Pumpkin Tortilla Soup

Pumpkin Tortilla Soup

Pumpkin Tortilla Soup
For a hearty, filling meal, try this pumpkin tortilla soup, which features a variety of Southwestern-inspired flavors and textures.

Place diced tomatoes with chiles pumpkin fire-roasted tomatoes onion cilantro and garlic into the bowl of a food processor and puree until texture is uniformly smooth 1 to 3 minutes.

Pour pureed mixture into a 6-quart pot and add chicken broth bouillon cumin coriander chili powder salt and pepper.

Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil stirring occasionally 4 to 5 minutes.

Reduce heat cover and let simmer 45 to 60 minutes.

Add chicken and simmer for 30 minutes more.

Meanwhile preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Line half sheet baking pans with parchment paper.

Baked Ziti

Baked Ziti

Baked Ziti
A surprisingly simple, crowd-pleasing weeknight meal is baked ziti pasta with ground beef, spaghetti sauce, and three kinds of Italian cheese.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.

Add ziti pasta and cook until al dente about 8 minutes; drain.

Meanwhile brown ground beef and onion in a large skillet over medium heat; stir in spaghetti sauce and simmer for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Butter a 9×13-inch baking dish.

Spread 1/2 of the ziti in the bottom of the prepared dish; top with Provolone cheese sour cream 1/2 of the meat sauce remaining ziti mozzarella cheese and remaining meat sauce.

Top with grated Parmesan cheese.