{"id":4953,"date":"2012-10-26T08:33:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2012-10-26T08:33:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:33:06","slug":"beef-bean-and-beer-chili-for-frito-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/26\/beef-bean-and-beer-chili-for-frito-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Beef, Bean and Beer Chili for Frito Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goodness, blogging has certainly taken a back seat to mothering lately! \u00a0As it should, of course. \u00a0I kind of feel like I’ve fallen off the face of the earth in some ways, though. \u00a0I am beat. \u00a0I have permanent dark circles under my eyes and I can’t always form complete and comprehensible thoughts. \u00a0I almost always feel foggy headed. \u00a0And I hear this doesn’t get any better as your children get older…<\/p>\n

Baby Betsy is 7 weeks old now and we are all alive, which is really saying something. \u00a0If you want more details, then check this out<\/a>. \u00a0We love our sweet girl and are so very blessed to have our two beautiful and healthy babies.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago we had a group of friends and family at our house to watch an Aggie game. \u00a0We’d planned on grilling, but with rain chances that day being 100% we decided to make chili and have Frito pie instead. \u00a0It ended up only raining in the morning, so we could have grilled, but I am glad we changed our plans. \u00a0Chili and football just go together, don’t you think? \u00a0Now if only we could have a football Saturday under 80 degrees. \u00a0I am so ready for that.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know about you, but when I decide to make something I rarely get to say, “I have the best recipe for _____!”. \u00a0I start searching around online and in my cookbooks for a new recipe. \u00a0I don’t know how many times I’ve made chili, but except for this chicken chili<\/a>, I have never used the same recipe twice. \u00a0I can stop searching. \u00a0I can print a hard copy of this recipe and put it with my keepers. \u00a0Thanks Jimmy Fallon and Martha<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The recipe for Jimmy Fallon’s chili is made in a crock pot. \u00a0I made it in a big stock pot since I was making 1 1\/2 times the recipe and my crock pot isn’t big enough. \u00a0(And I needed my crock pot to make a batch of Velveeta and Rotel queso!) \u00a0And honestly, if you’re already getting a skillet dirty I don’t see the point in moving everything to the crock pot and getting that dirty too. \u00a0I guess the “set it and forget it” aspect is nice, but there is enough prep work that I don’t think it would be that helpful. \u00a0I did everything in one pot and that meant fewer dishes to clean which made my husband happy. \u00a0And that is good.<\/p>\n

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Beef and Bean Chili<\/h2>\n

From Martha Stewart courtesy of Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n

Feeds 12 generously<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n