No rise Beer Bread...Super Easy!

As promised, Here is the recipe for the Beer Bread. The recipe uses no yeast, hence the beer. You can whip this up in 5 minutes. The cook time is an hour and you can slice it while it is still warm.

Crusty no-knead Bread Yummy!

So, I made 2 loaves of this, and 2 loaves of Beer Bread for the annual Halloween Party and they ate all of it!  The first time I made it, I used self rising flour by mistake - epic fail!  You have to use all purpose or bread flour.

Here is the recipe:

Mom's Super Easy Chili

Homemade Chili is probably the 1st thing Mom taught me to cook. Most of her recipes were quite simple...When you are feeding 11 people every day, you have to be able to stretch those dollars and also save time. I made this meal for my family for a little over six dollars.  I know there are tons of Chili recipes out there with all kinds of different ingredients and types of meat, but this recipe has always been a real crowd pleaser, and I always get compliments!

I also made the yummy beer bread which set me back a little over a dollar!  I will be posting this recipe up too!

Chili:

Prep time - 5 minutes

Cook time - 30 to 45 minutes

1 Lb. Ground Beef

2 - 15 oz. cans tomatoes

(I use the diced, but you can get the whole tomatoes and put them in the blender or use a stick blender right in the can)

2 - 15 oz. cans of chili beans

1 small onion

Cumin, Cilantro, Salt, Pepper

Brown your ground beef.  Chop the onion, add to the pot and cook for about 5 minutes.  Add the tomatoes and beans.  Season to your taste with Cumin, Cilantro, Salt & Pepper (probably about a teaspoon of each to start).  Simmer for about 30 Minutes.

I bought the ground beef in the 3 lb. chub and cut it into 3/1 lb. hunks and froze the other 2, so 2.66 for the meat.  My local market had all of their canned goods on sale for .68, so I stocked up on those and used 4 of them - 2.72.  I got 6 onions for .99 on the produce managers special rack and used 1 - .17.  The bread cost me about 1.29 and we used 1/2 of it, so - .65.  Total for meal - $6.20 and I have leftovers.

Shirley's Famous Potato Salad

When my family does Thanksgiving, there are 5 phases of eating...Appetizers, main course, dessert, sandwiches, then more dessert. It truly is an eating marathon!

 The sandwich course would not be complete without my Mom's famous potato salad. The recipe is so simple that it really still surprises me that people say it's "The best potato salad they have ever eaten". The photographer from my grandson's 1st Birthday party even mentioned it in her blog:

" I absolutely LOVED all of the decorations, and the food was fabulous ... from "Donald & Daisy's Delicious Desserts" to "Hot-Diggity Bar-B Dogs" & "Pluto's Pizza"... and the best potato salad I have ever had ... hands down!"

Stephanie (LIFEShots Photography) did a great job including the photo of the potato salad above.

Here is the post from LIFEShots Photography's Blog

Ok, so back to the recipe...here it is:


5 Lbs. Red Potatoes

1 Dozen Eggs

1 Small Onion

1 Jar Mayo

Salt & Pepper

Boil the potatoes (whole) until firm-tender (you don’t want them to overcook, or they will get mushy).  Remove from pot to a cookie sheet lined with paper towels to cool.  Hard boil the eggs.  When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel the skin off and dice into around ½ in. cubes.  Peel the eggs and chop them up into the same bowl.  Chop the onion finely and add to bowl.  Add salt & pepper to your personal taste.  Add the entire jar of Mayo in and mix it up with your freshly washed hands.  Refrigerate.

Note: Sometimes I will have to add a little extra mayo.