Saturday, December 20, 2025

Mama's Chili

Ingredients:
  • 1 lb. ground beef or chuck
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 tub or package Bloemer's Chili Meat
  • 2 cans petite diced tomatoes
  • 1 can Brook's Mild Chili Beans
  • 1 can light red kidney beans
  • 1 small can tomato paste
  • Optional: chili powder
  • Optional: spaghetti
Directions:
  1. Cook ground beef/chuck and diced onions until browned.
  2. In pot, mix Bloemer's Chili meat (broken into pieces), tomatoes, chili beans and tomato paste.
  3. Once the meat and onions are brown, mix in with the chili.
  4. Cook on low to medium for about 30 minutes
*If adding spaghetti, cook the spaghetti while preparing everything else, and then add the spaghetti at the very end.

Friday, August 1, 2025

Taylor's Dressing

  • Equal parts olive oil and vinegar (red wine, apple cider or white) 
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Onion Powder
  • Garlic Powder
  • Italian herbs seasoning (any dried herb will be fine)
  • 2 tablespoons of honey
  • teaspoon or two of Dijon mustard (or any mustard)
Use this dressing to make a salad using cucumber, tomato, sweet Vidalia onion (and avocado, if you like it).