Georgia This week for my food challenge I chose sausage. Because why not? Sausage is almost as amazing as bacon. It's seldom that I make a dish more than once. I mean for it to make it to my favorites it has to be better than good. Dublin Coddle is better than good. I like the simplicity of the dish. Side note: I did NOT make this over an open fire. Although that sounds exciting. Which it doesn't. I didn't. I made it in my instant pot because lately we are the instant pot queens. Fast and delish. The best combo for your dinner time. Cammy No recipe this week. I fried some potatoes and onions with garlic pepper then added kielbasa followed by cabbage and a splash of soy sauce. Simple and delicious. Jen After a few weeks of chaos following my daughter’s surgery, things are finally getting back to normal! I made Italian sausage and pepper sandwiches for dinner last night – delicious!! And for unrelated fun, this morning I made some Halloween pancakes. 😊 Mandy Nikita Sausage was on the menu this week, and the weather FINALLY started to feel like Fall for a few days. I know this is a controversial topic buuuuuuut......I'd say it's finally soup weather. I found this Italian Sausage & White Bean Soup packed full with flavor. I used the Hot Italian Sausage to give the dish a bit of heat. It was so delish that I forgot to take a picture the first night it was served, but thank heavens for leftovers! The picture above was my lunch the next day at Chez Panera Hays. Easy recipe --> Amazing flavor! Try it out. Great news for Jen and her daughter Jade!
Until next week, Georgia, Cammy, Jen, Mandy and Nikita
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Nikita IT'S CHILI COOK-OFF TIME!!!!! And this week, I have a special contribution. My new walking buddy, Stacey, decided it was "chilly enough for chili" and made a pot for her in-laws that flew in from Colorado. "Chilly" in Phoenix is a low of 60s and high of 90s. 😆She was kind enough to send me a photo, and it looks incredible. The first thing I noticed is that she also eats her chili with Fritos! Matt and Christopher prefer my homemade cornbread (it's the recipe from Walt Disney World's Whispering Canyon Cafe). It's a sweeter bread but balances the spiciness in the chili. We have enough to feed us for a few days. Yum! 2lbs browned ground beef 1 can tomato juice (46 oz) 1 can tomato sauce (29 oz) 1 yellow onion, chopped 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1 can of dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed 1 can of pinto beans, drained and rinsed Red Cayenne Pepper (however much you want) Red Pepper Flakes (measure with your heart) 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp oregano 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 ground cumin 1/4 cup chili powder Mix all ingredients together in a big pot or dutch oven and simmer for 1.5 hours. Tastes even better the second day! So make ahead if you're short on time. Mandy This is one of the best chili recipes I’ve tried. It’s spicy, slightly sweet, and very hearty. The coffee and the bourbon taste is very subtle but so good. It cooks for about 2 1/2 hours and the pork becomes so tender. We have made it a few times now and it’s still a hit with my family. This recipe makes a lot but it freezes well. Mandy Georgia Interestingly as I'm typing this up I'm sitting in a hotel room in Spokane, WA after visiting the hubs friend who lives outside of Coeur d"Alene, ID and it snowed.. A lot. The perfect setting for a hot bowl of chili. This bowl however I made a couple of days ago.. In GA.. Where the highs were in the 70's. So what makes my bowl of chili special? Nothing really. Just normal beans (red and white), meat (beef and local sausage), onions, garlic, chili spices.. Cumin.. Because cumin and beans go together like peas and carrots, poblano pepper.. Served it over elbow macaroni, shredded cheddar. And some of the weirdest hush puppies. Oh and like Cammy I made it in our instant pot Cammy Did someone say "chili cook-off?" I'm pretty certain that is what I saw was this week's challenge. Chili is one of my favorite fall/winter comfort foods. When I was much younger and living in North Carolina, I called my mom to ask her for her chili recipe. I'd never made chili before and recalled that her chili always tasted so good. (She still claims she can't cook. She's 100% wrong though!) Anyway, off to the grocery store I went to purchase the ingredients and then quickly home to get a pot of chili cooking. After it had cooked for several hours, it just didn't look right. It wasn't red in color as I recalled. When a couple more hours passed and it still wasn't looking right, I called mom back. Well, she forgot to tell me one of the major ingredients. Tomatoes. (I'm sure she will claim I didn't hear her and didn't write them down but, again, she would be wrong! :) ) I didn't even have any canned tomatoes in the cupboard. Oh well, lesson learned! I no longer have mom's recipe written down and I'm sure I've changed things around over the years. Today's batch was done in my new Instant Pot and goes something like this: Jen
Cammy I was looking forward to a week of gourds. I love squash, all kinds of squash! I bought all this squash with the intent to have squash nearly every night. Well, the week ran away from me somehow and I haven't had squash even once this week. Fortunately for me, squash doesn't go bad very quickly so I can have a lot of squash this week.
Jen Mandy Nikita Georgia Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. That's all I have to say about that. No seriously.. They are that good. Go make them now. This time of year screams for pumpkin anything..
Until next week, Cammy, Jen, Mandy, Nikita and Georgia Georgia
Cammy Pastries. Who doesn't love them? I love them so much I couldn't decide on anything to make Savory pastry was also in the cards this week. These Spinach and Cheese Puff Tarts were delicious! Jen Mandy Nikita A dream come true, ya'll! This past summer, I had the opportunity to tour some popular spots in Europe before moving back to the US after our one-year venture abroad. Of course, Paris was on the list. Waking up in the morning and walking down to the street-level cafes windows lined with the cutest and most delicious pastries made my heart skip. On the last morning, I couldn't help but get an eclair AND lemon tart for breakfast. This week's challenge encouraged me to bring Paris into my kitchen, and I have to say that it did not disappoint. The Pâte à Choux recipe was really easy; however, I did learn that you should pipe your eclairs thicker and wider to give enough space for the cream. Later this month, I'll be making a Croquembouche with the same pastry dough for a special someone's birthday. This was a wonderful practice run! What a fun week and look at all the yummy pastries.
Actually if you come back tomorrow where Cammy and I've made some sweet pastries. Oh.. And Nikita's eclairs. In freaking sane. Until next week, Georgia, Cammy, Jen, Mandy and Nikita Nikita I have so many favorite Fall foods, and this easy-to-make sheet pan dinner showed off each of them! First, I have to say that I found bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs at my local grocer for only $1!! $1 for 6 pieces! So I doubled the chicken in this recipe (you know, cause I'm a big spender.) It has Brussels, Sweet Potato, Fuji Apples, Bacon, Shallots and more. I strongly encourage you to try this recipe if you like juicy, garlicky chicken with crispy skin. If not, don't waste your time. 😘 Georgia Fall is legit my favorite time of year. It's crisp and cool and the world is on fire with color. Oh and the food is pretty spectacular too. This week I made a new fave of the hubs and myself. Chicken dirty rice. Not overly complicated and oh so yummy. With all the cajun flavors it has a nice little bite to it. Speaking off bite. We've been taste testing ginger ale (don't ask). Right now Blenheim is winning. Never heard of Blenheim? Neither had we up until a couple weeks ago. So Blenheim is made in South Carolina. They make 3 different ginger ales. Diet, regular and hot. So far we've tried the regular and hot. FYI. both have a pretty good kick to it. But the hot is for reals hot. If you happen to come across some Blenheim you need to give them a try. Side note. Blenheim is a sipping ginger ale. Trust me. Cammy Autumn has been my favorite season for as long as I can remember, so, when I saw that this week's challenge was to make anything to do with autumn I got a wee bit excited. The first thing that came to mind was butternut squash followed quickly by thoughts of chili. I couldn't decide and with the much cooler temperatures here, it has really felt like autumn so I shopped for both! I didn't want to make my normal chili though. I was up for something different. I'd never made a white chili and I really am not much of a chicken person unless it is well hidden in many other ingredients. This Killer White Chili recipe includes chicken but it looked so good that I had to try it out for myself. I'm really happy that I did as, even with the chicken in it, it was wonderfully delicious. I will be making this frequently over the coming months.!
Jen Mandy Happy fall ya'll
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