Rainy Days = Yummy Food

This past Sunday was a rain filled day. Bart and I spent the day at home lounging around. As the season starts to change so does my cooking. I pulled out my Crock Pot, by far one of the best tools in my kitchen. I found a great chili recipe in my Fix It and Forget It- 5 ingredient favorites cookbook.

Here is my interpretation of it, because you never have everything that it calls for in you pantry lol.

Chili Recipe: Cook on High for 6 hours.

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef

2 cans Chili Beans

1 can Kidney Beans

3 cans Stewed Tomatoes ( mine has some peppers with it)

1 can Tomato Paste

1 sweet onion

2 cups water

The great thing about the slow cooker is that I can throw everything in there and then leave lol. Since I had all this time on my hands I made apple crisp. Bart and I had originally planned on going to the apple orchard down the street to pick our apples but the weather changed the plans. I made a wal-mart run for Granny Smith Apples which by the way at $1.67 a pound :( I ended up paying close to $5 for 6 apples.

Here is the Apple Crisp Recipe (allrecipes.com)

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups rolled oats

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups butter

2 quarts peeled, cored and sliced apples

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar. Cut butter into mixture until crumbly. Take half of mixture and pat it into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan. Toss apples with cinnamon(I added this). Cover crumb mixture with apple slices, then sprinkle apple slices with remaining crumb mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until apples are tender.