clearing out the pantry. . .

We are having work done at the house and we really need to clear the pantry as close to "0" as possible

This is what I put together for dinner tonight and it was very good!

Hobo oven chili

1 small can kidney beans (drained)
1 medium can stewed tomatoes
1 small can black beans (drained)
1 medium onion (I used a red onion)
1/4 c chili powder
1 tsp garlic powder
2 pounds ground meat (I used Morningstar Farms)
3 cups frozen hash browns
1 pound mozarella cheese, shredded
3 slices bacon

In a large skillet cut bacon into 1" pieces and begin to brown. As the skillet sizzles and the bacon begins to glisten drop in the onion and stir until the onion begins soften.

In a separate bowl toss together your cheese and hashbrowns and set aside.

To the mixture on the stove add the meat. When it is well browned add the beans and tomatoes. Stir. Add the chili and garlic powder--salt and pepper if you want it.

Cook until it is heated through and bubbly. Remove from heat and spoon this mixture into a backing dish. I used a cake pan. On top of your hobo chili top with the hashbrown and cheese mixture...for extra yum add some french fried onions on top.

Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes

I served this with cornbread and steamed green beans seasoned with peppered bacon.
I was asked to make it again....

Where did all the fiber go?

Highest Fiber Vegetables
Avocado
Beans
Broccoli*
Brussels sprouts*
Cabbage*
Carrot
Chick Peas/Garbanzo Beans
Eggplant
Greens -- collards, kale, turnip greens*
Lima beans
Mushrooms
Potato with skin
Pumpkin, canned
Peas -- black-eyed peas, green peas
Peppers
Rhubarb
Spinach*
Sweet Potatoes

Highest Fiber Fruits
Apples
Avocado
Bananas
Berries -- Blueberies, Blackberries, Raspberries, etc.
Dried Fruits -- Figs, Raisins, Apricots, Dates, etc.
Guava
Kiwi
Orange
Pears
Prunes

Twenty pages of wonderful nutritional instruction from the United States webpage: www.usa.gov

http://www.womenshealth.gov/pub/the-healthy-woman/nutrition.pdf

Fajita Burritos

Tonight it was a mix of veggies and sauce. Here is what I put together:

I placed a cake pan on a cookie sheet. In a cake pan I placed 4 chicken breasts (bone in)and 1/2 cup water and covered the pan tightly with foil. I placed it in the oven at 425 degrees for 45 minutes.

I took the pan out and placed it to the side.

I placed the following in a common bowl to be added later

cut 3 medium sized brown onion in sections

2 red sweet bell peppers in long strips
1 green bell pepper in long strips
1 carton sliced raw mushrooms


In a large cast iron skillet I turned the heat on high and allowed the skillet to get hot before putting anything in it.

I placed 1 can of RoTel tomatoes with cilantro and lime in the skillet

Next I added 1 small can of sweet diced green chilies

I let the liquid in these reduce.

To this I added 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon dry red pepper flakes
skant amount a seasoned black pepper
Stir thoroughly

Add to this 3/4 cup White Zinfindel wine

Stir thoroughly

As the wine bubbles and slightly reduces begin adding the vegetables from the common bowl

Take two of the chicken breasts and remove the meat from the bone and cut in cubes
Stir into the hot vegetable mixture on the stove. Stir until the onion begins to glisten

Turn into burrito sized flour tortillas
Add cheese and salsa if you like............I like 'em plain in the tortilla. My husband dresses 'em up with 1/4 cup jack cheese and green chile salsa........Either way these are really good.