Test Kitchen - Homemade Gourmet Tortilla Soup with Three Cheese Garlic Biscuits

The Tortilla Soup was very easy to make.  Just add a 15oz can of diced tomatoes, 5 cups of water, and the seasoning pack to a pan - bring to boil - then let simmer for 20 minutes.

I used a 10oz can of Rotel Diced Tomatoes and a 4oz can of chopped Green Chilis.

I placed a handful of shredded colby-jack cheese in the bowl - the pour the soup over it.

It was very tasty.

The biscuits were easy as well.  Just add water and cheese and stir.  They bake in 15 minutes.

Overall, a pretty quick and easy meal.

I will make both of these again.

Test Kitchen - Homemade Gourmet - Season n Steam Sloppy Joe Mix

Sloppy Joes, Sloppy Sloppy Joes (Adam Sandler singing the Lunch Lady song- I think of this song EVERYTIME I think about Sloppy Joes)
Ok...

This was a bit weird for me.

First you cook 2lbs of ground beef in a ziploc bag in the microwave.

The ziploc bag is provided with the mix from Homemade Gourmet.

You drain the grease.. this wasn't as easy as the directions made it sound.

The liquid is supposed to drain out through the vent holes, but it took too long for me.

I ended up dumping the meat in a colander

Putting the meat back in the ziploc bag wasn't very easy, so I do not recommend taking it out of the ziploc like I did

Then you add tomato sauce and the provided seasonings.

Once this is mixed in ( I used my Pampered Chef Mixing Tool)  with the ground beef in the ziploc

You microwave it some more.

My son ate it because he was STARVING, but the flavor was a little bland for me.

I am used to making sloppy joes with tomato paste.. so I think it wasn't "rich" tasting enough for me.

It wasn't awful, but I will not be making this one again.

I did have success with the 3 Cheese Garlic Biscuits and the Tortilla Soup..so stay tuned for that update.

Semi-Homemade Gourmet

White Chocolate Dipped Cran-Orange Cookies

One of my contributions to Easter dinner tomorrow afternoon at the Flatt's.

Homemade Gourmet is know for it's pre-mix packaging. All I had to do is add the mix to 2 sticks of butter and 2 eggs. To make it 'semi-homemade', I melted Ghirardelli White Chocolate Chips.

My favorites are the Key Lime Cheesecake Ball Mix, and the Beer Bread Mix aka World Vision Basic Bread for Life Mix.

Check out their website: www.homemadegourmet.com

(Unfortunately, the pictured cookies are seasonal and only offered during the holidays)