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Hi Pretty Ladies,

 

Happy November! Before we know it, Thanksgiving will be here. I hope you had a great Halloween. I spent it with a couple of girlfriends, wishing a good friend goodbye as she’ll be moving out of state in a few days. It was a fun night catching up, sharing good food, and having a couple of glasses of prosecco. My girlfriend’s home is in a neighborhood that gets trick-or-treaters, so seeing the cute littles in their costumes was fun. 

 

Can you believe that the next day, I took down and packed up the fall and Halloween decorations and started decorating for Christmas? But I am doing it with more of a winter feeling. Fresh herbs and citrus, pinecones and greenery with candles and velvet ribbon, and pulling out my vintage green transferware. My Holiday decorations are buried in my storage this year; usually, my storage room is organized (this year, it’s packed to the brim) 

 

With content creation as my job, I have to have our home decorated way before the season to share ideas and the season with you. Not to mention, Thanksgiving is so late this year that if I wait too long, I won’t enjoy the season. I also decorate Christmas trees for several clients, who all want theirs done before Thanksgiving, so I got a good jumpstart. 

 

 

Four Meat Chili Recipe:

One 1/2 pounds Ground beef

1 Cup cooked bacon chopped

1 pound Rib eye steak browned chopped

1.3-pound jalapeño cheddar sausage 

3 cups of tomato sauce I use fresh tomatoes puréed 

1/2 cup water

1 1/2 cup chopped onion

11/2 cup chopped bell peppers 

Two tablespoons of tomato paste

Two tablespoons Kitchen Bouquet 

One tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce 

Three teaspoons of garlic powder

One teaspoon cumin

Two garlic cloves minced

1teaspoon chili flakes 

One pack chili season (I make my own) 

Instructions:

Add a little olive oil and brown the steak in a hot skillet. Add fresh garlic and cook. Set aside to cool before cutting.

In the same pan, brown ground beef. Add kitchen bouquet, Worcestershire, seasonings, onion, tomato paste, and peppers. Cook on low 

Meanwhile, in a crock pot, add tomato sauce and 1/2 cup water on low

Cook bacon (I cook mine in the oven). When done, let cool and cut into pieces.

Add to crockpot.

Add beef mixture to crock pot.

Cook the sausages in the same pan, then let them cool, chop, and add them to the crockpot.

Cut steak and add to crockpot, stirring as you add ingredients.

Taste and add more seasonings if you feel the dish needs a touch of salt and pepper or if you like more heat and chili powder or pepper flakes. 

Let simmer on low for at least an hour ( I make it late morning and let it simmer all day.

Serve with cornbread 

And chili toppings.

Chili toppings:

Shredded Cheese 

Sour cream 

Diced onions

Fresh tomatoes Diced

Diced green onions 

Jalapeños 

Fritos

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