Recipes from Cari

Since the weather is finally getting cooler here in Texas, I wanted to post a blog sharing some of the yummy warm recipes I have tried lately that are big hits in our family! Hope you enjoy as much as we do!

White Turkey Chili 

Ingredients:

1 pkg. McCormick  White Chicken Chili Seasoning Mix

Ground turkey

1 can white beans, drained (I use navy beans)

1 can petite diced tomatoes ,undrained

1 can yellow corn, undrained

 Directions:

1. In skillet, lightly brown ground turkey (season if you would like with salt, pepper)

2. Pour browned ground turkey in crock pot, add white beans, diced tomatoes, yellow corn and McCormick Seasoning Mix. Stir until completely mixed.

3. Set crock pot to high for 3-4 hours or low for 6+ hours of cooking.

* I serve my chili with dinner rolls or corn bread! Yum

Green Chili Steak Casserole

Ingredients:

1 jar Cookwell and Company Two-Step Tomatillo and Green Chili Stew (HEB)

1 bag corn tortillas

Shredded cheese (Cheddar, Colby Jack, or Mexican blend

Fajita steak meat *(I order Skeeter’s  steak fajita meat already cooked because it’s easy)

 Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with non-stick spray.

2. Cut or tear tortillas into bite sized pieces.

3. Combine meat, stew, and tortillas in a large bowl. Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish. Top with shredded cheese.

4. Cover with foil and bake 30 minutes or until casserole is hot and bubbly. Remove cover and bake for 10 minutes longer. Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes.

5. Enjoy!

Cari’s Pumpkin Bread recipe

Ingredients:

I can pumpkin puree (not pie filling)

4 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

2/3 cup water

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

 1 ½ teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

½ teaspoon ground cloves

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Grease loaf pan (option: use multiple small loaf pans)
2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water, and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until blended. Pour into the prepared pans.

3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven.