I made some awesome breakfast this morning, eggs, sausage, hashbrowns, and waffles. And tonight, I'm making white bean and chicken chili. Photos to come later.
Better eating than all the darn cookies I've been eating today. Goodness, they left me alone in the house ALL DAY with the cookies just sitting there. What did they think was gonna happen?
Coffee Stout: I'm making it. I was very disappointed though, I did a Google search for "coffee beer" and found it is not even close to an original idea.
EDIT: I made pomegranate wheat ale and it came out quite tasty.
Next week I made a standard nut brown ale. I have to make a normal beer every few weeks or people complain.
OH BOY! You guys are in for a treat today! I finally wrote down how I make my chili and I am going to share my coveted recipe with all of you.
Sauce: (anything with a measurement other than oz is an approximation)
56oz of tomato sauce, puree and/or crushed tomato
28oz of diced tomatoes (so, 3 large cans of tomato stuff to be used as a base for the sauce)
29oz each of kidney, black, and pinto beans
half a white onion (chopped or sliced)
half a red onion (diced into little bitty pieces)
at least 1 red bell pepper, any other bell peppers you like
JALAPENOS!!!(diced smallish)
.5 cups of minced garlic
1 tsp Blair's Mega Death Sauce
.25 cups of Tabasco sauce
.20 cups of Cholula hot sauce
some parsley, basil, and oregano
lots of ground black pepper, and garlic powder
lots and lots of onion powder
lots and lots and lots of chili powder (I probably did about 1.5 cups in the end)
Instructions:
Add it all to a large pot and mix it up. Cook the white onion and half of the bell peppers with some minced garlic in olive oil in frying pan until the onion is translucent, add it all to the sauce. Add the raw red onion last. Remember, you can always add more later if you need, so go easy on the powders if you're not sure at first.
MEAT!: (all measurements are approximations)
2-3 lbs of ground meat from the animal of your choice
half a white onion (diced smallish)
1-2tbs minced garlic
2-3tbs cayenne, onion, garlic, and chili powders, and black pepper
1tbs paprika
1tsp curry powder (go light)
1tsp cumin (go a little heavy)
1tsp Blair's Sudden Death Sauce
.25 cups of Tabasco Sauce and Cholula hot sauce
3oz balsamic vinegar
Instructions:
Mix it all in a bowl. Cook it in a frying pan with some olive oil. Use a high flame for beef and a medium to low flame for poultry. Add the meat to the sauce before adding the red onion.
Let the whole thing simmer until it's at a consistency you like, stir every 3-5 minutes, to avoid burning the bottom.
EDIT EDIT: To make it meatless, add approx 50% more beans and some more cooked bell peppers to thicken the chili. Add the balsamic vinegar, cumin, curry, and paprika directly to the sauce at the beginning and add some extra hot sauce to suit your taste. You can also try meat substitutes. Firm tofu is typically recommended in place of beef, you drain the tofu then wrap it in a cloth for about 10-20 minutes to dry it, then just crumble it and mix it like the meat. I really don't like tofu (except sweet fried tofu, of course), but if anything would ever cover up the flavor, it would be this.
Just add more beans in place of meat and add the balsamic vinegar directly to the sauce. I meant to mention that in the original recipe. I have done it meatless before. Add 50% more beans and some more sauteed peppers to get the consistency right.
That chili looks AMAZING. Unfortunately I don't think anyone else in my apartment really likes spicy spicy foods like I do, so I don't think making it for a meal would be very practical. Maybe I'll cut down the recipe and have some for lunch for a week or so!
So, I was sitting here eating some new Cake and Ice Cream flavor of bluebell.... and I got to thinkin.
How many of you have ever had Bluebell? I know it's only made in Texas, but DAMN it is delicious. I can bet money that Ryan knows it. Anyone else ever had any?
When we were eating some last night, my roommate from Texas and I were talking about how Bluebell is amazing and how it's a shame more people haven't tried it, and then we started remembering Bluebell jingles... it was hilarious. I was able to remember the tune and the last line of the jingle, and although we couldn't find an actual youtube video of the old commercial we found some random guy singing it. Oh memories.
If any of you ever visit Texas, I'm pretty sure you can get Bluebell anywhere. It's definitely worth trying, it's AMAZING
Oh man... I LOVE Mountain Dew. Perfect college soda, it has a TON of caffeine in it. My roommate and I have decided its a tie between Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper for our favorite sodas ever.
Makes a pretty good mixer too... I'm not a big fan of red bull
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The chicken broth came in a can that had a pop top like a soda, it was awesome
The texture is starting to show
I made strawberry shakes, too
The finished product
My eating area, and a Detroit Lions garden gnome Melinda got me.
That looks yummy
EDIT: I made pomegranate wheat ale and it came out quite tasty.
Next week I made a standard nut brown ale. I have to make a normal beer every few weeks or people complain.
Sauce: (anything with a measurement other than oz is an approximation)
56oz of tomato sauce, puree and/or crushed tomato
28oz of diced tomatoes (so, 3 large cans of tomato stuff to be used as a base for the sauce)
29oz each of kidney, black, and pinto beans
half a white onion (chopped or sliced)
half a red onion (diced into little bitty pieces)
at least 1 red bell pepper, any other bell peppers you like
JALAPENOS!!!(diced smallish)
.5 cups of minced garlic
1 tsp Blair's Mega Death Sauce
.25 cups of Tabasco sauce
.20 cups of Cholula hot sauce
some parsley, basil, and oregano
lots of ground black pepper, and garlic powder
lots and lots of onion powder
lots and lots and lots of chili powder (I probably did about 1.5 cups in the end)
Instructions:
Add it all to a large pot and mix it up. Cook the white onion and half of the bell peppers with some minced garlic in olive oil in frying pan until the onion is translucent, add it all to the sauce. Add the raw red onion last. Remember, you can always add more later if you need, so go easy on the powders if you're not sure at first.
MEAT!: (all measurements are approximations)
2-3 lbs of ground meat from the animal of your choice
half a white onion (diced smallish)
1-2tbs minced garlic
2-3tbs cayenne, onion, garlic, and chili powders, and black pepper
1tbs paprika
1tsp curry powder (go light)
1tsp cumin (go a little heavy)
1tsp Blair's Sudden Death Sauce
.25 cups of Tabasco Sauce and Cholula hot sauce
3oz balsamic vinegar
Instructions:
Mix it all in a bowl. Cook it in a frying pan with some olive oil. Use a high flame for beef and a medium to low flame for poultry. Add the meat to the sauce before adding the red onion.
Let the whole thing simmer until it's at a consistency you like, stir every 3-5 minutes, to avoid burning the bottom.
EDIT EDIT: To make it meatless, add approx 50% more beans and some more cooked bell peppers to thicken the chili. Add the balsamic vinegar, cumin, curry, and paprika directly to the sauce at the beginning and add some extra hot sauce to suit your taste. You can also try meat substitutes. Firm tofu is typically recommended in place of beef, you drain the tofu then wrap it in a cloth for about 10-20 minutes to dry it, then just crumble it and mix it like the meat. I really don't like tofu (except sweet fried tofu, of course), but if anything would ever cover up the flavor, it would be this.
EDIT: Picture
EDIT: fixed for a meatless option.
Andrew, are you a vegetarian?
How many of you have ever had Bluebell? I know it's only made in Texas, but DAMN it is delicious. I can bet money that Ryan knows it. Anyone else ever had any?
If any of you ever visit Texas, I'm pretty sure you can get Bluebell anywhere. It's definitely worth trying, it's AMAZING
You know, in Iowa we have a popular chain of ice cream too! There are stores for it all over the place, and it's incredibly delicious!
It's called, uh...
...
Whitey's.
Not bad, not bad.
Makes a pretty good mixer too... I'm not a big fan of red bull