Famous Chili and delish cookies. >>:) {party hat. lol}

Welcome to the recipe edition of my blogspot for the week;) ... oh and TGIF.
Its also my hubby and I's 2 year anniversary weekend, woot woot --- Monday will be 2 years, it is so hard to believe... I can honestly say; I love him more now than then... crazy, right? He surprised me at work today with a "100% Cotton" green bay packer shirt (mind you: he's a Bears fan so he prob went and washed his hands 20 times after touching it haha) -- cotton is for your 2nd anniversary, last year he got us bears/pack tickets for "paper"... Im spoiled. OK, enough sappy ;) lets move on to some wonderful eats...mmmmm....

First recipe.... famous Chili ;)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. grass fed beef (or other lean meat/soy based "meat")
• 7oz can diced green chiles (not drained)
• PictSweet(c) seasoning blends pepper/onion mix bag
• 2 Jalapeno peppers (remove seeds and ribs to prevent from being too spicy if your scurred. lol)
• Fresh red onion, chopped
• Seasonings (to taste): chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, fresh cracked pepper, parsley
• ----------------------------------------
• 2 cans no salt added diced tomatoes (undrained)
• 1 small can diced tomatoes w/ green chiles
• 2 cans chili beans (undrained)
• 1 can red kidney beans (drained,rinsed)
• ...and the secret ingredient:
• wait for it...... ketchup. lol[as pictured.lol]

MAKE IT:

• Brown the meat with the first set of ingredients with a little tiny bit of water in the pan over medium heat (I bring it to a boil... it just helps get the flavors movin lol) chop up all the meat fine
• dump the rest of ingredients in as directed (ketchup is just a couple swirls;))
• let simmer until ready to serve --- ENJOY!

----next up: Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookies(thanks to Peanut Butter Fingers for the recipe, I just added my own flare!)

Oatmeal Pumpkin Spice Cookies



Ingredients:

• 1 spice cake mix
• 1 small can pumpkin
• 1 c. quick oats
• other possible add ins: nuts of choice, chocolate chips, pumpkin spice marshmallows;)
• you could also top with sprinkles or frosting... I did not, though

MAKE!:

• Mix cake mix powder, pumpkin, and oats and put dollups on sprayed baking sheets.
• Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until done;)

 be sure to eat some batter too nom nom nom (no eggs! yay!)

OK, time to go for now...

Will blog more tonight while I catch up on DVR and have a few relaxing adult beverages;) xo