Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Simple Granola Treat

This is so simple!

I love Aldi so I got a bag of trail mix there for under $5.00, it has rasins, cranberries, chocolate, almonds, peanuts, and salt.

I put about 2 cups of that into a bowl, added about a cup of warm peanut butter (warm because its easier to mix), one scoop of chocolate whey protein mix, and a bowl of oatmeal (I had rolled oats so I cooked them with some water and then drained it and added it to the mix).

Mix it all together and yum :) I pressed mine out on a cookie sheet and put it in the fridge for an hour to let it harden.




Next time I will probably add honey to make the bars mix together better or I will try a different recipe. But this tastes so good I don't care that its like a crumble....it would be good heated up and put on ice cream (not healthy but good!) 

Spicy beef-free chili

This is not vegetarian because it has ground turkey in it. But I'm sure you could add more beans and skip the meat.

Recipe.....*The way I cook is by taste so some ingredients have no measurements, remember its better to add less and need a little more than to add too much.

So I got ground turkey at Aldi for $2.99, cooked it in a frying pan
Then I put a can of diced tomatoes, a can of tomato soup, a can of red kidney beans, a chili seasoning packet, extra oregano, extra basil, cracked black pepper, and finally 2 plops of siracha that looks like this.....(its hot!)

After the meat is done cooking I added it to the pot with all the good stuff and put it over medium heat for a few minutes. While over the heat I tasted it and found it was too spicy so I added 3 tablespoons of sugar.



A few minutes later it started to bubble so I changed it to low heat. Once the hubby got home it was time to try it out. He had his in a bowl and said it was spicy. I had mine over a bowl of lettuce and put Greek yogurt on top and it was perfect.

This meal cost me maybe $6.00 a few more if you count the lettuce and yogurt. So good and so cheap. We had a snow day today so this was winter comfort food but you could also have this in the summer, it would be great on a hot dog.





I am a photographer but when it comes to food I never take good photos.....why? Well I don't keep my good camera in the kitchen and I never remember to take photos of the food while I cook it. When I re-do my kitchen I will have to get some under cabinet lighting and have a little set up for food-tography.