Hi Everyone- Welcome to the Super Bowl Sunday and more importantly Netroots for the Troops edition of Soupin It Up with Sped. Since it is Super Bowl Sunday tonight I'll be sharing more chili recipes as chili and snowy Super Bowl Sundays make a nice fit IMHO.
Tonight is also a Netroots for the Troops Soup-a-thon: For every soup recipe posted in tonight's diary I will donate $.05 to Netroots for the Troops! Feel free to make a pledge of your own. And if you can't afford to, post a few recipes- poke the REC button over there others get involved and most importantly ...have fun!
Chili Con Carne
Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 can black beans, drained
1 can pinto beans, drained
1 can cannellini, drained
1 15 oz can tomato sauce
6 roma tomatoes, diced
1 15 oz can green chiles
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 medium jalapeno, seeded and minced
1 large onion, chopped
2 Tbsp. olive oil
3 Tbsp. chili powder
1 and 1/2 Tbsp. brown sugar
3 tsp. dried oregano
2 and 1/2 Tbsp. ground cumin
1/8 tsp. ground allspice
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
Directions
- Place oil in a large stockpot and heat to medium heat. Add ground beef, and cook with stirring until the meat just loses its red color.
- Add green chiles, garlic, red bell pepper, jalapeno, and onion to the meat. Saute until the onions are translucent.
- Stir in chili powder, brown sugar, oregano, cumin, allspice, and cloves, Add tomatoes and tomato sauce. Simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
- Add black beans, pinto beans, and cannellini. Cook for an additional 20 minutes.
Vegetarian Chili
Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
8 large garlic cloves, chopped
2 19 oz. cans red kidney beans
2 19 oz. cans dark red kidney beans
1 envelope taco seasoning or 1/4 cup taco seasoning
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 15oz can tomato sauce
3 CUPS vegetable broth
1 6oz can tomato paste
Directions
- Heat oil in heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic. Saute about 8 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- Add beans, taco seasoning, basil, oregano, and thyme. Stir 2 minutes.
- Mix in tomato sauce, chicken broth and tomato paste. Simmer until thickened to desired consistency, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking, about 1 and a half hours. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until cold then reheat over low when ready to serve.
Seafood Chili
4 Tablespoons olive oil
2 cups chopped onion
2 leeks, white part only, chopped
10 garlic cloves, minced
5 Teaspoon dried oregano
7 plum tomatoes, diced
16 oz clam juice
2 Cups dry red wine
1/2 cup chili powder
5 Teaspoon toasted cumin seed
1 Tablespoon salt
1 Teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 medium red bell peppers, chopped
12 Littleneck clams
12 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
1 1/2 pound grouper cut into 1 inch pieces
12 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
3/4 pound Bay scallops
Fresh cilantro for serving
Seafood Chili Recipe Directions
- Heat oil in heavy saucepan over low heat. Add onions and leeks. Cover and cook until tender, usually about 15 minutes.
- Add garlic and oregano, and cook another 10 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, breaking up large pieces with a spatula.
- Stir in the clam juice, wine, chili powder, cumin, salt and cayenne. Slowly bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered for 1 hour.
- Add bell peppers and simmer for 20 minutes. Refrigerate overnight.
- Bring sauce to a boil. Reduce heat to a brisk simmer. Add clams and mussels. Cover and cook until shellfish open, approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
- Discard any shellfish that do not open. Gently stir in grouper and shrimp. Cover and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Add scallops. Cover and simmer until fish is just opaque, about 3 minutes.
9.Top with cilantro and serve.
Three Bean Chili
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 medium onions, chopped
1 medium red pepper, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 large jalapeno pepper (seeded, de-veined and chopped)
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup beer
2 16 oz. cans diced tomatoes
1 14 oz. can black beans
1 16 oz. can dark red kidney beans
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1 can vegetarian refried beans with chiles
Directions
- In a large pot, add olive oil and warm over medium heat.
- Add onion, peppers, and garlic. Saute for 5 minutes or until softened.
- Add beer and stir well.
- Add tomatoes, black beans and kidney beans, stirring well to combine.
- Add cumin, chili powder, hot sauce and salt.
- Stir in refried beans to thicken chili. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
Our goal for Netroots For The Troops 2010 is $100,000.00 (cash or in-kind donations).
Our primary goal with NFTT is assembling Care Packages at Netroots Nation. However, occasionally there arises a need beyond those deployed. Maybe a veteran and his family caught between a need and red tape. llbear et al has shown us several times this year. So as we rises funds this year keep in mind that your donation may very well be helping a veteran in need here at home or help those deployed feel they're remembered here at home.
We realize that you would like to donate something tangible to go inside the packages that will be mailed to the troops. Unfortunately, accepting in-kind donations from individuals is not practical in terms of storage and handling of the items. We will only be accepting corporate donations or cash from YOU to purchase items for the care packages this year.
Here’s how YOU can help:
- Please contact TexDem if you know someone who might be helpful in securing the corporate in-kind donations. To help you think of companies who could donate products, see below* for a list of potential items. Put your thinking caps on and let us hear from you. It takes time to get through the corporate processes so we need to hear from you ASAP!
- We are accepting cash from individuals and
beg ask that you DONATE HERE to contribute to this worthy cause. Your donation will enable us to purchase the things that we are unable to obtain through corporate donations, and will help to pay the costs of shipping them to our troops. This year your donations will be tax deductible, thanks to Netroots Nation and their partner Netroots Arts and Education Initiative, a California 501(c)3 corporation.
- Sign up for a diary! Don’t worry---we’ve made it easy for you. We’ve got a template set up, and all you need to do is add a small introduction telling us why you are donating, sharing a story of someone you know who has served or is serving, or any other thing you want to share that might help motivate others to donate.
- Do you know a service member who would like to receive a care package? Email a request to: NFTT.request@gmail.com before June 30 2010.
Please include all of the following information. Unfortunately we will not be able to process any incomplete requests:
Rank:
Last name:
First name:
APO Address Line 1:
APO Address Line 2:
APO Address Zip:
- Write letters to be included in the packages! If you need some ideas, rbutters wrote an excellent diary with tips on how to write letters to troops and why it’s so important to them.
- Help us assemble the packages in Las Vegas. It's fun! More information will be forthcoming for those of you who are going to be in Las Vegas and would like to help there.
- Please consider joining the NFTT FaceBook Group. Invite your FaceBook and non-FaceBook friends.
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The goal for 2010 is 600 Care Packages assembled in Las Vegas, that equates to approximately $100,000.00. Again this was decided upon after seeing we could assemble 300 in 45 minutes in Pittsburgh. The items we'll be sending will be comparable to what was sent last year. However, that list is subject to modification based on suggestions, request and needs. Last year's boxes had a retail value of about $210.00. Btw, check out the NFTT website.
*The following list contains some of the things we have included in packages. Please let us know if you know someone who might be helpful in securing these corporate in-kind donations. (Please DO NOT send these items yourself! We have no way to accept them. Instead, your cash donation is the very best way to help make this happen on the ground in Las Vegas.)
- Baby wipes
- Mechanix gloves
- LED flashlights
- Gel shoe insoles
- Goop Cleaning Gel
- Powdered energy drinks
- Gel energy food packets
- DVDs and CDs
- Letters to the soldiers
- More suggestions coming soon
Important Note about Successful Online Donations
When you make your online donation, the screen indicates that you are donating to Netroots Nation. This is the right screen! Rest assured all donations WILL go to NFTT. If you wish, feel free to use the comment area provided to note that your donation is intended for Netroots For The Troops. It isn’t necessary to do this however, as this is the only fundraising activity being conducted for Netroots Nation at this time. For further information about online donations, please read TexDem's diary on the subject.
The NFTT diaries are a way for the Daily Kos community to support the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq by sending them packages of items they might not otherwise receive through the normal military process but that they find useful.
This is a non-political diary. While we understand there are differing views on the wars and the warriors, the site gives plenty of opportunity to express those views elsewhere. Furthermore, we would hope that users do not engage with those that attempt to hijack or otherwise disrupt these diaries.
We appreciate your understanding and support. Thanks!