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Sabtu, 17 Juni 2017

We Eat crock pot beer chili

there is nothing more that I love about fall than warm soup on a cool evening. well, this weekend we had a taste of cool weather (82 degrees!!!) and I was excited to whip out my favorite recipe for beer chili, dump it all in the crock pot after getting home from church and lounge the afternoon away while watching Sunday's football lineup.

best part is that this recipe is HA-UGE and we had dinner for Monday night, too:)

I'm a big fan of chicken sausage, and if you happen to go back through my recipes you'll see that its basically the only kind of sausage I'll buy. my local specialty grocery store (market street) makes their sausage in house and it is YUMMY. I made a stop through their after church (because the weather made me do it) and they had this chipotle chicken sausage- yes! its like they knew I was coming!! I bought six links because I was being overzealous and prefer this to ground beef..so.. this chili ended up quite meaty!

all the veggies! smelled like a great big bowl of fresh pico de gallo. again- being overzealous with the garlic. I freaking love garlic. so I always add much more than a recipe calls for, even if it does suck to mince garlic. nothing more tedious that mincing garlic, but its worth it.

so worth it..

da beer.

I used a pale ale called revolver which is made by the same company that makes blood and honey (which is my faaaav right now). just before I added the beer I stirred in the seasonings and veggies- which included a dry packet of spicy ranch dressing. I didn't have onion powder, as called for in the original recipe, but I had that hanging out on my shelf.. so I figured it might only make it better?

it did.

top it with lots of cheese, sour cream, and more peppers!

crock pot beer chili

adapted from home made interest

2 lbs lean ground beef

1 lbs ground sausage (remove from casing)

I used chipotle chicken sausage

2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced

5 garlic cloves, finely minced

you can use more or less, but we looooove garlic!

1 white onion, diced

1 jalapeno, seeded and diced

1 poblano pepper, seeded and diced

3 tablespoons chili powder

1 tablespoon cumin powder

2 teaspoons smoked paprika powder

1 packet spicy ranch dressing

like the hidden valley brand

12 oz pale ale beer

2 (15oz) cans of diced tomatoes

2 (15oz) cans tomato sauce

1 tablespoons olive oil

Garnish with Cheddar cheese, sour cream & green onions

brown the beef and sausage over medium heat in a large pot. drain.

add olive oil, onions, garlic, bell peppers, jalapeño, poblano pepper to your crock pot stirring to combine. add drained meat, pale ale, tomatoes, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder, ranch packet, and paprika to the pot and cover. set to LOW for 4 hours or HI for 2 hours.
top with cheddar cheese, sour cream and green onions!

we loved this with broccoli cornbread- I've been making it for years from my mother in law's recipe and I did a quick search on pinterest and found the exact ingredients HERE! its so delicious, my friends:)

happy crock potting!!!

Minggu, 05 Februari 2017

Chili Cheese Dip A Busted Bracket

We spent the majority of our weekend watching March Madness (while the girls watched Frozen)

We actually had the girls fill out brackets this year and we are also doing a Family bracket competition. Winner gets to choose which Frozen Yogurt place we get to go.

(We all like different Frozen Yogurt shops, so whoever's bracket wins gets to choose where to get Fro Yo. The girls are totally into it. It's cute)

Whenever we watch sports (which is often) I always like to make yummy snacks.

Sine yesterday was National Chip and Dip Day & we were watching Basketball all day, I knew I needed to make a yummy dip.

It is easy & delicious!

Here is what you need:

- Can of Hormel Chili with beans (or without beans if you prefer)

- Block of Cream Cheese (I use 1/3 Less Fat. Don't use Fat Free, it won't melt correctly & the dip texture will be ruined!)

- 12-16 oz Jar of Salsa (I use Chi-Chi's meduim salsa)

- Bag of Chips (I use Scoops so that I can get more dip in there!)

Directions:

Put the chili, cream cheese & salsa in a pot:

Heat on low/medium heat and stir until cream cheese is melted.

When everything is melted through, put it in a bowl & serve it!

***Or, you can keep it warm on your stove and serve it from there. OR if you have a mini crock pot, that would be perfect to serve it out of)

I like a little more kick to this dip and I LOVE jalapeno's, so I always add some sliced jalapeno's to this dip. You can add as many as you want. I add about 1/4 cup & stir them in and then add a few for the garnish on top.
YUM.

Grab a chip & dig in!

This dip is a total crowd pleaser and it perfect for watching Football or Basketball!

Here is my busted bracket. I am in the bottom 5 for my work bracket.

I have never done this poorly!

What really hurt me is I had Colorado going to the Sweet 16...they didn't even win in the 1st Round.

Ouch.

Whenever they are in the tourney, I always take them farther than I should.

It's so hard for me to separate my head from my heart when I fill out my bracket.

I keep hoping that one of these years Colorado will be the Cinderella story of the tournament.

Sigh.

I also had Kansas winning the entire thing (just like last year) and they lost in the 2nd round.

So bummed!

I'm going to go eat some dip & cry about my bracket.

How is your bracket doing? Is it as busted as mine is?