January 29, 2009 by Scott.

There is a lot of stuff in this thing, but it is well worth it!

Ingredients:
- ~3 pounds meat (ex: 1.22lbs ground turkey, 1.22lbs Hot Turkey sausage, 1.22lbs Hot Pork sausage)
- 3 (15 ounce) cans chili beans, drained
- 1 (15 ounce) can chili beans in spicy sauce
- 3 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes (with spices) with juice
- 1 (14 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 4 cubes beef bouillon
- 1/2 cup beer (or more up to 1 full bottle)
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon white sugar

- 3 stalks celery, chopped (optional)
- 1 tablespoon bacon bits (optional)

Directions:

1. Heat a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Crumble the meat into the hot pan, and cook until evenly browned. Drain off excess grease.

2. Pour in the chili beans, spicy chili beans, diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Add the onion, celery, green and red bell peppers, bacon bits, bouillon, and beer.

3. Season with chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, oregano, cumin, basil, salt, pepper, cayenne, paprika, and sugar.

4. Stir to blend, then cover and simmer over low heat for at least 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

5. After 2 hours, taste, and adjust salt, pepper, and chili powder if necessary.

The longer the chili simmers, the better it will taste. Remove from heat and serve.

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January 21, 2009 by Scott.

Ingredients:
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 2 (10.75 oz) cans cream of celery soup (other soups work great as well)
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup white wine
- Salt, Pepper and Italian seasoning to taste

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Place chicken in a lightly greased 9×13 baking dish.
3. Spice chicken with the salt, pepper and Italian seasoning
4. Combine the soups, sour cream and white wine. Mix well and pour over chicken. Cover with foil
5. Back at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Serve over rice or noodles.

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January 21, 2009 by Scott.

Baked fingerling potatoes

Ingredients:
- 1lb fingerling potatoes washed and cut length-wise
- 1 Tablespoon canola oil (I used olive oil)
- Spices to taste (salt, pepper, etc.) - I used an Italian seasoning mixture
- Ketchup (optional - not needed if using spices beyond salt and pepper)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. In mixing bowl, mix oil, seasoning and potatoes and coat well
3. Bake in oven for 25 minutes (turning over half way through)

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January 17, 2009 by Dolores.

• 1 (16-oz) loaf sweet French bread(about 18 inches long), cut into 24 (3/4-inch-thick) slices
• 1 (8-oz) container cream cheese with pineapple
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons butter, melted

Topping

• 1 quart (4 cups) fresh strawberries
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 Tablespoons amaretto, if desired (I used Kahlua)

 Preperation

1. Spray 13X9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Spread about 1 tablespoon cream cheese on 12 bread slices. Top with remaining bread slices to for 12 sandwiches. Place sandwiches in sprayed baking dish to cover bottom.
2. Beat eggs in medium bowl. Add milk, ¼ cup sugar, salt and cinnamon; beat well. Pour over bread in baking dish. Let stand at room temperature for 5 minutes. Turn bread slices over. Cover.; refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
3. Chop 1 cup of the strawberries. (Refrigerate remaining berries) In nonmetal bowl, combine chopped strawberries, ½ cup sugar and amaretto; stir gently to mix. Cover; refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
4. To serve, heat oven to 400. Uncover baking dish ; drizzle bread slices with melted butter. Bake at 400 for 25 min or until golden brown.
5. Meanwhile, slice remaining strawberries and add to chilled strawberry mixture; mix lightly,.

Serve French toast with strawberry topping.(bread won’t fit in my dish, so I just put what would. Couldn’t find the cream cheese with pineapple, so I made my own.)

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