Chili Recipe FINALLY

Ok so this is quite late but here it is my Chili Recipe!!  I made this in my crock pot on Sunday and it was soooooo good.

What you will need
1x796ml  large can of Diced Tomatoes
2x 398ml cans of Tomato Sauce
1 can of Maple Beans
1 can Kidney Beans
1 can Black Beans
1 can of Corn
1 Red Pepper chopped into cubes
2 Celery Stalks finely chopped
2 Garlic Cloves pressed
1/2 Onion finely chopped
3 TBSP Brown Sugar
1/2 Tsp Celery Salt
1/2 Tsp Garlic Salt
6 TBSP Chili Powder
12 Mushrooms sliced
3 strips of cooked Bacon chopped up
1lb Grown Beef or Chicken
1tsp oil

Preparation

In a large frying pan brown the ground beef with onions, garlic, oil and a small sprinkle of garlic salt and chili powder for flavoring. Keep warm on a low heat once fully cooked

While the beef is cooking combine all the other ingredients except the bacon in a large pot or slow cooker and stir well.  Turn onto a low-medium heat.  Once the beef/chicken is cooked add to the mixture and cook for approximately 2 hours covered.  Cook uncovered for approximately 30 minutes or until the chili thickens a bit.

Add Chili to bowls and sprinkle the bacon pieces on top.  Chicken or Turkey bacon is very delicious as well. To mix it up add a dollop of sour cream, cheese and then add the bacon.  A side of garlic bread or corn bread finishes it up extremely nice.

Egg Salad with a twist

So I know this was supposed to be posted last night but I ran out of time.  A friend asked that I start slow with some of my own recipes so here ya go with Egg Salad Sandwiches.

Shannon's Egg Salad Sandwiches
3 Eggs (Hard Boiled)
2 Tbsp Mayo or Whipped Dressing
1 Celery stock very finely chopped
1/2 Tbsp Yellow Mustard
Celery Salt to taste
Bread
Cream Cheese

First hard boil your eggs approx 8 mins, cool, peel and slice up into a bowl.
Add your mayo, celery, mustard and celery salt
Toast your bread and spread on a layer of Cream Cheese on one piece of bread leaving the other side with nothing
Add you Egg Salad in between 2 piece of toast.
For fun for the kids slice into fingers or use cookie cutters in fun shapes :)

I like to serve mine with carrot sticks thus you have a lunch with all the food groups then

Changing up my blog

Well since life has changes and the only way to go is up I have a lot of hope, happiness and positive thinking in my heart.  Yes things are still tough  but separations are hard on everyone involved.  I have decided that since things have changed my blog is going to have a new aspect to it.  My Friday nights now I geek it up and have a date night with my son instead of going out so I have decided that after he goes to bed every Friday will be a blog on a recipe I do that is quick and easy that pretty much anyone can do.  I love to cook, have some tricks as I go and I think this will be a fun venture. I will have to actually break out my measuring spoons when I cook, write them down and then share my love in the kitchen with all of you.  I am a single Mom who works so I understand needing things to be quick, still tasty and have healthy aspects.  Not all my recipes will be low in calories.... Some are just too sinful to change around though having them once in a while is a good thing for everyone.  Having restraint and enjoying those things sometimes in life will bring me much joy.  I look forward to feed back, possible requests and hopefully some of you try them and share! I will still discuss my road of life, having this new venture of single hood and being a parent of a child with a chronic illness.  Life lately has been tough but I don't have a heavy heart, my head is held high and I am taking each day one step at a time.  I am having fun with Adam and weekly we will have a small adventure and once a month a bigger one.  It is now that we get to go and have fun, nothing is holding us back and life is right there for the taking. Camping this year here we come, Wish Trip in the end of September beginning of October of this year for Peanut, Calgary Zoo this Summer and hopefully take in Drumhellar as well!  2012 is a year of change and balance and so far it feels pretty good.