Gameday Chili in about 35 minutes

Winter, February and Football Games. Now my memories in Colorado included a roaring fire  with chili and beer. Our Ravens are in the Superbowl this year  so I thought I would have some Take me back Memories. Here is a great Chili recipe.

You will need:

green peppers, onions, garlic and olive oil
salt, smokehouse  black pepper, roasted cumin, roasted Chili powder, Worcester sauce
Ground beef, cannelloni beans, red kidney beans, crushed tomatoes in puree sauce.
beer( I use a larger) however use one that you like the flavor.

 In a large soup pot, heat olive oil ( about 2 Tablespoon) add 1/2 cup each of Chopped green peppers and Yellow onions. cook on med heat until soften. then add 1 tsp minced garlic, stir well, add 2 tsp salt and a dash of  smokehouse black pepper, 2 tablespoon Cumin and 1 teaspoon chili powder stir well.

Add one pound of ground beef, break it up and brown in the soup pot, while browning add 2 Tablespoon of Worcester sauce. stir while browning meat.

Add one can of 28 oz crushed tomatoes in puree sauce. stir well.

drain one 14 oz can each cannelloni beans and kidney beans. add the drained beans to the chili.

Add 4 to 6 oz of beer. stir gently and reduce temp to simmer. simmer about 20 minutes.

Serve with cheddar cheese, to top the chili with.

In need of a New coffee pot

Had a great holiday season, didn't do too much due to hubby was in the hospital leading up to the holidays. Also we had a trip plan to Disney World. We stopped by Savannah and really love that place. We had the best Fried Chicken ever. I will need to get the recipe for it.

Oh yes the Coffee pot....Well ours has decided to stop heating. I will be looking for a new one. Want to get a more up to date one. However I am not a fan of the one cup ones.

Any suggestions on the brands? I tend to like Hamilton Beach. However I am open to other brands. Looking at the Starbuck one at Williams Sonomas. However the cost is high. I will have to get some gift cards to afford it. I think I have enough points to get it.  Looking at the Breville Youview coffee maker (photo on the right). It can brew a pot as well as a single cup. Runs about 280 dollars. I have liked all the products I have purchased from this company.

Pumpkin Season is Here

Don't you just love that Pumpkin Spice latte at the Favorite coffee shop? Well in the nation there was a shortage of the product. Some folks has to do without for a few day, while they restocked. So I looked on line to buy my own Pumpkin Pie syrup and make my own. The cost and calorie where less.

So here are the details:
 At the Coffee shop.... The Cost for a  Pumpkin spice Latte( 2% milk) is around 4 dollars and the calorie count is 310 per 16 oz. and add 70 more calories if you choose Whipped Cream .

My Homemade version.....The Cost about 1 dollars and 40 cents. The calorie count is about 90 per 16oz, without whipped Cream. you can make your own whipped cream for about half the calories of the Coffee shops'.

I order my syrup by the case and save money. the cost is less then in the market and I did not have to make unnecessary trips to  the store just to find out they did not have it. The link is in the recipe for you.
Frothing milk is better if the fat content is @ 2%. It hold up better. However you can use non fat milk in the machine. It just seems to deflate faster and the calories are about the same. the difference is in the fat content.

Pumpkin Pie Latte

8 oz of strongly brewed coffee
3/4 oz of Pumpkin Pie syrup ( I use Torani )
1 oz of 2% milk and a couple spoon fulls of froth ( I use my frothing machine)

put syrup in coffee cup
pour coffee into cup,
add warmed milk and stir
top with frothed Milk ( about 2 tablespoons)

Enjoy, My recipe taste just like the Coffee shop. If you like it sweeter you can add another 1/4 oz of syrup each 1/4 oz is 25 calories.

Calories= 45 per cup.(8oz)
cost is = .70 cents per 8 oz.