Theme Meal Plans: Game On
Easy Veggie Chili | French Bread
Easy Veggie Chili
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Easy Recipes I Can Cook |
| Meal: | Game On (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | large | onion, yellow ,quartered |
| 1 | large | pepper, red |
| 6 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
| 1 | 16 oz can | beans, white, great northern |
| 0.5 | lb | mushrooms, quartered |
| 1 | 16 oz can | beans, black |
| 1 | 16 oz can | tomatoes, diced |
| 2 | 15 oz can | vegetable broth |
| 1 | Tb | cinnamon. ground |
| 1 | large | apples, peeled and sliced |
| 0.5 | cup | dates, whole |
| 0.25 | cup | cilantro, chopped |
| 1 | tsp | salt and pepper to taste |
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Peel, seed and roast acorn squash. Cut into bite size pieces. Cut vegetables into bite size pieces. Cut dates in half. Sauté onions, peppers in oil until softened, add garlic, cook for 2 minutes, and add remaining ingredients. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Add optional hot sauce or pepper flakes.
French Bread
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Breads |
| Meal: | Game On (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 2 | package | yeast, dried |
| 0.66 | cup | water |
| 7 | cup | flour, bread |
| 4.5 | tsp | salt, table |
| 2 | cup | water |
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Dissolve the yeast in 2/3 cup of tepid (105 degree)
water. Allow to stand for 10 minutes to proof yeast.
(bubbles). Add flour, salt and additional tepid water
to the mixer bowl. Use the bread hook attachment
and mix until a large ball forms, Add a sprinkle
more of flour if dough is too sticky. Spray another
large bowl with Pam or oil and place dough in
bottom; cover with plastic wrap and allow to double
in size in a draft-free area. (1-11/2 hours). Remove
to a floured flat surface and punch down into a ball.
Place back in the bowl and repeat the rising.
Remove dough to a flat surface and cut into 4
pieces. Punch each piece down, fold back into the
top of the front, and the sides into each other.
Shape dough into the shape you wish. Place on
floured surface on parchment paper, cover with a
towel and let rise for 30 minutes.
Heat oven to 400 degrees, (place pizza stones in
oven if available) Allow the stones or oven to pre-
heat for at least 30 minutes. Slide bread and
parchment paper onto an upside down cookie
sheet. Slash top of bread with a sharp knife in two
or three places. Carefully place in oven, still on the
parchment, bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until brown
and hollow sounding when you thump the bottom.
Remove to a cooling rack. May be frozen. before
or after baking.
Note: For rolls divide the dough into equal logs, cut
logs into equal pieces , place each roll in the palm
of your hand and pinch the sides toward the middle
. Place on parchment, pinched side down, and
allow to rise for 20 minutes. Bake as above.
