Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easy Slow Cooker Turkey Chili

I unfortunately don't have a picture of the recent batch I made but I got this recipe from good ol' allrecipes.com


(picture credited to allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound ground turkey
2 (10.75 ounce) cans low sodium tomato soup (I use a box of the Smoked Roasted Tomato soup from TJ's)
2 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
1/2 medium onion, chopped
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
1 pinch ground black pepper
1 pinch ground allspice (never have this onhand, so I just throw in some cinnamon as a sub)
salt to taste

Instructions:
1. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place turkey in the skillet, and cook until evenly brown; drain.
2. Coat the inside of a slow cooker with cooking spray, and mix in turkey, tomato soup, kidney beans, black beans and onion. Season with chili powder, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, cumin, black pepper, allspice and salt.
3. Cover, and cook 8 hours on Low or 4 hours on High.

OPTIONAL: Near the end, I sometimes will cut up some fresh veggies and add it in (like zucchini, or peppers. I've also added canned corn in before with the beans to add some other veggies).

Monday, April 11, 2011

Other Cooking Blogs

It's been awhile since anyone has posted, so to re-break the ice, I just thought I'd share this cool site that I found which lists the best 100 cooking blogs.

http://www.guidetoculinaryschools.com/tips-and-tools/best-culinary-blogs

I've checked out a few of them and bookmarked some for future browsing. In the past, I've used/looked at Smitten Kitchen, 101 Cookbooks, TasteSpottingHomesick Texan, and Orangette. Are there any on or off this list that you'd recommend?

Happy cooking!

P.S. I'll post a recipe soon, promise!