sticky, I keep getting requests for this meal. Go figure.

I’ve tweaked this from the original to suit my family’s tastes and budget. The original called for several packaged mixes; I’ve just subbed my own spices. What’s SO wonderful about this is that it cooks in the crockpot and a 5 year old can put it together for you. I open the cans, and he does the rest. How easy is that?!

We eat cornbread and butter with this.

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1 Life on 7th Avenue June 30, 2008 at 10:49 pm

Sounds yummy!

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2 Briana Almengor July 1, 2008 at 12:08 am

I have been making my own version of taco soup, but think I’d like to try this one. I have a can of enchilada sauce in my pantry that I need to use up. This will be perfect for it.

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3 Shari July 1, 2008 at 1:26 am

That sounds sooo good! I love to get recipes that I couldn’t potentially burn (and fill the house with that awful burnt oven smell along with the fire alarms beeping your eardrums off!)–with 3kids 5 and under, I seem to doing a lot of that lately! :) Crock pots just rock.

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4 suzof7 July 1, 2008 at 3:37 pm

This sounds really good! I have one that my family loves that uses Ranch dressing mix and taco seasoning – and it’s also quick, but I just might try your version! The enchilada sauce sounds intriguing!

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5 FishMama July 1, 2008 at 3:39 pm

Suzof7, the original that I tweaked had ranch dressing and taco seasoning. Those are too rich for my budget, so I substituted the other spices. FishPapa likes food with a kick, so I added the enchilada sauce – Las Palmas is our favorite.

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6 Kathy @ House of Hills September 27, 2010 at 9:07 am

Love this! I’ve been wanting to figure out a way to get mine away from the packets of spices. I will be adding this to next week’s menu plan. Thanks!

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7 Stephenie September 27, 2010 at 9:13 am

This looks so delicious! We like taco soup, but this looks like it’d be better. My 11-year old daughter helped me analyze the cost of packaged taco seasoning versus making our own and so now she is my taco seasoning maker! Healthier and frugal!

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8 maggie November 14, 2010 at 6:40 am

Hi!
I just made this soup last week. It’s sooo delicious. I even put some in a blender for my 9 mon old baby. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Maggie

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9 Michelle @ Simplify, Live, Love January 19, 2012 at 1:05 pm

I make taco soup as well. In fact, it’s our go-to meal for busy nights. I use taco seasoning that I buy at Sam’s Club – huge bottle – that’s MSG free. I use dried beans that I cook and freezer, corn, and I also stopped using ranch seasoning packet and instead just add the individual spices – parsley, onion powder, salt, whatever I have on hand. It’s easy and delicious. Here’s my recipe: http://www.simplifylivelove.com/2011/11/taco-soup-my-go-to-meal.html

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