It’s a great season to have friends over for a tortilla soup dinner. Cozy and delicious. You make the base and people can customize their toppings. It’s a great casual dinner option to affordably feed a crowd.

Dried chiles or ancho chile powder may be tough to find, depending where you shop. You can use your favorite taco seasoning in it’s place. A blend is usually salted, so between the broth, seasoning and canned tomatoes, you may not need to add any. One of my resourceful testers told me she used cornbread mix in place of the cornmeal and it worked great, so there’s that too.