Very few things make me feel accomplished like I do when I cook or bake something fantastic. That feeling could be ingrained into my DNA or maybe it’s from having a grandma go all out with food and meals whenever we came to visit.

I made the most delicious, thrown-together meal tonight. Now, what I’m about to share may be influenced by the fact that I had gone about eight hours between meals. Maybe I was starving and anything would have been a magically delicious gift from the heavens. I just think it was damn brilliant so I’m sharing it here.

It’s been raining and overcast for two days so I knew I wanted soup for dinner. I didn’t want the soup straight from the can though, it sounded too boring. As soon as I eyed some avocados on the counter, my brain went crazy with an idea. I took out a can of Campbell’s Chunky Chicken Noodle soup and added some chunked avocados, cruched tortilla chips (La Favorita, literally, are my favorite) and some splashes of tabasco sauce. A twist to tortilla soup and it was so easy and actually tasted better than any other restaurant’s tortilla soup.

I don’t think I could have topped that off any better than with a big ol’ slice of my homemade banana bread. Delicious!