Chili Recipe

I have been making this recipe for many years, and it is great. It makes a huge batch, which is great for leftovers. I have also gotten it started on the stove (browned the onions and meat) and then put it in the Crock Pot on low for 3-4 hours.


1 lg onion, diced
1 lb lean ground beef
2 T chili powder
2 t salt
1 t black pepper
5 t flour
Hot water
3 cans condensed tomato soup
3 cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (16 oz) can diced, stewed tomatoes

Garnish with: grated cheese, chopped green or white onions, snipped fresh chives, sour cream, Fritos . . .
Serve with: corn bread

Spray 4 qt pan or Dutch oven. Heat to medium-high. Add onion and meat, breaking up clumps w/ a wooden spoon and cook until browned, about 15 mins.

Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together the chili powder, salt, pepper and flour. Stir in just enough hot water to make a smooth paste.

Into the meat mixture, stir in the soup, beans and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Lower heat. Stir in chili powder mixture. Cover and let simmer for 30 mins, stirring frequently to prevent scorching.

Calling for fun recipes

I think these little mice are the cutest and I think the Newmans are going to make these for neighbors gifts this year. (If you are a neighbor of the Newmans you must stop reading right now.)  If you decide to join us I have one little tip:  instead of dipping the cherries in chocolate that you have melted over your own stove in a pot that you will now have to wash including shortening that you had to buy just for this recipe and now you have a lot left over..... I suggest looking in the produce section of your favorite grocery store for the microwavable chocolate that I have used to make chocolate covered strawberries dozens of times.  There is NO mess and it is DELICIOUS!  

Do you have a simple fun recipe?  Send it over.  Another day we will call for classic holiday recipes, the ones for family looks forward to, the ones that mean Christmas.  

Christmas Eve Mice

SERVINGS: 24

METHOD: Chill

TIME: Prep: 25 min. + chilling

Ingredients:

• 24 double-stuffed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
• 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 teaspoons shortening
• 24 red maraschino cherries with stems, well drained
• 24 milk chocolate kisses
• 48 sliced almonds
• 1 small tube green decorative icing gel
• 1 small tube red decorative icing gel

Directions:

Carefully twist cookies apart; set aside the halves with cream filling. Save plain halves for another use. 
    In a microwave or heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Holding each cherry by the stem, dip in melted chocolate, then press onto the bottom of a chocolate kiss. Place on the cream filling of cookie, with cherry stem extending beyond cookie edge. 
    For ears, place slivered almonds between the cherry and kiss. Refrigerate until set. With green gel, pipe holly leaves on the cream. With red gel, pipe holly berries between leaves and pipe eyes on each chocolate kiss. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.