This recipe is so great. One of my most favorites. It makes a large amount so for our family of 3 I can freeze it and always have extra on hand. It also goes really well with some whole grain tortilla chips. I think between a serving of the chili and the chips its 300 cal or less so not bad at all!
Ingredients
3 cups chopped yellow onions
1 1/4 lbs. 99% lean ground turkey or lean turkey sausage
3 cups diced tomatoes or 1 can (28 oz.) roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
1 1/2 cups cooked pinto beans or 1 (15 oz) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/2 cups cooked black beans or 1 can (15 oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup fat free, low sodium chicken broth
2 tbsp. chopped garlic
2 tbsp. chili powder
1 tbsp. chopped fresh oregano or 1 tsp dried
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. mustard powder
1/2 c. sliced black olives
1/2 c. chopped scallions or chopped fresh cilantro
Coat large saucepan or Dutch oven with a few sprays of olive oil cooking spray. Add the onions and cook over medium-high heat until they're soft and just starting to brown. Add the ground turkey or sausage and cook over medium high heat, breaking up the meat with a spoon, for about 6 minutes, or until no longer pink. Add the tomatoes, pinto and black beans, broth, garlic, chili powder, oregano, cumin, and mustard powder. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Garnish with the olives and scallions or cilantro.
Makes 12 (1 cup) servings (2 1/4 quarts)
Per serving: 150 cal, 16 g protein, 17 g carbs (3 g sugars), 2 g fat (0 g sat fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 5 g fiber, 150 mg sodium
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Shabby Shack Creations giveaway
Scott's awesome cousin Karly is doing a giveaway on her blog http://karpluswade.blogspot.com/2011/02/giveaway.html for this really neat site that makes super cute headbands you can find here: http://shabby--shack.blogspot.com/
So cute! Who wouldn't wanna win one?
This is one of the many I like:
So cute! Who wouldn't wanna win one?
This is one of the many I like:
Monday, February 7, 2011
Hummingbird Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
I can't remember where I got my Magnolia Bakery cookbook but it has some great cake recipes and this one is my favorite out of it. I've made it a few times and absolutely love it. It goes great with their cream cheese frosting recipe. So here are both recipes that I hope you'll try!
Cake ingredients
3 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/4 c. vegetable oil
2 c. sugar
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. mashed, very ripe bananas
1 eight oz. can crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice, drained
1/2 c. chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Grease and lightly flour two 9 in round cake pans, then line the bottoms with waxed paper
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, the cinnamon, the baking soda, and the salt. Set aside
In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat the oil with the sugar until smooth, about 3 min. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until light, about 1 or 2 min. Add the vanilla extract. Add the bananas and pineapple. Add the dry ingredients in thirds, beating after each addition until smooth. Stir in the pecans. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans for 10 min. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire rack.
When cake has cooled, ice between the layers, then ice top and side of cake. Garnish with pecans if desired.
Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients-
1 lb. (2 eight oz. packages) cream cheese, softened slightly, cut into small pieces
1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened slightly, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
5 c. sifted confectioners sugar
In a medium size bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and the butter until smooth, about 3 min. Add the vanilla extract. Gradually add the sugar and beat until well incorporated.
Cake ingredients
3 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/4 c. vegetable oil
2 c. sugar
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 c. mashed, very ripe bananas
1 eight oz. can crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice, drained
1/2 c. chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Grease and lightly flour two 9 in round cake pans, then line the bottoms with waxed paper
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, the cinnamon, the baking soda, and the salt. Set aside
In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat the oil with the sugar until smooth, about 3 min. Add the eggs one at a time and beat until light, about 1 or 2 min. Add the vanilla extract. Add the bananas and pineapple. Add the dry ingredients in thirds, beating after each addition until smooth. Stir in the pecans. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake for 40-50 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Let cakes cool in pans for 10 min. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire rack.
When cake has cooled, ice between the layers, then ice top and side of cake. Garnish with pecans if desired.
Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients-
1 lb. (2 eight oz. packages) cream cheese, softened slightly, cut into small pieces
1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened slightly, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
5 c. sifted confectioners sugar
In a medium size bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and the butter until smooth, about 3 min. Add the vanilla extract. Gradually add the sugar and beat until well incorporated.
Apple Pancakes with Maple Syrup Butter
This is one of my favorites. I haven't made it in a while but it's so yummy!
I got it from this book. I really need to get this book out more and cook from it. Some very yummy looking recipes in here I really should try!
Ingredients:
scant 1 1/2 c. self rising flour
1/2 c. superfine sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 egg
scant 1 c. milk
2 apples, peeled and grated
1 tsp. butter
MAPLE SYRUP BUTTER
3 oz. butter softened
3 tbsp. maple syrup
Makes 18 pancakes to serve 4-6
Mix the flour, sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl and make a well in the center. Beat the egg and the milk together and pour into the well. Using a wooden spoon, gently incorporate the dry ingredients into the liquid until well combined, then stir in grated apple.
Heat the butter in a large nonstick skillet over low heat until melted and bubbling. Add tablespoons of the pancake mixture to form 3 1/2 in circles. Cook each pancake for about 1 min, until it starts to bubble lightly on the top and looks set, then flip it over and cook the other side for 30 seconds, or until cooked through. The pancakes should be golden brown; if not, increase the heat a little. Remove from the skillet and keep warm. Repeat the process until all the pancake batter has been used up (It is not necessary to add extra butter).
To make the maple syrup butter, melt the butter with the maple syrup in a pan over low heat and stir until combined. To serve, place the pancakes on serving dishes and spoon over the flavored butter. Serve warm.
I got it from this book. I really need to get this book out more and cook from it. Some very yummy looking recipes in here I really should try!
Ingredients:
scant 1 1/2 c. self rising flour
1/2 c. superfine sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 egg
scant 1 c. milk
2 apples, peeled and grated
1 tsp. butter
MAPLE SYRUP BUTTER
3 oz. butter softened
3 tbsp. maple syrup
Makes 18 pancakes to serve 4-6
Mix the flour, sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl and make a well in the center. Beat the egg and the milk together and pour into the well. Using a wooden spoon, gently incorporate the dry ingredients into the liquid until well combined, then stir in grated apple.
Heat the butter in a large nonstick skillet over low heat until melted and bubbling. Add tablespoons of the pancake mixture to form 3 1/2 in circles. Cook each pancake for about 1 min, until it starts to bubble lightly on the top and looks set, then flip it over and cook the other side for 30 seconds, or until cooked through. The pancakes should be golden brown; if not, increase the heat a little. Remove from the skillet and keep warm. Repeat the process until all the pancake batter has been used up (It is not necessary to add extra butter).
To make the maple syrup butter, melt the butter with the maple syrup in a pan over low heat and stir until combined. To serve, place the pancakes on serving dishes and spoon over the flavored butter. Serve warm.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
My rolled fabric flowers
So I showed you in my other post a craft I started. Well I have made some more and I'm working on Christmas presents now. I just got some amazing news that my nieces and nephew I haven't seen since August will be coming for Christmas. I still have pretty negative feelings toward my ex sister in law especially since she was going to take them to her parent's for Christmas. We didn't see the kids on Thanksgiving and they were going to go to her parent's who she used to be lucky to see once a year because her parents never wanted to nor made an effort to see them in years past. So I was confused why she'd be going there anyway. But for whatever reason something changed and my brother told my parent's that they'll be coming up this year. So him and my dad will meet his ex in Mesquite on Christmas Eve to bring them up. I hope the weather is going to be okay because that will be one long day of traveling. I'm just so glad I get to see the kids. So now I'm trying to come up with Christmas presents for them. I wanted to make my sister some hair stuff with the rolled flowers so I'm gonna make more for my two nieces. So anyway, I thought I'd post some pics of what I've made so far to show you my super easy Christmas presents. I still need to acquire some alligator clips to make hair clips but I found some headbands at the dollar store to use. So anyway... here's some pics:
This is the one for my niece Cami. I'll probably make her at least 3 or 4 headbands and some clips.
This one is for my sister. I'm pretty sure she has a shirt this color so I went with it. I hope she likes it!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Rolled fabric flowers
So ever since I won my little lovestitched gift I have wanted more! But I can't afford to buy a bunch of stuff. So I decided I wanted to figure out how to make the rolled fabric flowers. So after a little search on the internet I discovered on of our local channels just happened to do it on their show studio 5. I never watch tv but have seen quite a bit of studio 5 since my boss used to be on there quite a bit. They do have some neat stuff on there. So anyway... if you'd like to learn just go here. These are my first ones. I just found some cheap stuff at walmart in their scraps and thought I'd start with that while I get the hang of it. I wanna make headbands and hair clips and then some jewelry. Hope you guys will check it out. Maybe some of you know how to already but if not, there ya go! Save some money for some cute girly things. It could also make cute gifts for people too!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Holy moly its been a while!
Yeah... Its been a long time since I posted on here. I've just been so busy. I've been helping coach our young women for volleyball and we made it to region! Yahoo! I had been working on shirts for them. Me and the lady I coach with wanted to get them nice shirts and we bought them these really cute neon colored knee socks. They're all different and mixed and matched. Then we bought lime green shirts and iron on numbers and then I printed our ward name off onto iron ons and put that on the back of the shirt. They look so cute and really set our girls apart. It took some time but its totally worth it. We have an amazing group of girls.
When I haven't been doing that or cleaning and doing stuff around the house I cook. I love to cook and try new things... I'm also trying to lose weight so I try not to make too many desserts or sweet things but have done a few things recently that are pretty good. I know I've mentioned that website http://www.ourbestbites.com/. My friend Megan told me about it and I've been hooked. They have great ideas and their recipes are tried and true. The steps are so easy to follow and they tell you if you can or can't substitute things and its just a great website. Well I had used their chocolate frosting recipe for cupcakes I promised my Sunday School class on Halloween. We celebrated everyone who had a bday that year and was gonna have one so my kids got to munch on those while we learned about Isaiah. It was sooooo good. I rarely make cupcakes but when I go again, I'm so using that recipe.
Another one I've tried is easy pumpkin crumble. I made it once to take to my parents. Scott loves pumpkin stuff. The next day Scott and I had gone to the store to get medicine because we were all sick and also picked up dinner. The half hour we were gone our dog ate the other half of the pan. Stupid dog. I made another one yesterday when we went down there. It's really yummy and their sweetened whipped cream recipe they have a link to in that recipe is really good with it. Super easy to remember too. For every 1 c whipping cream you add 1/3 c. powdered sugar.
I also made their classic banana bread recipe but added some chocolate chips. I had some really REALLY ripe bananas I needed to use. I hate to throw them out and was pretty sure I could use 'em still for banana bread. It turned out really good. I've made plenty of batches of banana bread and have never stuck with one recipe. It just never seemed right. I think I'm sticking with this one.
I also ran into a problem with some really good gala apples I had. I kinda lost track of how long I had 'em. We had had some pears and oranges at the time too and those were eaten up first and I noticed my apples weren't as crisp. Soooooo.... I made apple struesel bars. Those were quite yummy. I'm a big fan of almond extract. I love using it in french toast and glazes and pretty much anything. I think it brings back memories of baking as a kid with my mom. So yeah... this was a big hit for me.
Well I just wanted to post a little something. I really have no idea who reads this. I only have 2 followers and if those are the only 2 then I hope you guys try these... if you like that stuff..... because they are YUMMY! Hopefully I won't slack too much more. Later I'm going to try to post some pics of these things I made to make our home a little more festive for Thanksgiving. We hardly have any decorations for anything. I bought some more for Christmas last year the day after Christmas when they were on sale. I know we've only been married 4 1/2 yrs so we are still working on collecting junk :) I just like to have a little something festive.
When I haven't been doing that or cleaning and doing stuff around the house I cook. I love to cook and try new things... I'm also trying to lose weight so I try not to make too many desserts or sweet things but have done a few things recently that are pretty good. I know I've mentioned that website http://www.ourbestbites.com/. My friend Megan told me about it and I've been hooked. They have great ideas and their recipes are tried and true. The steps are so easy to follow and they tell you if you can or can't substitute things and its just a great website. Well I had used their chocolate frosting recipe for cupcakes I promised my Sunday School class on Halloween. We celebrated everyone who had a bday that year and was gonna have one so my kids got to munch on those while we learned about Isaiah. It was sooooo good. I rarely make cupcakes but when I go again, I'm so using that recipe.
Another one I've tried is easy pumpkin crumble. I made it once to take to my parents. Scott loves pumpkin stuff. The next day Scott and I had gone to the store to get medicine because we were all sick and also picked up dinner. The half hour we were gone our dog ate the other half of the pan. Stupid dog. I made another one yesterday when we went down there. It's really yummy and their sweetened whipped cream recipe they have a link to in that recipe is really good with it. Super easy to remember too. For every 1 c whipping cream you add 1/3 c. powdered sugar.
I also made their classic banana bread recipe but added some chocolate chips. I had some really REALLY ripe bananas I needed to use. I hate to throw them out and was pretty sure I could use 'em still for banana bread. It turned out really good. I've made plenty of batches of banana bread and have never stuck with one recipe. It just never seemed right. I think I'm sticking with this one.
I also ran into a problem with some really good gala apples I had. I kinda lost track of how long I had 'em. We had had some pears and oranges at the time too and those were eaten up first and I noticed my apples weren't as crisp. Soooooo.... I made apple struesel bars. Those were quite yummy. I'm a big fan of almond extract. I love using it in french toast and glazes and pretty much anything. I think it brings back memories of baking as a kid with my mom. So yeah... this was a big hit for me.
Well I just wanted to post a little something. I really have no idea who reads this. I only have 2 followers and if those are the only 2 then I hope you guys try these... if you like that stuff..... because they are YUMMY! Hopefully I won't slack too much more. Later I'm going to try to post some pics of these things I made to make our home a little more festive for Thanksgiving. We hardly have any decorations for anything. I bought some more for Christmas last year the day after Christmas when they were on sale. I know we've only been married 4 1/2 yrs so we are still working on collecting junk :) I just like to have a little something festive.
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