It is Time For Chili!

Yup....It is November in Minnesota and all but the Oak leaves have fallen to the ground. The cooler temperatures signaled my body to beg for homemade chili.

I can't give you the exact recipe, but I can show you a few pictures.

It all starts with browning five pounds of lean ground beef.


After the hamburger is cooked, the "secret" spices get added. What I can tell you is that next we add six different kinds of beans, tomatoes and homemade tomato juice.


Before you know it, the finished product...The best chili around.


Before we could transfer the goods from the soup pot to the freezer containers, we stuffed ourselves with the body warming nourishment.

Looks like we will have plenty for the freezer and the cold winter days ahead.

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Great Food!

In my last blog I promised you I would tell you about the great food we enjoy from our favorite little Chinese restaurant.

It is called the Hunan Garden on Belgrade Avenue in North Mankato,MN.

The restaurant eating area is very basic but the food is to die for. We get takeout from there once a week and it is fabulous.

As you can see from the pictures, the servings are huge!

All that food for $24.00....and that is enough for two people...or four meals.

Here is half the food dished up.


I am hungry all over again just looking at the pictures!

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