Wednesday, October 22, 2008

This is for you Stacey!/ Help me pick Emma's birthday cake!!!!

I'm making crock pot chilli for dinner tonight and Stacey wanted the recipe so here it is:

Hearty Beef and Bean Chili
1 ½ pounds ground beef


1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced


1 (10 ¾ oz) can tomato soup
1 (14 ½ oz) can diced tomatoes


½ c water
2 (15 oz) cans red kidney beans


¼ c chili powder
2 tsp ground cumin

Cook beef in skillet until browned. Pour off fat. Mix beef with rest of ingredients in a crock-pot. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or for 4-5 hours on high or until done.

Emma's birthday is on the 15th of November so I'm starting to gather ideas for it. I'm going to do a Sesame Street theme and need you opinions on the birthday cake that I should decorate. I've looked at a lot online and have narrowed it down. Let me know what you think.
Oh and also just before I got on the computer to post this entry, I told Emma it was time to take a nap. At the time I was cooking up the hamburger to put in the chilli and didn't think about what I had said to Emma for about 5 minutes. I turned around and she wasn't in the kitchen so I went looking for her and she was laying down in her bed reading a book! What a good little girl! Too bad everyday isn't like today!


4 comments:

Stacey said...

yay thanks! now i have to go grocery shopping :( I like the middle cake best, top one 2nd and bottom one last :)

Terri Lindsay said...

I like the first one a lot, but I bet the 3rd one would be easier. It will look great, have a lot of talent when it comes to cake decorating.

Anonymous said...

The top one is SO adorable, but I vote for the second one. Not only do you not have to worry about making the characters look just right, it is another toy to play with - a bonus birthday gift!

Serena Laird said...

I am all about the cookie monster! Just do a GIANT cookie monster. There's my vote!
I'm glad your Dr.s appt went well! So exciting!