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White Chicken Chili (Updated)

De'licieuse! Delicioso! Delicious! Doesn't matter how you say it, the taste is  amazing. The best part it's ready in record breaking time.
Grab a pack of chicken tenderloins and cut them up in small cubed slices. Get a small onion and dice it. Then melt a little butter in a pan (I like to use butter for the flavor, but you can of course use olive oil or whatever you prefer) and cook the chicken and onion together, seasoning it with salt, pepper and garlic along the way.
 Open your cans of beans and drain them. Place them in a pan pot with some chicken broth and warm. Add your chicken to the beans and toss in your seasoning packet and viola. You just created something amazing in under 15 minutes.

Here's What You'll Need:

1lb. Chicken tenderloins (cut into 1in cubes)
2  (15oz) cans northern beans (drained)
2 cup chicken broth
1 small onion (diced)
1Tbsp garlic powder (or if you're a garlic fan like me, more to taste)
2Tbsp butter (I prefer butter for the flavor)
1(1oz.) package of McCormick white chili seasoning
 Salt and pepper to taste
*Optional*
Sliced avocado, Shredded cheese, and sour cream to garnish.


Here's What You Do: 
1. Heat butter in a pan.
2. Add cubed chicken and diced onion. Toss and add salt, pepper, and garlic powder to season.
3.Set aside.
4. In a pot over medium heat, warm northern beans and chicken broth.
5. Once beans are slightly warmed, add chicken and onion mixture to the beans.
6. Add McCormick packet and let chili warm through. 
7. Serve topped with avocado, cheese and sour cream.

Creamy Chunky Tomato Basil Soup

 The warmth and comfort of a delicious bowl of creamy tomato basil soup. You're welcome.


Here's What You Need:
2 (14oz) cans diced tomatoes (I buy the ones seasoned with garlic and onion)
1 (14oz) can of whole peeled tomatoes
1.5 cups chicken broth (or if you prefer, vegetable broth)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 an onion; chopped
1 TBSP butter (or if you prefer, olive oil for sauteing onions)
1 TBSP garlic powder
1.5 TBSP dried basil
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
Shredded cheese to garnish (optional)

Here's What You Do:
In a large pot warm your butter (or oil) over medium heat.
Toss in onions and cook until translucent.
Pour in cans of tomatoes including all the juices.
Add broth, garlic, basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Allow to cook for about 10 mins. Add in heavy cream.
Reduce heat and simmer (stirring occasionally) until ready to serve.
Top with shredded cheese, before serving.

Zuppa Toscana Soup

I'm in love with Italian food. I literally beg my wife to take me to Olive Garden every weekend. And most weekends I get my way. Most weekends.

Lately, we've been so preoccupied with the kids sporting activities that OG has become an afterthought and my palette is suffering from withdrawals.

 That's alright, we all know there's more than one way to boil pasta (wait is there)?
Anyway, today I'm bringing a touch of Italy to the kitchen, with one of my favorite soups, Zuppa Toscana.

This hearty soup is made up of red russet potatoes, sausage and kale.


It's based in chicken broth and thickened with a bit of cream.

It's up to you if you peel the potatoes or not, I think it's delicious with the peeling on (and saves time also).

This soup is a not only hearty, but a true comfort dish that's great to enjoy on a cool fall evening. 

Here's What You'll Need:
16oz of small red russet potatoes cut in 1/4 in slices and then quartered
 1 (16oz) pack of ground Italian sausage (mild)
A bush of Kale
 1/2 large yellow onion; sliced
 3 (14.5) cans chicken broth
1 cup heavy whipping cream
 1/2 tsp olive oil
3 tsp of garlic; divided 
Salt and pepper to taste
Shredded cheddar (optional)


Here's What You Do: 
1. In a skillet over medium heat warm olive oil.
2. Add onion and cook until translucent.
3. Add sausage (seasoning it with salt, pepper and tsp of garlic. Cook until meat is browned, then drain and set aside.
4. In a soup pot, over medium heat warm chicken broth and potatoes. Season with remaining garlic (and more salt and pepper if you'd like).  Allow to cook until potatoes are tender (about 20-25 mins).
5. Add meat and onion mixture to pot. Let cook until everything is warm again.
6. Pull kale leaves off steam and rinse.
7. Add cream and kale to pot and let cook for an additional 10 minutes.
7. Top with shredded cheddar cheese (if desired).

No Fuss Chili Bean Chili



When I tell you its flippin' cold here in TN, I mean its cold!  Burrrrr cold, don't stop moving or you'll freeze in place cold! Bundle up and don't go outside unless you have to cold! That translates into 41 degrees. Ok, you may not think 41 degrees warrants the term "ridiculously cold" but being the cold-natured person that I am...let me put it this way, the 40's ain't gonna cut it! (Unless of course it's a 40oz beer and well maybe, just maybe we can chat).

I'm sitting here laughing so hard thinking about the kids this morning. I dressed them layer upon layer, until they pretty much resembled the marshmallow man (speaking of marshmallows, here's my recipe for homemade ones). They were not happy campers, but I assure you I had the best intentions.

Anyway, after the marshmallows, I mean kids were off to school, I made my way over to the fridge standing with door wide open (my wife hates that), trying to figure out what I'm going to make for dinner. I thought it'd be a great day to whip up a quick pot of chili bean chili. The kids absolutely LOVE this dish and the best part its ready in under 20mins! Seriously, you can jump up and make it just a few minutes before the family walks in. Cheers to more free time! 
 I usually use Italian sausage, because that's what my family prefers, but you can totally use ground beef, ground turkey or ground chicken. The sausage comes in sweet, mild, and hot. Again it's up to you. For this batch I used the sweet (I usually use mild) but for some reason my wife raved on and on about how great this batch turned out, and even asked what I did different, the only thing swapped was the type of meat (she can thank the grocer for being out)...but since they're not here I'll bask in all the credit and glory. :)

I diced half of a green pepper and half of a yellow onion, spritzed a pan with olive oil cooking spray and over medium heat browned the meat. Once the meat was done, I pushed it to one side of the pan, then grabbed the onions, peppers and garlic and put those in the pan.  I let them cook until they were soft, then drained the dish.
 I chose a large sauce pot and dumped the meat and veggie mixture into it. I added 1/2 pack of McCormick chili seasoning (you can add the whole thing, if you like things a bit more spicy), a jar of pasta sauce (I love Prego chunky garden because of the bonus veggies), but again feel free to choose your favorite sauce, and of course the star of the show 2 small cans of Bush's chili beans.

Gave it all a good stir and allowed things to come to a boil. Then lowered the heat.

After a few moments of simmering, I just topped with some shredded cheese and dug in. Yum!                   
                                                            Warm, comforting, and delicious.
                                                         

No Fuss Chili Bean Chili

Here's what you need:

1lb. Italian sausage (or ground beef, turkey, chicken)
1/2 yellow onion diced
1/2 green pepper diced
1tbsp minced garlic (or 2 cloves, minced)
1pk of McCormick Chili seasoning mix (I use mild)
1 (23oz) jar Prego Chunky Garden Combo pasta sauce
2 (16oz) cans Bush's chili beans (mild sauce)
Olive oil cooking spray
(shredded cheese and sour cream to garnish) *optional
  
Here's what you do:

1. Spritz pan with olive oil cooking spray. Over medium heat cook meat until browned.

2. Push meat to one side of pan and add green pepper, onion, and garlic. Allow to cook until slightly soft (about 5mins). Drain.

3. Pour and meat and veggie mixture into a large saucepan. Add remaining items (pasta sauce, beans, chili powder). Stir.

4. Allow contents to boil, stirring occasionally. Once it begins to boil, lower heat to simmer for about 5-10 minutes.

 5. Garnish with cheese and sour cream if you choose and serve.


How do you like your chili?
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