Instead of ranch mix I added well-drained chunky salsa, left out the celery and peppers and kept the scallions, olives and cheese. Put in a litttle sour cream, a sprinkle of chipotle sauce, mixed the whole mess together, spread on two leftover giant tortillas and DH raved.

Reviewed On: Dec. 19, 2009

Made some changes-1t pie spice, 1t cinnamon (that was plenty spice for our tastes) subbed vanilla yogurt for oil, added a shredded apple-blitzed with fresh roasted pumpkin, extra oj, orange zest, vanilla, and doubled the cranberries (still not enough). Oh, and 1c each white and brown sugar. Only gets 3 stars because as written the pie spice would have been overpowering and it would have been entirely too oily and too sweet. Even with the changes it's still missing a flavor layer somewhere, if I make this again I'll ramp up the orange zest or try a cream cheese frosting or something. Perhaps whole berry sauce added to the batter?

Reviewed On: Dec. 19, 2009

Oh.My.Goodness. This was sooo good. I made a few changes, most inspired by the other reviews. I used turkey stock, 28 oz diced, seasoned tomatoes, 14 oz tomatoes w/ green chiles, 1 can each black beans and white corn. Onions and celery cooked in chicken stock (excess from T-day dressing). Skipped the fresh tomatoes, small can of chiles and cayenne. Doubled the cumin and added coriander and chili powder. It sounds like a lot of changes but I really just tweaked it to our preferences. I put the whole mess in the crockpot for a few hours and served over crushed tortilla chips to thicken and topped with sour cream, scallions and avocado. This one's absolutely a keeper and spicy-loving DH didn't think it needed any additional heat-it wasn't hot but had so much flavor it didn't need more kick to make it interesting. Next time I may add some sauteed sweet red peppers but I'd be happy making it the same way again. Five stars because I think the original would be just as good, just different and I don't ever follow any recipe exactly anyway. Thanks, Doug.

Reviewed On: Nov. 28, 2009