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I am so glad you stopped by. A couple of months ago I saw the movie Julie & Julia, where a young woman decides to take a year and make every recipe in Julia Child's French Cookbook. I enjoyed the movie very much and became intrigued. Maybe I could do something like that, so, I got out my barely used, 13 year old, Better Homes Cookbook and started flipping through. Thus began my cooking experiment.

Cooking is something I have always hated to do, it was a chore for me, not a pleasure. I am not a professional cook, and never will be, but the movie ignited a spark in me and revealed a new discovery, cooking can be fun!

I am learning that with patience, motivation, and good recipes anyone can be a good cook. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I hope you will experiment along with me and let me know what you think of the recipes I share.

I will post each new recipe I try along with a picture (I can't stand cookbooks that don't include pictures!) so you can see the final product. I will also share tips that I have learned along the way. For you seasoned chefs, the tips may seem like common sense, but for those of us who are dummies in the kitchen, they are epiphanies.

Happy Cooking!

Nancy

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Slow Cooked Chili


My Hannah loves Chili, so I thought I would try a new chili recipe. I love crockpot recipes, I had this in the crockpot by 10:00 and didn't have to worry about preparing dinner. This was a really good chili recipe. I served it over rice.

10 Servings
Prep: 15 min. Cook: 4 hours

Ingredients:

2 pounds lean ground beef ((90% lean)
2 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
2 medium onions, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 garlic clove, minced
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons salt, optional
1 teaspoon pepper
Shredded cheddar cheese, optional

Directions:

In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink;
drain.

Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the next nine ingredients. Cover
and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4 hours.

Garnish individual servings with cheese if desired. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutrition Facts: One 1-cup serving (prepared without salt or cheese) equals 330 calories, 13 g fat (0 saturated fat), 60 mg cholesterol, 337 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 26 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 meat, 1-1/2 starch, 1 vegetable.

Taste of Home's Down-Home Diabetic Cookbook

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None of the recipes posted on this site are mine, they are all taken from other sources, or given to me to try. I am not nearly creative enough or good enough in the kitchen to have come up with any of them.

I also cannot promise that any of these recipes are going to turn out good, or taste good for that matter, so you try them at your own risk.

Enjoy!!! Nancy
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