3 Day Taco Soup

Doesn't it look yummy???

It really isn't a 3 day recipe as much as it was a 3 day mess of mine... it started out as the Bottomless Chili recipe... and as it got to the bottom I was a bit over it... I really need to go grocery shopping, but I'm trying super hard to not break into the teeny amount in my savings account and make it until the next payday and since rent and the phone bill come out of the first paycheck that leaves me with pretty much no choice but to get creative with my pantry...

So to stretch the chili and make it more palatable after a couple of days I cooked up some rice with beef bullion, pepper, and onion powder and add it and another can of kidney beans, stewed tomatoes, and Rotel to the chili... making it a taco soup... the only problem was... I had too much broth and not enough real flavor... because I have this uncanny ability to cook for 10 people and not the one person who will be stuck eating my creations (see photo above of LARGE stock pot nearly filled with soup)...

So the next night I made some more rice adding a cube of butter (good Lord, who am I turning into??? Paula Deen?) and more ground pepper... this apparently was the tasty combo I was looking for... it's yummy! And bound to get me through until payday...