A few months back, I took a trip to my friend's Pennsylvania vacation house. Since I love to cook, I usually do all the cooking during our stays. This time, my girlfriend's sister asked if she could make a dish for dinner, in which I obliged. She said that she was going to make vegetarian chili. My first thought was that this dish was not going to turn out good. I was totally wrong. I would have never guessed that this would be one of the best chili dishes I had ever eaten. I asked her for the recipe and have made this chili on numerous occasions. I hope you enjoy!
Vegetarian Chili
1 can of black beans (drained)
1 can of white beans (drained)
1 can of kidney beans (drained)
1 can of corn (drained)
1 can of bush's baked beans
2 cans of stewed tomatoes
1 large pepper or 2 small\medium peppers (red, orange or yellow are best)
1 onion
2 jalapenos
chili powder
red pepper flakes
garlic salt (or minced garlic)
cumin
cayenne pepper
frank red hot sauce
-In a large pot, fry chopped onion in oil
-Add all cans & stir (stewed tomatoes first, and baked beans last; you can drain 1 can of stewed tomatoes to make it less watery)
-Add peppers (if you want the pepper to be mushy add with onions, add after cans have been stewing a bit if you want them crispier)
-Add spices to taste
-Let stew about 30-50 minutes
-Let stand for 20 minutes to thicken
Add shredded cheddar when serving.
You can also add about 1 - 1.5 lb of ground beef or turkey.
Vocabulary
vacation - noun - a time when you take off from work and school to relax
stay - noun - a place you visit for a short a mount of time
dish - noun - a type of food
obliged - verb - to do (say yes) with kindness
vegetarian - noun - a person who does not eat meat
numerous - adjective - having done a lot
stew - verb - slowly boil
stand - verb - to take something that is cooking off of the heat
Cloze Sentences
My ________ was for two weeks when visiting Ireland.
Let the tomato sauce ________ on the open fire.
I _______ with his request for a day off.
My sister will not eat that steak, she is a _________.
What _________would you like me to bring over for Thanksgiving?
Take the tomato sauce off the open fire and let it __________ for 15 minutes.
I am taking off of work and going on a ___________.
I have played that video game __________ times.
Grammar Point
Write 3 sentences with exclamation points. Explain why you used them.
