Yummy cold-weather fare

Yesterday, I made a great low fat turkey chili. You may think that is impossible, but I think I have found a great way to add taste to recipes when using ground turkey, which really is bland. The secret is adding a couple of turkey (or chicken) bratwursts for every pound of ground turkey. It really punches up the flavor. It won't make it look like beef, but it really improves the flavor.

Find it in the fresh meat counter at your grocery store. It is ground and in casings. You will need to take the meat out of the casings and brown it up with the ground turkey.

My recipe:

Turkey Three-Bean Chili

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound ground turkey
2 turkey bratwursts, removed from casings
1 finely chopped onion
1 finely chopped zucchini
1 yellow pepper, chopped
1/2 cup lentils, dried
2 cups water
1 can tomatoes
1 can black beans
2 cans pinto beans
4 tablespoons chili powder (or to taste)
1/4 teaspoon cumin
Cilantro, for garnish
Chopped green onions for garnish

Brown onions and zucchini in oil. Brown meat. Add lentils and water. Simmer on medium low for fifteen to twenty minutes. Water should be be reduced and lentils soft. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer on low for about a half hour. Add chopped cilantro and serve with garnishes. This is great with corn chips and sour cream.

Lettuce in winter

Sunday afternoon, I went to my garden to see if I could find anything I could still use. I thought everything would be frozen. Unbelievably, I still have some lettuce, kale, peas and collards. They don't look as good as they did in late November, but still impressive. The broccoli and cauliflower is still green and pretty but not growing past the leaf stage. It looks like it is possible to get a few root vegetables -- turnips, carrots and parsnips -- but I think it will depend on the weather. If we have very many hard freezes I think we will be done. If we have snow and sleet I am sure we will be done. Picking was more of a challenge because it was really cold.

But, isn't that just really incredible that I can be getting things out of my garden this late in the season? I guess only in middle Georgia. If I lived in Florida, or even south Georgia, I probably could grow lettuce and greens year round.

I would do many things differently, but I think a winter garden is really worth it.

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I love New Year's resolutions. I know many don't, but it seems to me it is a time to correct the mistakes I made last year -- mainly because I didn't plan or wasn't organized enough. I usually resolve to become more organized every year at this time and place that resolution at the top of my list.

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