Today's adventure

Snowmaggedon? Naw, Snow Paradise!

This weather has been awesome! We have been playing hard here at the Stek household building forts and climbing mountains and exploring vast frozen wastelands. Life couldn't be better. here are some pics from our adventures...

Here is a Chili recipe that we whipped up recently that turned out delish. Enjoy.


Dave's Mom's Chili (w/ my alterations)
ground beef - 1 pound
pork sausage (italian) - 1 pound (2# sweet Italian)
jimmy dean spicy sausage - 1 pound (didn’t use)
chorizo - 1 pound (1/2#)
vegetable oil - 1/4 cup
red beans - one 16 oz. can (I used black)
onions (.5 inch diced) - 1 medium
garlic (fresh chopped) - 6 cloves (I blanched the garlic)
tomato sauce - one 16 oz. can (sub 2 cans o' toms for tomatoes in recipe)
diced tomatoes - one 16 oz. can
beef stock - 4 cups (homemade – no added salts/sugars/colors yadayada)
chili powder - 1.5 tbsp
banana peppers - 2 each (I didn’t use these – red bells instead)
green bell peppers - 2 each
cumin - 1 tbsp.
oregano - 1 tbsp.
basil - 1 tbsp. (used bay leaves instead – fresh – 4 or 5)
allspice - 1 tsp. (heavy tsp – I ground my own with cumin seed so I eyeballed it)
honey - 1/2 cup
salt - to taste
black pepper - to taste
lots of shredded cheddar cheese
oyster crackers or ritz