chili and pizza (not together)
k40a
there. I just made the chili on Friday night and it went over so well
that I made a double batch again on Saturday (while the kids were
making the pizza). I shared the chili with my neighbor who is
recovering from a surgery and I froze the rest. We tried the chili
on baked potatoes and with the cornbread. Both were hits. I would
like to know, however, if any of you have any ideas about how to zing
the chili a bit without making it too spicy for kids. It didn't have
enough kick for me and I found I was adding a lot of salt to my
serving. This is the first time I've made chili that wasn't from a
can. I never saw the point, but I'm having fun with cooking. My
husband can't believe it - neither can I.
The pizza went over well, too, but doesn't it always? The kids
thought it was quite the novelty that they made their own crust. The
directions weren't clear about whether to sift before or after
measuring. Since I'm cooking illiterate (but learning,now), we just
guessed and sifted after. I don't think that was right, because the
dough was floury and dry. We had to add extra oil and water, but it
ended up fine. Oh, and I should mention that I forgot to cook the
crust a few minutes first (downfall of multitasking with the big batch
of chili and managing 4 kids in the kitchen). Anyway, we decided to
cook the pizza longer and a lower temp and it worked out okay.
What are you up to in the kitchen?
Andrea Aguilar
Well, I attempted to make pizza using a pre-made crust from Trader Joe's,
thinking I would save time. Well, what a disaster! I put too much corn meal
on the pizza stone, (that I had to borrow from a neighbor) and the whole
meal was ruined. I am glad to hear that homemade pizza turned out edible. I
will add this to our menu for this week, as far as adding spice try a FEW
drops of "Franks Red-hot sauce" I use it for a buffalo wing recipe and it
seems to add flavor but not heat. Don't let the name fool ya!
Chili from a can? Never had it I always use "Carrol Shelby's Chili Fixin"
package and add my own ingredients, it is in a little brown bag usually
found on the spice aisle. Try using that, it has always been a winner in my
house..
Andrea
Lisa Leete
feeling better now. Luckily hubby is off on fall break (he teaches at a
year-round high school) and has been picking up the laundry, dishes and
half of the cooking. It's so easy to hand off the cooking duties, since
the recipes and ingredients are right there!
He cooked both the chili and the pizza last week. The chili is actually
his recipe, modified from our red & white BHG cookbook. We keep it
pretty unspicy for our older daughter, but you can zing it up with
Tabasco or other hot sauce, or additional cayenne pepper.
He cooked the pizza as well & I'm finding the recipes get much better
reviews from him when he cooks them (coincidence??? Hmmm). It sounds
like it went together really easily. I usually prefer a softer crust
than what it had, but that's the trade off for a quick recipe & only one
rising period for the dough.
Thanks for sharing the cooking mishaps stories - I'm so glad it's not
just me!
Lisa Leete
get my kids cooking too - I think they'd like it, and any work off my
plate is fabulous!
Lisa
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Andrea Aguilar
Are you receiving my group emails I responded to this email, but I don't
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Andrea
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Michelle Bacon
k40a
I see your post. There must be a delay.
Thank you for the tips.
Karen
Michelle Bacon
Lisa Leete
I agree Michelle – the chicken bacon roll-ups are a crowd-pleaser and SO easy. You can make the pieces ahead if you want to also, so they really go together quickly.
Last week we enjoyed the chicken sate – a little bit different! The sauce was maybe a little too peanut-buttery, I might adjust the ratios for next time.