Food Friday: Cold Days, Hot Soup...Irish Queso Soup!

It's cold. Maybe not as snowy as Buffalo, NY, but cold.

Who doesn't love a good soup...especially when you can just dump it in the crock pot and go about your day?!!

I found a recipe for Pepper Jack Cheese Soup...but our boys didn't like the name. Our 5 year old said, "It's like queso, but with potatoes and ham."

Our 8 year old chimed in, "Ham and potatoes, that's Irish, right? So it is Irish Queso Soup."

And with that, this meal had its new name.

It is SO easy. Spray the crock pot and add...

• 2 Cans Diced Potatoes
• 2 Cans Chopped Green Chilis
• 2 Cans Cream of Potato Soup
• 2 Cans Cream of Celery Soup
• 2 Cans Evaporated Milk
• 1 Package Diced Ham
• 2 Blocks of Pepper Jack Cheese (I just hand tore the blocks into smaller chunks)
• 2 Cups Water 

Start it on low, cook for 8 hours. Use leftover ham (chopped) or buy prepackaged ham.  I'm sure the sodium content is off the charts, but it is SO good.

Add pepper and cilantro for a little more of a kick, if you like.

Easy and yummy dinner.