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What's your favorite winter comfort meal?

01:31, Thursday, September 21, 2006 .. Posted in Around the Cookstove .. 1 comments .. Link

I have been working on my menu for the upcoming week. I do this each week to make meal preparation easier and grocery shopping more thorough and less expensive. Through the menu planning, I shop according to the menu. This helps me remember the ingredients we need to buy and prevents too much impulse shopping.

In planning the menu, I have been going through the recipes and started thinking about my family's favorite meals. This is one of the meals on our upcoming menu. It is one that we enjoy on the cold days. I am including the recipes in case you would like to try it for yourself.

Here is what I am going to make for Friday's dinner. Joe gets home that night and put in a special request for this meal. I am sloww simmering a slow cooker full of Chili Con Carne. I am also making some cornbread.

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Chili Con Carne

1 lb. dried kidney beans
1 lb. ground beef
1 sm. onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 lg. can diced tomatoes
2 sm. cans tomato paste
chili powder, to taste
1 tsp. dried basil

The night before cooking the chili, sort & rinse the dried kidney beans. Place into your slow cooker and fill completely with water. Cook on high for 2 hours, then reduce to low adding more water if necessary. Cook overnight. Check water level before going to bed and add more if needed.

The next morning, check to see if the beans are soft. If not soft, turn heat back up to high to finish cooking. Once they are soft, drain the water off the beans. Return beans to the slow cooker.

Brown the ground beef with the onion and garlic. Cook untli meat is browned and onion is transluscent. Drain the meat mixture and add to beans. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer on low all day until dinner time in the evening.

Serve with more chopped onions to spoon on top and some shredded cheese.

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My Favorite Cornbread Recipe

*I found this one on allrecipes.com. I normally didn't like cornbread because of the dry texture. This recipe, however, is moist and almost cake-like in texture.

1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup oil (I use olive oil)
1 cup all-purpose white flour
2 Tbsp. white sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup instant mashed potato flakes

Mix the ingredients very well. Pour into a greased 9x9 baking pan. Bake in a preheated 400* oven for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

What is your family's favorite cold weather meal?

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12:11, Wednesday, September 27, 2006 .. Posted by tami/www.whatgodprovides.blogspot.com
our favorite meal is chili too. i make mine very simply- black beans, dark red kidney beans , chili beans, chili mix ( i know- i cheat lol) ground turkey and tomato sauce.

bean soup too- lotsa different beans , broth and potatos and carrots.

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