Soups and stews are great cold weather foods. Soups are easy to make, quick to prepare and generally go a long way, unless they are really good and then they go faster than brownies. what;s the best soups, well most people are familiar with the healing powers of chicken soup and there are probably more than a million family recipies for the best chicken soup. Most recently, Taco Soups have gain a great big of fanfare, probably becasue of the ability to spice it upwith all kinds of different flavors. Another high selling point for Taco soup is the varity of meats that can be used, you are not limited to just beef, chicken is a favorite alternative, so you get the healing power of chicken soup and the kick butt flavor of chilli.