Turkey Chipotle Chili

This Chili is so good. You can adjust the spicyness by adding more or less adobos or eliminating them all together. We like to have pepper jack cheese and corn bread muffins with the chili! Enjoy!!
Ingredients

* 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, corn oil or vegetable oil
* 2 pounds ground turkey breast
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 3 cloves garlic, chopped
* 1 rounded tablespoon chili powder, a palm full
* 2 chipotles in adobo, chopped, found on Spanish/Mexican foods aisle or, 1/2 cup hot chipotle salsa may be substituted
* Salt
* 1 cup Mexican beer
* 2 cups chicken stock
* 1 (28-ounce) can chopped stewed tomatoes
* 1 can red kidney beans, drained
* 1 (8 1/2-ounce) package corn muffin mix (recommended: Jiffy Mix) prepared to directions on box for corn bread muffins
* 1 1/2 cups shredded pepper jack cheese, 8 ounces


Directions

Heat deep skillet or wide pot over medium high heat. Add oil and turkey. Crumble meat as it cooks, 3 minutes. Add the onions and garlic, chili powder, and chipotle. Cook another 5 minutes. Season with salt. Add beer and cook another minute, stirring to loosen any bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the stock, tomatoes, and beans and bring to a bubble. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.

Donut Muffins

Donut Muffins (makes 18 mini muffins)
I got this recipe from http://smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup milk (soy milk works nicely too!)
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and grease a mini-muffin tin, set aside. Mix up the 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter and nutmeg in a large bowl. Then, add in the milk, baking powder and flour until just combined. Fill muffin tins about 3/4 full and bake for 15-20 minutes.

During baking get your cinnamon-sugar topping mixed up! Melt 1/4 cup butter in a small bowl and then in a separate bowl mix together the cinnamon and sugar. When the muffins are done, remove them from the pan. Dip the tops in the melter butter and then roll the WHOLE muffin in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Let cool and then try not to pig out too badly!!

Minestrone Soup

Minestrone Soup
I got this recipe from www.cookingoncloverlane.com

4 TBS butter
1 medium chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1 (19 oz) can of cannellini beans
1/2 shredded cabbage
1 (14 oz.) can stewed tomatoes
1 TBS tomato paste
11/2 cup cubed potatoes
2 quarts vegetable broth
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 TBS dried parsley
1/2 cup elbow macaroni
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1. Melt butter in a heavy stock pot over medium heat. Add onion and carrots; saute for a few minutes.
2. Add beans, cabbage, tomatoes, tomato paste, potato, stock, garlic, parsley to the pot. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat.
3. Simmer for abou 1 hour until vegetables are barely tender.
4. Add pasta and simmer for 30 minutes more.
5. Serve hot with grated cheese.