Make Your Own Father's Day Meal

“People who love to eat are always the best people.” – Julia Child 

It’s Friday once again and that means a new blog post. We are keeping with the Father’s Day theme and this week we have a recipe for a possible meal that you can make for your dad to eat this Father’s Day. 

If your dad is like mine, he loves to eat my cooking. One of his favorites is my chili and cheese buns, so I thought that I would share it with you all. It’s super simple and yummy even if you are not a big fan of chili and spice (you can easily make this with just a little spice). 

So here’s the recipe (the chili is my mom’s and the buns are from the Canadian Living website)...hope you enjoy it!

Chili

You will need (this is enough for 4 servings so adjust to how many people that you will be cooking for):

1 lbs. ground beef

1 small onion

1 cup green and red peppers

1 small Jalapeño pepper, finely chopped

Roughly 2 cups of diced tomatoes (I usually use a 1 lbs. can)

Roughly 2 cups of kidney beans, drained (Again I use the big 1 lbs. can)

1 8-ounce can of tomato sauce

1 tsp. salt

3 tsp. chili powder (use more or less depending on how spicy you like it)

In a heavy large pot, cook the meat, onion, and peppers until lightly brown and the vegetables are a bit tender but still have a bit of crunch left. 

Add the remaining ingredients to the pot. Cover and simmer for about an hour. During the simmering time, taste and flavor your chili, adding more chili spice, salt, pepper.

Serve after an hour. Top with your favorite chili toppings, cheese, sour cream, etc. It’s that easy!

Cheese Biscuits (from the Canadian Living website)

Ingredients

2-1/4 cups (550 mL) all-purpose flour

2 tbsp (30 mL) granulated sugar

1 tbsp (15 mL) baking powder

1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt

1/2 cup (125 mL) butter, cubed

1 cup (250 mL) shredded old Cheddar cheese

1 cup (250 mL) milk

1 egg, lightly beaten

Preparation

In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Using pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese. Pour milk over top and stir with fork to make soft, slightly sticky ragged dough.

With floured hands, form into ball. Turn out dough onto floured surface. With lightly floured hands, knead gently 10 times. Gently pat into 1/2-inch (1 cm) thick round. Using 2-inch (5 cm) floured cutter, cut out rounds. Place on ungreased rimless baking sheet. Gather up scraps and repat dough; cut out more rounds, pressing remaining scraps into final biscuit.

Brush tops of biscuits with egg. Bake in centre of 425°F (220°C) oven until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on rack. (Make-ahead: Wrap individually in plastic wrap and freeze in airtight container for up to 2 weeks; thaw and reheat in 350°F (180°C) oven until hot and crisp, about 10 minutes.)

http://www.canadianliving.com/food/cheese_biscuits.php