Jamie Cannon

I f you know me at all, you know I LOVE olives.  Manzanilla, Kalamata, Liguria - I don't discriminate, I love them all!   I think it all began when Grandma Aderman used to give each of us kids 2 Spanish Manzanilla olives on a toothpick.  The adults were served o ld f ashioned cocktails or whiskey sours with their olives, but I digress.  What does any of this have to do with Valentine's Day? Well, once again I was surfing one of my favorite social media sites, Pinterest, and came across a Valentine's Day olive printable .  The best part is, you can download it fo r FREE!  My favorite "F" word!   A special thank you to the Down Home Inspiration blog, for sharing this collection of free kitchen printables which includes berries, pears, oranges, and my olive Valentine below.  Download & share with your olive lover this Valentine's Day.  And thank Down Home Inspiration for the freebie!  Happy Valentine's Day!...

If you peruse Pinterest and "mom blogs" like I do for your dinner recipes, you've also come to find out that most of them have about 40+ pics of a perfect kitchen table, with the final product neatly displayed in a fine china bowl with color coordinated napkin and/or placemat.  Then it's another 4-5 paragraphs about how the family raved about the meal that was placed in front of them. Well, the end result is the same here, minus the 40+ pictures.  We're no nonsense and straight to the point!  See below for ingredients & simple directions on how make an easy slow cooker chili:  Ingredients: 2 lb venison (or lean ground beef) 2 med onions, chopped   2 cups chopped bell peppers (red, yellow, orange, green)   3 cloves garlic, minced   28 oz can crushed tomatoes, low sodium   28 oz can diced tomatoes, no sodium    6 oz can tomato paste, low sodium   14.5 oz can beef broth, low sodium    1 can bl...