No, this isn't some new dance move. Instead, it's two recipes - one for a super yummy chili sauce (that adds an earthy flavor to almost anything savory) and the other for a $200 e-gift card to purchase art supplies. Ready to spice things up?
You may already know about these little dried gems, but I just recently discovered ancho chilis, those black dehydrated peppers you find in the Mexican food section of your grocery store. After a quick search of recipes online, I had no idea what I was missing!! I found a simple lowfat ancho chili sauce recipe that I have made several times. I just can't get enough!
For those of you who don't know, ancho chilis are dried poblanos, which when green have some kick. But when these little guys are dried, they impart a wonderful chocolate, sometimes tobacco, sometimes wood flavor with just a tiny bit of heat, and I mean a tiny bit - since I'm a spicy food whimp!
I've included the super easy recipe at the bottom of this post, but I warn you, it's addicting! I use it on grilled fish tacos, scrambled eggs, chicken breasts, chip dip and the list goes on! So while you're spicing it up, here's the recipe to win that free e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama in the Artful Gathering Blog Hop! And it inlcudes one of my favorite people - Christy Meyers of CC's Whimsies! What are you waiting for?!
Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,
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Blog Hop your way for chance to win!
From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.
Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!
You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!
Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25 e-gift card from Jerrys.
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:
- For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
- Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the $25 e-card to Jerry's.
- Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!
Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!
Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Christy Meyers of CC's Whimsies
http://www.ccswhimsies.blogspot.com/
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)
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ANCHO CHILI SAUCE
(from About.com)
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 dried ancho chiles
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 small tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup raisins
- dash dried leaf oregano
- dash cumin
- 2 cups chicken broth
Preparation:
Soak ancho peppers in hot water for 15 minutes. remove stems and seeds; chop. Sauté chopped chiles and onion in vegetable oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, raisins, cumin, oregano, and chicken broth; simmer 10 minutes longer. Transfer to a blender and blend until sauce is smooth. Be careful though, when it is hot, it will expand, so blend in batches if needed.
Use this ancho chile sauce with enchiladas, or use with grilled fish or chicken.
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