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The wind is howling, the snow is flying and the kids are hungry. And guess what? They’re bored too! OK, let’s be honest; they are driving you crazy over the holiday break! Sounds like a recipe for some easy comfort food and a cool art project. Moving away from the traditional holiday menu and busy holiday schedules, we have dedicated this Down the Aisle to easy cooking coupled with a craft.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Servings: 12

Ingredients:

2 pounds cooked chicken breast cubed or two 13 oz. of canned chicken

2 cans Fiesta Nacho Cheese soup

2 cans cream of chicken soup

2 soup cans milk

2 cans enchilada sauce (mild only)

Crushed tortilla chips

Shredded cheddar cheese

Directions: Combine all soups, milk and enchilada sauce. KEEP THE CANS. Bring to a boil over low heat. Watch carefully and stir often as it will burn easily. Add chicken and heat thoroughly. Next (the best part)…serve it up with crushed tortilla chips & shredded cheddar cheese and eat up. Repeat last line as desired!

Tin Can Caddy

Turning trash into treasure is child’s play when you look to the recycling bin for inspiration. Repurpose the soup cans from your Mexican Chicken Tortilla soup and keep all those markers, pens, crayons, pencils and other art supplies in one place with this handy caddy.

Caddy How-To

To make the caddy handle, YOU, not your child, 1. drill 3 overlapping 1-inch holes in the center of a 8-inch x 6-inch piece of ¾-inch plywood. Kids, now it’s your turn. Sand the edges of the 2. plywood and paint with latex paint. Crimp rough edges of soup cans, if necessary. 3. Drill a small hole in the side of each can, ¾-inch 4. from the top; screw 1/2-inch screws from the insides of cans into wood on an angle, aligning tops of cans as shown. source: www.marthastewart.com