Adventures with the crock pot & snow bound

Blizzard Chili & Winter Love

First entry & well I'm snowed in here in New Hampshire and loving it. There's about a foot on the ground, it's gorgeous! I just got a crock pot for Christmas, something that I've always wanted but never had for some reason. They are marvelous & looking forward to exploring different recipes to make in that glorious pot.

Nothing better than to warm up with some chili!

1 lb of 93% Ground Turkey
2 oz pancetta
2 15.5 oz cans of Black Beans
1.5 cans of Stewed Mexican Tomatoes
1 cup of medium Salsa
1 yellow onion
1 jalapeno
2 carrots
1/2 green pepper
3 cloves of garlic
1 cup of corn
Condiments & such: liberally use these
Cumin, Chili powder, Franks Red Hot, Black Pepper, Olive Oil, Few tablespoons of Flour for thickening agent & 1/2 a bottle of Beer (your choice)& feel free to enjoy the rest of the brew :)


Add meats, season them as you like & let them cook up nice & slow. Then gradually add onions & garlic.. Let this set for 15 mins to marinate. Remember, this is a slow cooker! Then stewed tomatoes & salsa & rest of veggies. Let these beautiful creation cook up for about 40 mins & then add the BEER & flour. 


And let that baby slow cook.

 

Happy Eating!!

So here is the melody part of the recipe:

This little ditty is called "Winter Love", written while the chili was cookin' away

Enjoy!