A Must-Have for the Holiday Season: eBates

If you are not a member of eBates yet, this would be a great time of the year to join.  Like most people, I'm sure you do a fair amount of shopping online...especially on Cyber Monday.

eBates provides rebates at hundreds of stores.  Just sign up, find the store listed on their site and it will tell you the amount of the rebate.  Click and you will be directed to your store's website, shop as you normally would, and eBates automatically calculates your rebate.  At the end of each quarter, you will receive your rebate check.

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My Favorite Chili Recipe: Cincinnati Style

Chocolate?  Cinnamon?  Cloves?  Allspice?  Oh yes, this chili has some amazing ingredients!  It really does remind me of the chili served in Ohio at Skyline Chili.  We usually eat the traditional Cincinnati style (over spaghetti noodles with cheese on top) but leftovers are fun because we make chili dogs the following night, and frito pie's after that!

Crockpot Cincinnati Chili

• • 2 lbs ground beef
• • 1 can chili beans (I buy Bush's chili beans, but rinse the sauce off in colander)
• • 3 cups water
• • 2 medium onion, finely grated  ( I use 3-4 Tbs chopped, dried minced onion)
• • 2  8-oz cans tomato sauce
• • 5 whole allspice
• • ½ teaspoon pepper
• • ½ teaspoon ground cumin seed
• • 4 cloves garlic (I use bottle minced garlic…bottle gives equivalent of a clove)
• • 4 Tablespoons chili powder
• • 2 Tablespoons vinegar
• • 1 large bay leaf
• • 5 whole cloves
• • 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• • ½ ounce bittersweet chocolate
• • 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Brown ground beef.  I pour in colander and rinse meat to prevent greasiness in chili.  While browning the beef, put remaining ingredients in crockpot.  After rinsing beef, add it to the crockpot and stir until all ingredients are mixed.  Cook on low all day.  (It tastes much better the longer it cooks!).  Serve over spaghetti noodles with shredded cheese on top.  OR, serve over frito’s with cheese for a Frito Pie.

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If you have not signed up for Tippr (a daily deal site), you can get a $5 credit by signing up here.  Then, go to todays deal and purchase an adorable doggie snuggie in red plaid from Finn & Maddy for $8 minus your $5 credit = $3.  And it includes shipping!  Available in x-small, small, medium, or large and they are machine washable.

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$5 Credit to New Seattle Daily Deal Site: Eat206

A new restaurant daily-deal site for Seattle has been launched:  Eat206.  They offer discounted vouchers for restaurants each week.  Now is the time to sign up so you don't miss our on some great deals!

Sign up through this link and you will get a free $5 credit to your account which you can use toward a restaurant voucher.