Oh that chili sounds YUMMYY!!! It's funny...it was looking at crock pots this weekend, but ended up not getting it. Shoot...i should have!

I love my crock pot!

Thanks for the recipe! Sounds awesome! I am going to make it for my annual fall potluck at work next Friday! I think I will also make Jenn's pumpkin cornbread muffins to go with it....yummmmm!!!

Ooohh, pumpkin cornbread muffins? That sounds amazing!

They are so good! We will have to get her to post the recipe. I know she sent it to me last year so I will see if it's in an inbox somewhere. They are awesome!

OMG! Pumpkin cornbread muffins!!!!

2 cups butternut squash diced

is this uncooked squash? i just cooked a butternut squash last night but i do have another sitting around and sat temps of 58 mean chili

i will try to find the recipe on the site or i have it at home in my box for the bread, found it on tasty kitchen i think



http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/pumpkin-cornbread/

i think its this one... but let me or lindsay check before you go making it cause the one i have is so yummy!

Ok ladies have at the corn bread, that's the right one.

jbealer wrote:

2 cups butternut squash diced

is this uncooked squash? i just cooked a butternut squash last night but i do have another sitting around and sat temps of 58 mean chili

I throw it in uncooked, but I honestly don't think it would matter too much. I wish the high on Saturday would be 58 here...

Oh now were looking at 53 on sat, will we turn the heat on I wonder... yep going to the store fri night to get everything to make ur chili sat morn. Kens even down for trying it! I had him try the butternut squash last night and he liked it! Told him it was like a sweet potato


What kind of apple? I was thinking granny smith...

I just use whatever kind of apples I have on hand at the time. Don't think I've done granny smith yet, but it sounds good.

Well done on getting Ken to eat the squash!

so with a high of i think 38 on sat i got up early and made Meredith's chili, it was tasty!! ken even enjoyed it, paired well with our corn bread. up next is a chicken chili, so i hope to now have 3 in our winter rotation the only bitch was cutting up the 2 cups of squash, that shits hard on a uncooked squash, trying to cut it from the skin. then i go to costco that afternoon and there is a container of cut raw squash!!! sure it was more but the time it would have saved.....

jbealer wrote:

the only bitch was cutting up the 2 cups of squash, that shits hard on a uncooked squash, trying to cut it from the skin. then i go to costco that afternoon and there is a container of cut raw squash!!! sure it was more but the time it would have saved.....

God, that is such a pain in the ass! I've seen the precut stuff at Wal Mart, but I seriously try not to buy produce and meat from them. Publix is so much better, but I haven't seen pre cut squash there.

Glad you guys liked it! It's still kind of warm here, but I'm seriously thinking about making a batch...

Anyone with ideas where to get ground bison/buffalo? I've been dying to make chili with that in it.. mmmm

you might be able to find some at the Commissary. When I was flying in and out of Travis AFB so much, we could always find it in their Commissary and we'd have bison burgers and steaks all the time.

I'll have to check the AFA since the commissary sucks.. I'll do that on my way home from Jarod's surgery tomorrow(wisdom teeth)! If not I'd think Whole Foods, right? I saw bison or buffalo brats at Costco.. almost died mmm!!

Ooooh, buffalo brats?! I need to find a Costco...

Good luck with the wisdom teeth.

He's going to be a big baby and whine about the pain and I'm just going to shave ice cream and pain meds down his throat and tell him to shut the eff up. Such a loving wife I am...

Wow, I hope Aaron is a little more caring than that if I wind up having ankle surgery in the near future...

Are they at least going to knock him out? When the Navy did mine 10 years ago I was wide awake, and it was one of the worst experiences ever.

Heatherlee wrote:

Anyone with ideas where to get ground bison/buffalo? I've been dying to make chili with that in it.. mmmm

COSTCO!

Hmm, I haven't seen ground buffalo/bison at our local Costco but I've seen it at our local commissary.

http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/spaghetti-squash-with-grilled-chicken-and-sun-dried-tomatoes/
this is super tasty!


i also made up my own meal! yes i did!!!!
i used a package of this, go to site get a coupon.
http://www.johnsonville.com/products/chicken-sausage-3-cheese.html
i used half of a baked spaghetti squash
and a few spoonfuls of sun-dried tomatoes
couple shakes of dried minced garlic, was to lazy to use fresh
and about 3/4's of a can of chicken broth cause its what i had left from another recipe.

baked the squash
cooked up the sausage added the tomatoes and garlic with the broth then cooked and added the squash for the last 10 min or so. did it all on med heat. i enjoyed it and feel free to add what ever you want to it.

Ok, so after my debacle with spaghetti squash a few weeks ago, I decided to give it another go after chatting with a couple of you about proper cooking techniques. Would have thought my mom, the middle school foods teacher wouldn't screw something like that up, but I really should have known better after eating her cooking for the last 30 years...

Anyway, ran a search on the website where Jenn's pumpkin cornbread came from, and found this:

http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/special-dietary-needs/vegetarian/southwestern-stuffed-spaghetti-squash/

It was excellent, but probably more work than I was capable of at this point (long story for another post). I ran it through weight watchers and it said 17 points per serving, which I have to call bullsh*t on because it's mostly 0 point veggies.

Spaghetti squash = win for the night

ok Meredith, here is the break down of that Recipe and why its 17 points.
the squash is acting as a Carb,/starch even though its a veggie
the olive oil, can you use less?
the salt, can you use the light salt?
black beans, either a starch or a protein (a protein if paired with a grain (fresh whole corn))
and the cup of cheese, can you use less or the reduced fat cheese.

this sounds super tasty and im gonna have to try it. maybe instead of it making 2 servings you break it into 3-4 servings and pair it with a salad
thanks for sharing

I was just about to search for this thread! How funny.

Meredith, I want to make your chili tonight, but I don't have a crock pot. Do you think making it in a regular pot will work? The only reason it needs to cook that long is because of the butternut squash, right? How about if I boil it before? I've never cooked anything with squash