Dinners

The Blog Tech requested chili to eat while he watches Sunday football so I whipped up a batch yesterday morning.  I make so many different kinds of chili but this simple recipe is the one which everyone seems to like best.
 

Ingredients 

• 2 lbs ground beef 
  
• 1-29 ounce canned tomato sauce
• 2 cans of pinto beans drained
  
• 1-28 ounces canned tomatoes chopped
• 3 T. tomato paste 
• 1 T. worcestershire sauce
• 2 T. hot sauce
  
• 1 white onion diced
  
• 1 diced green pepper
• 1 diced poblano pepper 
• 2 stalks celery diced
• 1 red pepper diced
• 2 tablespoons cumin powder
• 1 T. garlic powder
  
• 1/4 cup chili powder
  
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup tomato juice
• 1 tsp. thyme
• 1 tsp. oregano
• 1/4 tsp. liquid smoke
  
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Instructions

• In a heavy bottomed stockpot brown the ground beef.
• Drain the fat.
• Add in the rest of the ingredients.
• Cook in a 325 degree oven for 1-1/2 hours, uncovered  and stir occasionally.
• Serve with shredded cheddar cheese and diced onion.
  

And The Blog Tech, being the blog tech, also requested my Asian salmon.  I bought some Scottish salmon and marinated it overnight in a soy based marinate.  You can find the recipe here:

http://octoberfarm.blogspot.com/2011/02/special-valentines-dinner.html

 

Boil it until it starts to blacken.
 

I cooked the kale in a pan with a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper and then add the marinate  from the salmon.

I packed it up on top of a bed of sticky rice.

I also made some Korean cucumbers to eat with it.