The recipe is a variation of Tex-Mex Bean Pot (with vegan alternative recipe), which includes green bell peppers and spicy bulk sausage, such as Jimmy Dean, neither of which we happened to have. The smoked sausage is very mild flavored and cannot be described as “spicy”, so we added the New Mexico Red Chile Caribe… Continue reading Smoked Sausage Bean Pot
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Cowpoke Chili (Marlboro Chili Book)
This is that somewhat more authentic cowboy chili from the Marlboro Chili Book. Smoked bacon, dried beans, onions, garlic, and dried chili peppers are central to it. (Just the other day I wondered to myself why it was that I had whole coriander seed in the cabinet. I realized today that this recipe is the… Continue reading Cowpoke Chili (Marlboro Chili Book)
Headquarters Chili (Marlboro Chili Book)
Brought to you by the marketing department of tobacco giant Phillip Morris USA and Marlboro Cigarettes: “The Marlboro Chili Book.” It intended to sell you on the manly virtues of getting the “Marlboro Chili Kettle”, readily available from the company. My dad never bought one, and I took the recipe book. It was about 10… Continue reading Headquarters Chili (Marlboro Chili Book)
Tex-Mex Bean Pot (with vegan alternative recipe)
5 cups cooked beans (from cooking 1 pound dried pinto, great northern, or lima beans)or4 cans cooked beans, drained and rinsed (14.5 ounces each) ½ pound spicy bulk sausage (Jimmy Dean, for example)or½ pound vegan sausage alternative (Gimme Lean, for example) 1 Spanish onion, chopped 2 large green peppers, chopped in 1 inch pieces 1… Continue reading Tex-Mex Bean Pot (with vegan alternative recipe)
Sweet Potato Chili
2 pounds sweet potatoes (3 large), peeled and cut into ¾ inch slices1 large onion, chopped4 cloves garlic, choppedone can pinto beans (14.5 ounces)or1 ¼ cups of cooked pinto beans1 can jalapeno seasoned diced tomatoes (14.5 ounces)2 tablespoons chili powder1 tablespoon cocoa powder1 teaspoon ground cumin½ teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper½ cup chopped cilantro cooked… Continue reading Sweet Potato Chili
Breakfast Beans
“Why beans for breakfast?” The author says that since beans take longer to digest than many other foods, breakfast is the ideal time to eat them, because you will then have all day to digest. And it’s hot, savory, and a good, filling breakfast. (A friend of ours tells us that beans at breakfast is… Continue reading Breakfast Beans
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