Nettie's Minestrone

Love at first bite. Besides the fact that I just love Nettie, I love her cooking too:)

Nettie's Minestrone
1lb ground beef
1 diced onion (or less depending if you like onion)
1 quart stewed tomoatos
1 can Minestrone Soup
1 large can pork & beans
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp oregano
salt and pepper to taste

Brown hamburger and drain
Combine all ingredients and cook on stove or crockpot

(Tyler likes it when I substitute Baked Beans for the Pork & beans...they both taste great!)

Kacie's Chicken Soup

Kacie made this for us last week when we were visiting them in Utah and it was so good I couldn't wait to get home and make it. It's actually in my crockpot right now. I forgot to reduce the amount of water though, so mine won't be quite as thick....next time:)

Chicken soup:
5 carrots chopped
5 celery stalks chopped
1 onion chopped
one box Uncle Bens "Long Grain and Wild Rice" packet (including seasoning)
2 cups cooked and shredded chicken (I used two cooked canned chicken cans from Sam's club)
4 cups chicken broth or stock
4 cups water
1 can cream of chicken soup

Put everything in the crock pot on high for 4-6 hours. I usually add the rice during the last 2-3 hours because I dont like it to be too soft. Also, you may want to add more or less water depending on how you thick you like the soup. I like it thick so I use less.