The New Year + What is up

How was everyone's New Years? For those of you that follow me on twitter(and you all should, because I am ridiculous) know that we went to Green Bay Wisconsin for a Green Bay Packers Game!!!

It was surreal *for Packer fans at least* and we had a blast!

 My face was soo cold! But it was soo much fun :)

 So sad we wont see another one of those this year! but GO PACK GO!!

This month was Serbian Christmas(also Ukrainian for my Ukrainian friends) and I had another two Christmas dinners. So that would bring the total to 5 Christmas dinners this year! I am done!

Now to the question I know you are all asking "Where is the new blog Destini?" EEKKK gosh you guy's are right! I had the planned date launch January 1st, 2012 (new year, new blog, new twitter id, NEW EVERYTHING). Problem? I wasn't even here! I was 1182.4km(734miles for my Americans loves) away from home! When I picked that magical date I honestly didn't look at the whole picture. But now I know you're all asking "Well you are back now.....where is the blog Destini?" ACK you guys just get right down to the point. And you are also right again (2 gold stars for you), and here is the honest truth. I have never used wordpress till now. Which is weird since I used to design websites! Used to being the key word in that sentence. but needless to say I went to school for this. But I always used other content management systems for businesses. Never made "wordpress" my specialty. That being said, the blog is almost done. I just have some minor coding to get finished and we are good to go. Which is a good thing as I have a lot of recipes to share!!!

I am looking at February 1st as a launch date! So I hope to see all you over there and hopefully some new friends too!! Will also have a fantastic giveaway!!

This is just my update!!! Back to work I go :)

Super Bowl Insanity

This past Sunday was of course the Super Bowl. Now in my house this is HUGE! Even more so since my fiancés favorite team is the Green Bay Packers! As tradition would dictate I would be making Chili and other snack foods for a bunch of football fans.

Normally I would be making a very healthy dish of chili if this was a normal day. But I spoiled my fiancé and made some that wasn’t so much. However healthy substitutes can be easily made!

1lb Extra Lean Ground Beef

1lb Hot Italian Sausage

4 (15oz) cans chili beans, drained

2 (28oz) cans diced tomatoes with juice

1 (6oz) can of tomato paste

1 large yellow onion, chopped

3 stalks celery, chopped

1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped

1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped

2 green chili peppers, seeded and chopped

4 cubes beef bouillon

½ cup beer

¼ cup chili power

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1 tablespoon dried oregano

2 teaspoons ground cumin

2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce

1 teaspoon dried basil

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon sugar

Process:

1 Heat a large stock pot over medium heat. Brown ground beef and sausage. Drain any excess grease.

2. Pour in chili beans, diced tomatoes and tomato paste

3. Add onion, celery, green and red bell peppers, chili peppers, bouillon and beer.

4. Season with chili power, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, oregano, cumin, hot pepper sauce, basil, salt, pepper, cayenne, paprika and sugar. Simmer on low eat for at least 2 hours. 

5. After two hours I will taste and adjust for spices if needed. I then let it cook another hour. The longer it simmers the better it tastes. I always make this the day before so it sits all night in the refrigerator.

Just reheat on stove the next day on low.  Serve with buns.

The boys LOVED it!

Now we had many sides, one which was Restaurant-Style Buffalo Chicken Wings. I baked these instead of deep frying them. I may be letting my fiancé cheat a little....but that was just TOO much. The boys seemed to really enjoy these as well.

We also had Guacamole I made. This recipe is great!!

On top of all that we had some smoked dried homemade meat my fiance's father makes, it's delish! We also had 3 year old cheddar cheese and crackers. As well as salmon slices, salsa and I think that's everything???? All I know is I have soo much food left over!!

And for the big game that inspired all this food.....well that was a HUGE WIN FOR THE PACKERS! Good job boys :)