Here is my recipe for vegetable beef soup:
1 lb. ground beef
1 onion, diced
1 can green beans, drained
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 can cream corn
1 can lima beans, drained
1-2 potatoes, diced and cooked separately in water until just tender
1 tall can tomato juice
Brown ground beef and onion until done; drain. Add other ingredients, including cooked potatoes which have been drained. Heat until hot. You can add just about any canned vegetable you have on hand (carrots,peas, etc.). It is delicious! Serve with cornbread or saltine crackers.
Also: chicken and dumplings in the crock pot
I only buy boneless chicken breasts, but chicken pieces will work just as well. Remove skin first. For the equivalent of 4 chicken breasts:
Place chicken in crockpot; add 1 onion, diced; 1 can cream of chicken soup; 1 T butter. Add enough water to cover. Cook 2-5 hours or until chicken is tender. Remove chicken and shred, removing skin and bones if necessary. Place chicken back in crockpot. Add frozen dumplings, broken in halves, or 1 can refrigerated biscuits, broken into pieces. Cook another 30-40 mins. or until dumplings are done.