Hello!!!  How was your day?  Mine actually went okay…  For those of you that don’t know, After I had my baby I decided to go back to work part-time.  Before Marin was born I worked full-time as Director of Clinical Nutrition at a Hospital in Washington, DC, ran my own private practice in the evenings, and worked as a freelance nutrition writer for two local newspapers.  I knew sacrifices would have to be made after I had my daughter.  My husband works very long hours and often works on the weekends.  My family is in Texas, his is in New York… something had give.  I decided to temporarily give up my private practice.  If my husband (Tim) was working (which is often) then who would watch Marin?  Fortunately for me, the hospital was willing to let me work part-time.  So, that’s where I’m at now.  I work at the hospital part-time and write free-lance on the other days (more on that in a later post).  Today Tim had the day off, and I was off to work.  With the weather cooling off, something comforting sounded good for dinner.  

This morning before I left for work I decided to use our slow cooker for dinner. So Chili it was!  It’s a pretty easy recipe I adapted a few years ago.  Here’s what was included.

• 1 onion chopped
• 1 bell pepper chopped
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• olive oil
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 1 large can kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
• 1 large can diced tomatoes w/ green chili (undrained)
• 1 12oz can or bottle light beer
• 1 can low sodium beef broth
• 1 tsp oregano
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon cumin

Drizzle pan with olive oil, saute onion, pepper, & garlic until tender.  Add ground beef.  Add diced tomatoes to mixture.  Transfer mixture to slow cooker.  Add kidney beans, beer, broth, and all spices.  Cook on medium all day.

Final Result!

Sorry for the blurry pic… 

 

The end result came out great!  I’ve always cooked chili in a dutch oven… this way is great!  

Alright… gotta wrap some items of the for evening.

 

Night!

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