firehouse chili con carne

My mom bought me this Blueberry Hill Casseroles & One Dish Meals cookbook for Christmas. I actually stopped buying cookbooks because I usually only use one or two recipes out of them, but this cookbook has a ton of recipes that I want to try. Today I made the Firehouse Chili Con Carne recipe (p114), which is excellent. I added a little salt, jalapeños, and omitted the chipotle because I didn't have any.

As an added bonus, I got to use my sort of vintage 3 quart Corningware Spice of Life casserole, which fit the recipe perfectly. I got lucky finding this piece at a local thrift store. This was my first time cooking with any Corningware, and it is amazing. I would have normally used my non-stick Calphalon casserole, but I'm trying to get away from the non-stick stuff and wanted to try out my Corningware; I'm glad I did. I've ordered a couple other cooking pieces and also found the Corningware Grab-Its, which I decided to hunt down.