I am looking for some easy crock pot soup or stew recipes. I am not the best cook so I need them to be somewhat simple. Any ideas would be wonderful. thanks

Taco Soup

1 pound ground beef or ground turkey, browned and drained

1 can each, drained and rinsed:

Kidney Beans

Pinto beans

Black beans

1 can corn, undrained

1 can diced tomatoes or rotel, including liquid

1 tbsp chili powder

Pour all into crock pot and cook on low up to 4 hours. Freezes great. When serving, top with shredded cheese if desired. I eat it with tostitos baked tortilla chips.

White Chicken Chili

6 cups of chicken broth

1 lb of dried beans

1 diced onion

2tbs cumin

Cook in Crockpot on high for 8 hours ( you don't need to soak them)

puree half the beans and add back in

add diced chicken, a can of diced green chilis and 1 pkg low fat or fat free cream cheese

continue cooking for an hour until everything has heated through.

Pasta Fagioli (same soup they serve at Olive Garden)

6 qt crock pot or larger

2lbs Lean ground beef (for us bandsters 99%lean turkey or chicken breast)

1 onion chopped

3-4 carrots chopped

4 celery stalks chopped

2 (28oz) can diced tomatoes (undrained)

1 (16oz) can red Kidney Beans (drained)

1 (16oz) can white kidney beans (drained)

30oz Beef stock (low sodium)

3 tsp Oregano

2 tsp pepper

5 tsp Parsley

1 tsp Tabasco sauce

20 oz spag sauce

8oz Ditalini Pasta (half a box)

brown meat on stove , drain fat

Add all ingredients EXCEPT PASTA to crock pot

Cooking time: on HIGH 4-5 mins

on LOW 7-8 hrs...

All the vegys will suck up a lot of the juice , so add Water when finished cooking.

Add a little cooked pasta to each serving .... Or the noodles WILL drain all the juice ..

Best soup I've EVER has .

Remember to get LOW SODIUM in everything you can .

Go to your local bookstore or libary and look for the following title:

FIX IT AND FORGET IT LIGHTLY by Phyllis pellman Good

She also has a whole series of books for the crock pot Her origonal title fix it and forget it, the book i mentoned above, and fix it and forget it for entertaining.

If you have an older crock pot cooking times will take longer, if you have a newer pot they should cook in the time alotted. Also note the size of the cooker if you put about 1/2 of the pot full of food it will take less time to cook so keep an eye on it.

Crock pot is also good for tenderizing tough cuts of meat just be sure to add 1 cup of Water to your roast and don't lift the lid.

Happy cooking.

Icestorm12132008

http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotrecipes/a/Crockpot-Soup-Recipes.htm has some good ones!

I will use these recipes...thanks guys!!!

check out lapband.com, there are great recipes on there for all the stages.

chicken tortilla soup

1 can Mexican Corn( Drained),

1 Can Black Beans, (drained)

1 can 8oz Tomato Sauce,

1 Can Rotel (or Diced tomatos),

1 can of Cream of Chicken Soup ,

1 packet enchilada sauce,

2 Cup Milk,

I added some jalapenos

4 Chicken Breast.

Low for 6-8 hours. Pull the chicken out at 6 hours and shred it and then put it back in.

Calories for 1cup= 130 calories, 1.21g of fat, 20 of cholestrol, 18g carbs, 5 gsugar, 2.88g Fiber , 11 Protein

I make this all the time, making a double batch for superbowl. You can take some baked tortilla chips crush them up put them on the bottom of the bowl and then put the soup on top if you want to. Also this freezes really well!

Beefy Tortilla Soup Recipe

1 to 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef or turkey

1 14-15 ounce can diced tomatoes (do not drain)

1 four ounce can diced/chopped green chile peppers

2 15 ounce cans kidney Beans (if you double recipe, I just add one more can) (I drain off the liquid at the top of the can, but I don't drain and rinse them)

1 cup Water

1 package Taco seasoning mix

1 package Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix

1 cup frozen corn (or, if you prefer, one can corn, drained)

Brown beef and remove excess fat. In soup pot or crock pot, add browned ground beef and all remaining soup ingredients. If cooking on stove, simmer for 45 minutes to one hour. If you cook it in the crock pot, you can cook this all day on Low, or half a day on High.

Pasta Fagioli (same Soup they serve at Olive Garden)

6 qt crock pot or larger

2lbs Lean ground beef (for us bandsters 99%lean turkey or chicken breast)

1 onion chopped

3-4 carrots chopped

4 celery stalks chopped

2 (28oz) can diced tomatoes (undrained)

1 (16oz) can red Kidney Beans (drained)

1 (16oz) can white kidney beans (drained)

30oz Beef stock (low sodium)

3 tsp Oregano

2 tsp pepper

5 tsp Parsley

1 tsp Tabasco sauce

20 oz spag sauce

8oz Ditalini Pasta (half a box)

brown meat on stove ' date=' drain fat

Add all ingredients EXCEPT PASTA to crock pot

Cooking time: on HIGH 4-5 mins

on LOW 7-8 hrs...

All the vegys will suck up a lot of the juice , so add Water when finished cooking.

Add a little cooked pasta to each serving .... Or the noodles WILL drain all the juice ..

Best soup I've EVER has .

Remember to get LOW SODIUM in everything you can .

[/quote']

^^^ I will be trying this recipe very soon! My favorite soup, but what is spag sauce?

^^^ I will be trying this recipe very soon! My favorite soup' date=' but what is spag sauce?[/quote']

Spaghetti sauce

Haha!!! Yeah that makes much more sense now lol. Thank you

If you are not a member of Pinterest then join...there are lots and lots of soup recipes including crock-pot recipes. I've made some...really yummy.