In Northeast Ohio it has reached a whole 33 degrees today! That's a heat wave compared to where we are going.
Yeah, Tuesday, I'm talking to you and your high of -2!
Either way, cold weather makes us want to eat something filling and warm. In our house, it's homemade chili.
The best thing about this recipe: IT'S A CROCK POT MEAL! Lovin' my crock pot during the school year. It requires little work and I can have dinner ready by the time I get home. Never mind that I usually make enough to last us two days.
| Direcitons 1. Brown the ground meat with about 1/4 t salt, 1/2 t black pepper, Cayenne pepper, chili pepper, and 1 t of cumin. Do not drain the meat while browning. Once it is fully cooked, put the green peppers in with the meat to fry for a few minutes.
2. While the meat and green peppers are cooking drain and rinse your beans and corn. If you're using canned diced tomatoes that are not "chili ready" drain those too. Just don't rinse them. Throw all of it in the crock pot with the tomato sauce and tomato paste. (I found using 1/2 sauce and 1/2 paste makes for a thicker chili. If you want something thinner then use one 15 oz. can of sauce.)
3. Drain your meat/pepper mix and add to the crock pot.
4. Use the chili pepper, cumin, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and salt to taste. We also use onion powder (since we have an allergy to onion skins, but we want the taste) and a little bit of garlic if the mood strikes us. If you want a hotter chili use more of the chili and cayenne peppers with the cumin. In our house I eyeball it to be about: 1 1/2 t of each type of pepper and the cumin and about 1 t of salt.)
5. Mix it all together and cook on high for 4-6 hours or low for 8-10 hours. | Ingredients - 1 1/2lbs ground beef.
- 1 chopped green pepper
- 1 bag of frozen corn (canned works well too.)
- 1 can black beans
- 1 can red kidney beans
- 1 can diced tomatoes (Fresh tomatoes work even better, but I usually don't make this when they are in season.)
- 1 t cumin
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/2 t black pepper
- 1/2 t cayenne pepper
- onion powder to taste (optional) A chopped onion works well to.
- salt, cumin, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste.
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I always enjoy some brainless activity on Tickld.com at night. This sight can be very insulting for those that are sensitive. However, did find this little pictorial about a birthday Oreo.
I know I will be doing this one day, just to say I did.
This is one of our family staple recipes. Most people call it Shepard's Pie. However, my father dubbed it Garbage years ago.
Why?
He started calling it garbage because my mother would take all of the left over veggies in the fridge and throw it in with some ground beef and give it to us with a side of mashed potatoes.
That's pretty much what this is, or at least what it could be. Considering I live in the house with a hollow legged child (shown on the right) we rarely have left overs anymore.
This is such a filling meal it is great for using up left overs and for families on a budget.
here is what I end up doing:
Onion, Green Pepper, and Garlic before frying. What you'll need:
- 1 - 2lbs of Ground beef. We usually go the 2lb route.
- 1 Onion chopped
- 1 Green Pepper, chopped
- 1 - 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 8 potatoes boiled, and mashed
- Frozen mixed or left over veggies
- 2 cups cheese (we like a lot of cheese, you can use less if you prefer.)
- 1/2 cup of milk
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Order of Operations:
- In a large skillet fry the onion, green pepper, garlic salt and pepper, and meat.
- Boil and mash the potatoes at the same time.
- While everything is cooking take your veggies and rinse or defrost them in the sink. I usually just run warm water over frozen veggies for this.
4. Once the potatoes are cooked and mashed and the meat, onion, green peppers, and garlic are fried, mix the veggies and meat mixture together in a greased 10 inch round deep pie pan. (Word to the Wise: Place the pie pan on top of a cookie sheet with raised sides. It makes it easier to clean later.)
5. Cover the mixture with the mashed potatoes.
6. Cover the mashed potatoes with the two cups of shredded cheese.
7. Pour the milk on top of it all and baked in the oven for 30-45 minutes.
You'll know it is done when the cheese is not just melted, but starting to brown on the edges. The end product is a beautiful cheese lava topped meal with manly mix on the inside.
Considering I live with only males, the manly mix in the center is a perfect meal for our family.
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