Colder with a recipe for Turkey chili!

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies becoming partly cloudy later in the day. Our morning high will be 37ºF with temps falling to near 30ºF. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight we’ll have overcast skies with some flurries or snow showers possible during the night. Low will drop to 24ºF. Winds will be from the W at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 75%, the Dew Point is 31ºF and the outdoor temp is 38.3ºF.

The wind direction is  West between 1.1 MPH and 2.5 MPH, with a wind chill of  38°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.50, the Absolute pressure is 29.30 and rising with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:49 a.m. Sunset is 4:03 p.m., Moonrise is 12:30 a.m., Moonset is 11:27 p.m. and the moon phase is waxing crescent being 48% illuminated.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta’s airport are:

SPECI KAUG 261218Z AUTO 36010KT 10SM -RA FEW016 SCT022 OVC040 03/01 A2962 RMK AO2 P0000

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with Some clouds to 1,600 ft / 487 m, scattered clouds to 2,200 ft / 670 m. and overcast to 4,000 ft / 1,219 m.

We didn’t receive any measurable rain or snow here over the past 24 hours, but it did spit some snow and rain overnight.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 75, the solar wind speed is 304  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Here is another delicious recipe for all of that leftover turkey.

TURKEY CHILI

2 lbs ground turkey (4 cups of leftover strips)

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced (1/2 tsp of minced garlic = 1 clove of garlic)

1 16-ounce can tomatoes, whole, and undrained

1 8-ounce tomato sauce

2 cup chicken stock, homemade

2 tbsp chili powder or more to taste

1 tsp cumin, ground

1 tsp paprika

½ tsp black pepper, freshly ground

2 apples, green, peeled, and chopped

1 16 ounce can, drained pinto beans or red beans

This is an easy very tasty dish, and turkey is much lower in fat than beef or pork.  You can use strips of leftover turkey instead of uncooked ground turkey, about 4 cups, and add it to the beans for the last 10 minutes of cooking time.  To use dried beans, cover 1 cup of beans with water and simmer for 1 hour or until tender; they will yield 2 cups cooked.

1.                  Combine all ingredients except apples and beans in a large pot.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and summer for 30 minutes.  Stir frequently to break up the turkey and tomatoes.

2.                  Add apples and simmer covered for another 20 minutes.  Add beans and cook 10 minutes longer.

Calories:  263; total fat:  2 gm; Saturated fat:  0 gm; cholesterol:  70 mg; sodium 526 mg; total carbohydrates:  25 gm; fiber:  16 gm; protein:  26 gm