Winter Weather Chili

Took time to make a nice pot of chili whilst watching Mary Poppins movie. 

Experimenting leaving out the celery family (coriander and cumin) to which we think #TheMike has been reacting. He doesn't like Cilantro, or parsley. Coriander is Cilantro seed and cumin ie also in the celery family.  

Oregano 2tsp

Thyme 1/2 tsp

Smidgen of Marjoram

Hungarian sweet Paprika 2 -3 tsp

Chili Powder 1 1/2 T

Garlic 2 tsp minced

Onions 1 small, diced

Molasses, 1 tsp

Two cans beans 

Half pound beef (tonight is Waygu that was on extreme sale)

Tomato sauce 1 can

Diced tomatoes 1 can

Half can of diced green chilis. 

Mixed on top of stove 

[Cook onion, put on plate; cooked beef, put in bowl, added onions back to bowl, add garlic, add spices and molasses. Cook for a few minutes.  Add beans, tomatoes,  sauce, chilis. Bring to simmer]

Cover and bake for 90 min @300F. 

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Made a quick batch of Irish Soda Bread  too. Yum! 

Chili for a cold day

Really good chili! 

Mist, sleet, snow, and windy day means some warming chili. 

Used #americastestkitchen  recipes as a guideline. 

1# waygu ground beef (it was on drastic markdown today, and I have a freezer!)

1 small onion-diced

Half a can of diced chilis (leftover, otherwise I'd add a whole can)

1 can kidney beans

1 can tomatoes sauce 

1 can diced tomatoes 

1 tsp molasses

1 tsp dried oregano

1/4 tsp Thyme

1T Spanish paprika

1 1/2 tsp minced garlic 

A couple good cracks of black pepper

I used ATK's recipe of putting salt/baking soda/where on the beef for 20 minutes.  Preheat oven to 300F. 

Cooked the onions. Removed from pan. 

Cooked the beef 3/4. Drained, removed from pan. 

Added in the onions again, added in the spices to bloom, and then the molasses. 

Added the canned items and beef. Mixed well. Brought to a bit of a simmer. Covered and put in heated oven for 90 minutes. 

#chili #stew #soup #coldday #warmfood

#glutenfree #glutenfreetastesgreat #celiac #coeliac #soyfree #soyoilfree #foodallergies #foodintolerances 

soup is on!

In thr wonderful news, i did yoga today for first time in months! . Hand/wrist surgery where i had a benign tumor removed in August.  Had that for about 18 months. Doc thought it was ganglion cyst and to just "deal with it". Decided I was done doing that in April. Had MRI in July which was read as a giant cell tunor (not good). Local doc said he wasn't touching it and sent me to ortho hand surgeon.  Ended up being a faster and better surgery with a diagnosis of (benign) fibroma of tendon sheath. Yay. Followed with 6 weeks of physical therapy after sutures were removed (sutures due to adhesive / steristrip allergy)

Food:

I had some frozen broccoli on hand and decided it would be good for cheesy broccoli soup! 

Remembered an episode of America's Test Kitchen for  broccoli cheese soup, dound the recipe in their amazing (heavy) cookbook. 

It is....not like the cheesy version one buys at a restaurant.  

I used a bit more broccoli because I had a frozen bag (20 oz instead of 16oz). It was either that or use 10oz instead of 16. 

I used 5 oz of frozen spinach (thawed and squeezed to drain) instead of 2 cups fresh. 

1 small onion, 2tsp garlic, mustard powder, cayenne and #kerrygold #cheddarcheese which I had grated/ shredded (called for 3oz, I used 7oz) (salt, pepper and maybe something else I'm forgetting at the moment--buy thwir cookbook and you can have the recipe too😉)

TheMike wasn't a fan. I think it could have been creamier/cheesier. Perhaps if I used (ahem) Velveeta or American cheese (I buy whiteAmericancheese at the deli) but had neither on hand. 

He thought it could have used more flavor.  

I thought it was really good. Definitely different in that I could taste the veggies instead of having a layer of fat on the tongue. 

I think next time I'd use less water, not drain the spinach or use fresh, and puree before adding the chicken broth so it's thicker in the food processor. 

#soup #windyday #food #glutenfree #glutenfreetastesgreat #celiac #coeliac #soyfree #soyoilfree #foodallergies #foodintolerances #getinmybelly