This was one of the first meals I made this year when I began learning how to cook. It was a perfect, hearty meal for the winter months. It still tastes good now, but you'll probably be sweating while eating it - the weather around here's been up in the 90's. Actually, you'd probably be sweating just sitting around here so go ahead and make it! These recipes came from a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and my bread machine book.
Chili - serves 4
Ingredients:
12 ounces lean ground turkey
1 cup chopped onion (1 large)
1/2 cup chopped green sweet pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 15-ounce can dark red kidney beans, drained
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
2-3 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp dried crushed basil
1/4 tsp black pepper
Directions:
1. In a large saucepan cook ground beef, onion, sweet pepper, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain fat if needed.
4. Simmer, covered for 20 minutes.
Traditional White Bread - 1.5 pound loaf
Ingredients:
1-1/8 cups water
1 tbs margarine
1-3/4 tsp salt
3 cups flour
1 tbs dry milk
2 tbs sugar
2 3/4 tsp active dry yeast
1) Add ingredients to bread pan in order. For the yeast, form a hole with your finger in the dry ingredients and pour yeast into hole. Yeast should not come into contact with liquid.
2) Put bread pan into the bread machine and set the machine to break your bread!
This is pretty easy, but the baking will probably take around an hour and a half so plan ahead when making the bread.
Verdict: I like it! I've made the chili several times and found that it freezes pretty well so you can make individual-sized dinners for the week. I've also recently discovered a love of pickled jalapenos so I throw that in my chili too. The bread's good, but doesn't last that long. I ended up having to throw some of it out because I don't eat bread that often.
Nutrition: Turkey Chili has around 275 calories per serving. White bread has around 125 calories per slice if the loaf gets cut into 12 pieces.
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