Lentil Chili

Nice and thick.  That's how I like my chili.  I loved all the lentils in this.  I don't make lentils enough and I need to start making them more!

I don't remember exactly how much broth I used, I think the recipe that I had called for 6 cups but I know I used less.  Like I said, I like it thick.  :-) 

Lentil Chili

1 lb. ground turkey (or a veggie burger if vegetarian)

5 cups chicken broth

2 cups lentils

1/2 can tomato paste

1 can diced tomatoes

1 large onion, chopped

1 red pepper, chopped

1 1/2 tbsp. chili powder

1 tsp. cumin

1/4 tsp. pepper

1 tsp. garlic powder

Total calories = 1620 calories

10 cups = 162 calories

One Year Ago...

Pumpkin Pie Spiced Butternut Squash

This is linked with:

$5 Dinner Challenge at $5 Dinners
My Meatless Monday at My Sweet and Savory
Your Recipe, My Kitchen at Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker
Just another Meatless Monday at What's for Dinner, Mom?
Midnight Maniac Meatless Monday at Midnight Maniac
Made By You Mondays at Skip to my Lou
Mangia Mondays at Delightfully Dowling
Tuesday at the Table at All The Small Stuff
Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
Hearth & Soul at Mom's Sunday Cafe
Tasty Tidbits at Permanent Posies
Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays at SS & GF
Real Food Wednesday at Kelly the Kitchen Kop
The Mommy Club at Crystal and Co.
Works for me Wednesday at We Are THAT Family
Gluten Free Wednesdays at Gluten Free Homemaker


Calories calculated from calorieking.com. Some numbers are approximate and rounded.

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Menu Plan Monday ~ October 10 - October 16, 2011

So many things to try, so little time!  Fall has gotten me wanting to cook and bake and make all sorts of pumpkin and apple concoctions!!  Hopefully this mood will continue and I will actually MAKE everything that I have planned! (and maybe more!)

Monday: Cashew Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

Tuesday:  Steaks & Sweet Apple Risotto, broccoli

Wednesday: Asian Style Quinoa w/Peas & Carrots & Egg (pineapple)

Thursday: Southwestern Chicken Casserole

Friday: Leftovers, Banana Oat Bars

Saturday: Pumpkin Sloppy Joes w/ Mashed Potatoes

Sunday: Butternut Squash & Apples

This is linked Menu Plan Monday at I'm an Organizing Junkie.

One Year Ago...

Peach Browned Butter Shortbread Bars 

Calories calculated from calorieking.com. Some numbers are approximate and rounded.

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Pansies {or perfect-love} ✿

Adoro amores-perfeitos. É uma flor cujo nome se aplica às minhas filhas. Para o ano vou semeá-los no jardim. Ainda por cima, ficam lindos nas cores que escolhi para o quarto delas - amarelo e roxo. Usei um papel-de-parede para forrar a base que a Carlota usa na secretária. Com uns lindos amores-perfeitos...

I love pansies. In portuguese, they are called "perfect-love", which is a name that totally applies to my little cherished ones... Next year I will plant some in the garden. I love their colours, and they came in yellow and purple quite often, which are the colours that I chose for the girls' bedroom. I used some vintage wallpaper to cover a cardboard that Carlota uses at their desk. With beautiful pansies...

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I love my little doll...

{sweet love}

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Let's play together

Estamos quase a acabar a decoração do quarto. Algumas fotos - ilustrações antigas na parede, as gavetas da secretária que forramos hoje e a arca nova, que funciona como mesa para brincarem ou como o palco da Carlota (adora dançar). Está o verdadeiro quarto de bonecas!

We're almost finishing the girls bedroom makeover. Some photos - the vintage illustrations on their wall, the wallpaper covered drawers of their desk and the painted chest, that works as a table and as a mini stage - Carlota loves to dance. It's becoming a real doll's room! :)

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Spring Roses

Freshly cut; waiting to go into the house.

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Maple Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies - Crazy Cooking Club

So this month's theme for the Crazy Cooking Challenge is Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Pretty simple, right?

Well, do you know how many different kinds of chocolate chip cookie recipes there are? 

A lot.

I was trying to find something that I hadn't made before, something different. 

Bacon always works in a pinch. So bacon it was.

I certainly won't win any awards for the most beautiful cookie.  They didn't turn out very pretty.  But, with some patience, they turned out to be my new favorite cookie.

Don't eat these straight out of the oven. 

Let them cool.  I know, it will be hard but it will be worth it. 

I ate one right out of the oven and thought it was just okay, I didn't get the flavors too well.  By the end of the day though? Oh my oh my! They were superb. You could taste the bacon with hint of maple and it all came together perfectly. 

Seriously, my new favorite cookie.  :-)

Make them and they just might be yours too!

Maple Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Adapted from Noble Pig


1/2 pack of smoked bacon (she used maple, I didn't)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
3/4 teaspoon maple extract
2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (next time I'll use pecans)


Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until browned and cooked through. Drain on a paper-towel lined plate and chop finely.


In a medium bowl whisk flour, baking soda and salt.


In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars; about three minutes. Add egg and maple extract and beat until just blended. Add the dry ingredients; beat until just incorporated and the flour is dissolved. Stir in the chocolate chips, walnuts and bacon.


Drop one large Tablespoon of cookie dough 2-3 inches apart. Make sure you only do about 6 cookies on a sheet. If they spread and touch each other, you will have a mess. Bake 10-12 minutes in a 350 degree oven only until the edges are brown and slightly soft in the center. Let them finish cooking out of the oven, on the pan. The edges will get too dark if you leave them in the oven. Transfer to a wire rack and let completely cool.

This is linked with Sweet as Sugar Cookies; Sweet for a Saturday
Made by you Monday at Skip to my Lou
Ingredient Spotlight: Bacon at Eat at Home

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