#MEwx Cold, sun and Turkey Chili for leftover turkey scraps

Good morning Augusta

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

Today it’s going to be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 20s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy skies with lows around 16°F with Light and variable winds, becoming northeast around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 11.8°F, the humidity is 76%, the Dew Point is 5.7°F and our wind chill is 11.8°F.

The wind direction is East Northeast between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH.  

The Relative pressure is 29.96, the Absolute pressure is 29.76, the HPA is 1018 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with sunny skies.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:54 A.M. EST, Sunset is 4:01 P.M. EST, Moonrise is 11:17 A.M. EST, Moonset is 8:50 P.M. EST and the Moon Phase is Waxing Crescent.

The RAW METAR readings for Augusta are:

METAR KAUG 011153Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR M11/M12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP178 T11061122 11078 21106 51026

We didn’t receive any snow here over the past 24 hours.

Remember, you can freeze those Turkey bits for use for the recipe below when it’s below zero in January.

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 bean 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