{"id":115689,"date":"2021-07-22T14:25:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=115689"},"modified":"2021-07-22T14:14:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T18:14:51","slug":"thursdays-are-for-cooking-136","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=115689","title":{"rendered":"Thursdays Are For Cooking&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-81473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onion-and-garlic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onion-and-garlic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onion-and-garlic-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onion-and-garlic-444x333.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Onion-and-garlic-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This comes to us from Delish. It may be the heart of summer, but a slow cooker meal is likely to be far preferable to sweating over a hot stove in the kitchen. If you prep most of the stuff the night before, it will be ready to go in the AM and take that burden off of you. And after all, isn&#8217;t summer time that time of year when the livin&#8217; is easy? Turn on the sprinkler so the grandkids can run back and forth through it, get someone to make that 7-later salad I posed a while back, and enjoy the summer day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slow Cooker Beef Chili<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 lb. \u00a0ground beef<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00a0large onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp. \u00a0tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>2 \u00a0(15-oz.) cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00a0(28-oz.) can crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 c. beer (or water)<\/li>\n<li>4 \u00a0cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp. chili powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. \u00a0ground cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp. paprika<\/li>\n<li>Pinch cayenne pepper (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>Freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>Shredded cheddar, for serving (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Fritos, for serving (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Thinly sliced green onions, for serving (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and onion and\u00a0cook until meat is browned all over, about 4 minutes. (It doesn\u2019t need to cook all the way through!) Drain fat, then stir in tomato paste.<\/li>\n<li>In a large slow cooker, combine beef mixture, kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, beer, garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano, paprika, and cayenne. Season with salt and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Cook on low for 6 hours, and up\u00a0to 8 hours. (The longer it&#8217;s in the slow-cooker, the more flavor it gets.)<\/li>\n<li>Taste for seasonings. Serve warm with cheese, Fritos, and green onions, if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You might want to add some roasted ear corn, fresh cornbread, taco chips or corn chips and cut up veggies to the menu on your table, too.<\/p>\n<p>Bon appetit, and stay out of the rain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comes to us from Delish. 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