Chicken Chili

"That sounds GROSS," said Andrew.

Turns out, it's quite possibly going to be the winner of the upcoming chili cook-off that we're participating in next week.

Ingredients:2-13 oz. cans chicken
1 can white beans
1 can white beans with jalapenos
1 can kidney beans
15 oz. salsa
2-12 oz. cans chicken broth
1 tablespoon ground red pepper OR cumin

Mix together and heat.
Serve with tortilla chips.

The Real Scoop
by Andrew
You can use tortilla chips as a scoop for the chili, or you can crush them on top.  If you do that, they get mushy fast, though.  Just use them as a scoop.  Trust me.  This is very good chili even without the chips.

Applesauce Recipe

The sugar amounts are just guidelines, depending your taste, and on the sweetness of your apples, use less or more. If you use less sugar, you'll likely want to use less lemon juice. The lemon juice brightens the flavor of the apples and balances the sweetness.

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 lbs of peeled, cored, and quartered apples. (Make sure you use a good cooking apple like Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Fuji, Jonathan, Mcintosh, or Gravenstein.)
• Juice of one lemon, about 3-4 Tbsp
• 2 Tbsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar
• up to 1/4 cup of white sugar
• 1 cup of water
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt

Preparation

1. Put all ingredients into a large pot. Cover. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
2. Remove from heat.  Mash with potato masher.
Ready to serve, either hot or refrigerated. Delicious with vanilla ice cream or cottage cheese.
Freezes easily, lasts up to one year.

Yield: Makes about 1 1/2 quarts.