Soup for a cold, snowy day...in April

Evenings can get crazy around our house! Coming up with a dinner idea is not my favorite thing to do, but a friend of mine recently gave me this soup recipe that is as easy as opening up a couple of cans. It is so super quick and yummy!

Chicken Tortilla Soup
1 can (26oz. family size) Chicken with Rice Soup
1 can (14-15 oz.) whole kernel corn, drained
29-32 oz. chicken or vegetable broth (box, can, or homemade!)
2 cans (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
1 cup salsa, your favorite
2 cans (15 oz.) black beans, undrained
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
Combine all ingredients, except for the chicken, in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer 10 minutes. Add chicken; heat through. Top with corn chips and cheese.

It's a pretty flexible recipe too, I threw in some leftover corn and rice from the fridge.
**Also if you have a Bosch you should check out this video from the Everyday Food Storage Blog about shredding chicken with your Bosch. I was SO excited! I cooked some chicken, shredded it all up in just a few seconds and packaged it for the freezer to use in this yummy soup later.

We had french toast for dinner last night. I made a yummy homemade maple syrup to go on it. It wasn't as thick as store bought syrup but it tasted the same. Here's the recipe so you can try it.

1 cup water

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 tsp imitation maple flavor

2 tsp butter

Stir water and sugars together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium/high heat. Reduce to medium/low and stir in butter and maple flavoring. Simmer for 3-5 minutes. Let cool.

Yummy.