That's Life!

Chili (from Essential Mormon Celebrations by Julie Badger Jensen)
There are no pictures because we scarfed it all down to quickly, but you know what chili looks like!
1 pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion (or use 1/3 cup dried)
1/2 cup chopped red or green pepper
1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes 1 (30 oz) can red kidney beans
1 (15 oz) can chili
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 Tbsp sugar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 cup ketchup

Brown ground beef with onions and peppers. Drain. Put in crockpot with the rest of the remaining ingredients. Cook on high 5-6 hours, or low all day. Can also be cooked on stove, simmering for an hour before eating.

Breadsticks (to go with the chili!)
(From Easy (Divine) Breadsticks from My Kitchen Cafe *) (there's a picture on this site!) (and too many parenthesis in this post!)
Makes about 20-25 breadsticks, depending on how thick or thin you cut them.

1 ½ cups warm water
1 tablespoon instant yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
3 ½ cups flour
½ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter, melted (for the baking sheet) (I used 2 pans, so double the butter)

Mix all ingredients (except melted butter) in a large bowl or electric mixer and knead for three minutes. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spread melted butter onto an 11X17-inch baking sheet. Roll out the breadstick dough about 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick and cut into strips with a pizza cutter. Twist slightly if desired and place about 1/2-inch apart on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with garlic salt, herbs of choice, and parmesan cheese. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise 30 minutes. Bake 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees until golden brown.

When I made these for Merry I didn't let them rise (couldn't find the real recipe!) and they were still pretty good. I made them again the next day only didn't roll them out very thin and again baked them immediately and they were also good. AND! I put more melted butter in the pan and sort of dipped the breadsticks in the butter and turned them over before sprinkling on the garlic salt and parmesan. So basically, pretty hard to screw these up!