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Autumn Harvest Chili
September 12, 2007
Dear Friends,
The weather is begining to cool down a bit, especially the
evenings. This is when I get a craving for a big pot of
chili!
Not everyone likes chili, but for those who do, I thought I
would share my recipe with you. As always, it is super
simple, very healthy and cheap...especially if you are in
the process of harvesting your garden and you don't have to
purchase any of the veggies.
Bring in a large bowl of fresh picked tomatoes and peel and
chop them. Chop an onion or two and peel a few cloves of
garlic, the more the better! You will also need to dice up
a bell pepper or two. You can even dice up some of that
prolific zucchini! If you have any sweet corn available,
by all means slice some off the cob. (I froze over 100
cobs!)
I use a variety of beans for chili, not just red kidney. I
like to add butter beans, black beans, and great northern.
Use whatever dried beans you have on hand. It is nice to
soak your beans overnight and that will cut down on the
cooking time. Throw everything into a large soup kettle
with some additional tomato sauce added, too. Spice it up
good with sea salt, pepper, dried chilis, cumin seeds,
oregano, paprika, thyme, basil and garlic powder. If you
can, grind these spices up until they are very fine. You
can also just use a good quality chili powder.
Did you notice that I forgot ground beef? Well, I didn't
forget. Sometimes we eat our chili vegetarian. But, not
always. If we have ground venison, I will brown up a pound
and add it to the chili. Even better is if we have some
ground beef from grass fed cattle. We are able to purchase
this all-natural and delicious meat from neighbors who live
behind us. However, if I don't have any meat in the
freezer, we still enjoy the chili without it. It is a
filling and hearty meal. Serve it with a crusty loaf of
fresh bread and a green salad. Nothing hits the spot quite
like Autumn Harvest Chili on those first chilly evenings of
September and October.
Enjoy the harvest and remember to blow a trumpet at sunset
tomorrow evening! Maybe this year...
Shalom!
Jennifer Ferris
www.fromfieldsandgardens.com
Jennifer@fromfieldsandgardens.com
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