I don't know what's wrong with me the last few days - I can't stop blogging... OK, I have opened a third food package I received from USA Wellness Meat. I've already expressed my delight with their hot dogs, wrote about the nice eye of round roast the whole family enjoyed and here comes
Forget-the-spices chili
I was so upset, so worked up over personal problems, even the thought of cooking made me cry. I looked up a recipe for chili. Broke into tears. I thought about what Granny does with ground beef. Considered murder-suicide. Finally, I figured, I'll just start throwing sh*t at the pan and something will stick.
I placed 1 lb of 75% fat ground beef into the pan and got it browning. After a few minutes, I tasted the rendered fat. Hey, it's not so bad! Didn't have that oily thing going on. Tasted more like, well, meat broth. Cool. Keep going.
Found a can of Italian tomatoes. Never a bad idea.
Oh, I've got some zucchini squash. I tasted a slice raw. Not bad! I should consider using it in a salad. Sliced it up and threw it in.
5 minutes later I figured, I should consider spices. I tasted it. It was quite good! I had another spoonful. Couldn't think of anything to add... Habitually, I thew a pinch of salt.
Should I add onions? Nah, it tastes great. So I let it reduce for another ten minutes - and there we have it! Forget-the-spices chili.
Don't try this at home - unless you have great ground beef. My conclusion isn't that zucchini makes chili. It's that this ground beef is amazing!
P.S. I don't get paid by those guys - I just love them. :-)
[UPDATE: kids loved it. They cleared pretty substantial portions and asked for more!]
It sounds great! Tell me about the canned tomatoes...I'm not sure what is considered Paleo-friendly and what isn't. Plus, I feel like I read something about not eating tomatoes unless they are stored in glass for some reason...It hasn't stopped me from using them (they are a staple item for most dishes that I make when I am coming up with something twenty minutes AFTER dinner should be done!), but now that I am trying to get serious about this, I guess I should figure out what choices I need to make. If I buy the organic canned tomatoes, is that okay? Is it better? I know that some foods (like avocados...) don't need to be organic, but all of this is so much for me to process! Thanks--and sorry for all of the questions!
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