Seelie Kay’s recipe for Wisconsin Black Bean Chili looks so yummy. I can’t wait to let my husband prepare it!! He loves cooking soup, stew, and chili so this is right up his alley!

Seelie’s latest book in her Divorced Divas series, Seizing Hope released on January 25th. Be sure and check it out and follow her on social media.

FOOD

Wisconsin Black Bean Chili

1 lb. ground beef, cooked
1 lb. flank steak, grilled and diced
1 lb. ground Italian sausage, cooked
1 TB. olive oil
2-3 TB. Worcestershire sauce
1 large onion, diced
4 to 6 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, diced, seeds removed
2 jalapeno peppers, sliced
1-2 TB. dark (hot) chili powder
1 TB. ground cumin
2 bay leaves
¼ c. tomato paste
1 can beef broth
1 can fire-roasted, diced tomatoes
2-3 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
Optional: 1 c. corn
4 c. water
2 TB. dried cilantro
Salt and pepper to taste
shredded cheddar cheese
Optional: Oyster crackers

Heat the olive oil in a large cooking pot. Add the onions, peppers, and garlic. Lightly sprinkle with salt and black pepper, and sauté until just soft. Stir in the chili powder, ground cumin, bay leaves, and tomato paste, and sauté another 10 minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes, beef broth, and 2 c. water. Let simmer for two hours, covered. Add the black beans, cooked meat, and remaining water. Blend thoroughly and let simmer, partially covered, for one hour. Taste and adjust the seasonings. Add the cilantro and simmer another hour, until the sauce reaches the desired thickness. Remove the bay leaves, and serve topped with shredded cheddar cheese and oyster crackers.

FICTION

When four former law school classmates get kicked off the marriage train, they band together, put on their big girl panties, and fight back!

Former Northwestern Law School classmates Dina Willoughby, Miranda Mena, Leah Fraser, and Melody Harris are living the dream. Each had fantasized about the perfect husband while in law school and happily—for a time—that dream became a reality. Until Dina’s husband kicks her out two weeks before her prenuptial agreement kicks in, Miranda’s husband is arrested for securities fraud and flees the country with all of their money, Leah discovers that her royal husband misrepresented his feelings for her in order to get his hands on her money, and newly-pregnant Melody finally admits her artist husband is a sadistic, manipulative, jerk. Facing the loss of their husbands, and stripped of any financial support, the four women band together to fight back. Drawing on their unique legal skills and with the help of a few friends, including a hunky private investigator, a sexy law school professor, a determined cyber-security billionaire and the Queen of England, these four women not only take what’s theirs, they build the path to a new future, one filled with hope.

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