Here is our second Holiday recipe! We will keep these going all through the holiday season until after New Years so if you have any family recipes you would like to share we would love to post them here for everyone to enjoy:) 

Mimosas are great celebration drinks and these look awesome! If you don't need the alcohol or if you have young ones who want to join the festivities you can alway use the sparkling white grape juice:) ENJOY!

http://hostthetoast.com/holiday-cranberry-mimosas/

I'm getting into the holiday spirit little by little and would love to see your favorite holiday recipes! Send them to me and each week I will be adding a new one or two to the MUSE Posts for News Notes! I will start this off with a jello salad that my mom makes for both our Thanksgiving and Christmas family meals:) It's an awesome desert or side salad. 

Sangria Salad

1 regular can dark sweet cherries.

1 small can crushed pineapple.

1 pkg jello ( we usually use grape or Black cherry)

1/2 cup Sangria

 

Drain but SAVE the juice from the cans of cherries and pineapple. Add enough water to the saved juice to make a scant 1 and 1/2 cups total liquid. Heat the juice and water mix and pour over the jello (stir until jello has completely dissolved). Place in the refrigerator to cool. While the jello is setting up in the fridge, add 1/2 cup Sangria to the drained cherries and pineapple. Mix well and then set aside in separate bowl in the refrigerator.

 

When the jello starts to set up, add the fruit and wine mixture to the jello and leave in the refrigerator until it has firmly set up.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Congratulations to Kate Wright for the winning chili at this years United Way Chili Cook off! For those including myself who may want to make this at home here is the recipe:

 

 

Slow Cooker Chicken Chili – United Way Chili Cook-Off Winner 2017

 

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• ½ cup celery, diced
• ½ red or white or yellow onion, diced
• 1 tsp garlic, minced
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 1 pound ground turkey (dark meat)
• 1 tsp onion powder (optional)
• 1 tsp garlic powder (or use more minced garlic)
• 1 tsp celery salt (optional)
• 1 pack ranch mix
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1 can white beans
• 1 can corn
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 1 4-oz can chopped green chiles
• 3 cups chicken broth
• cream cheese
• crumbled blue cheese
• chopped cilantro

 

Instructions

1. In a skillet over medium heat, add oil and sauté celery, onions, and garlic until soft.  Add chicken and turkey.  Stir until fully cooked.
2. Remove chicken/turkey mixture from heat and pour into a medium-sized slow cooker.  Add next 10 ingredients (onion powder through chicken broth).  Stir together.
3. Cook chili on high for three hours.
4. When ready to serve, stir in two Tbsp of cream cheese and sprinkle crumbled blue cheese and cilantro on top.  Add hot sauce for a spicier finish.
5. Serve and enjoy!

 

You can also cook this on the stove top.  After Step 2, simmer on the stove for 30 minutes or so.