It's that time of year again. Maple sugaring season! One of my family's favourite things to do when the sap starts running is to attend the NYS Maple Weekend activities.
We first began attending Maple Weekend while living in Lewis County (Home of the NYS Maple Museum in Croghan). Sugar houses were few and far between in Chautauqua County that we didn't go to any while we were there. Since moving to the Capital District we have gone west to Fulton and Montgomery Counties and East to Washington County where from the driveway of one sugar house we were almost a stone's throw to Vermont. New York State syrup is better.
While in Fulton County we had the delight to have some Maple Chili fresh from the crockpot. This has quickly turned into one of our family favourites. Another favourite is my Quick Chili that I threw together after being told by our cheerleader that she signed me up to bring chili to the high school football game (that started in two hours). A variation of this has more ingredients and delicious flavour. One of the thousand ways I know how to cook chicken is this delicious White Chicken Chili. The last, but not least, favourite is the healthy version that we got from my hiking buddy. (I'll be tagging that when I get it posted soon.)
Maple Chili
Ingredients:
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 large Chopped Onion
2 cans Cream of Tomato Soup
16 oz.can Kidney Keans
(2) 14 oz. cans Diced Tomatoes
1/3 c. pure NYS Maple Syrup
2 tsp Salt
½ tsp Pepper
1 Tbs Chili Powder
Directions:
- Brown together the ground beef and onion in a soup pot.
- Add the rest of the ingredients
- Simmer together for two hours or cook all day in a CrockPot.
- Serve with these corn muffins.
Enjoy!
Ingrid
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