What’s Cooking Wednesday with Riki Cleveland

Here at Entangled, we like to read.

(Bet you would never have guessed that.)

So we also love quick-n-easy recipes that free up more time for us to indulge in our favorite past time.

Each week we’re sharing some of our favorite recipes to help you find a few extra minutes in your day to enjoy your next favorite book!

Today’s dish:Three-Alarm Chili from food.com

Who tried it: Riki Cleveland, Publicist

Why she likes it: This chili is bursting with flavor! Combine black beans, kidney beans and pinto beans for this hearty and flavorful dish.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 green bell peppers, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chili powder
3 cans (14 1/2 to 16 ounces each) stewed tomatoes
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) pinto beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (4 ounces) diced, mild green chiles 1/2 cup canned vegetable broth
1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Instructions:

Preparation Time: Approximately 15 minutes. Cook Time: Approximately 20 minutes.

Heat the oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Add the bell peppers, onion and garlic; cook until softened, about 5 minutes, stirring often. Stir in the chili powder; cook 1 minute. Stir in the stewed tomatoes, black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, chiles and broth. Simmer, uncovered, until thickened, about 10 minutes. To serve, top with cheese.Servings: 12

Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories 230; Total fat 10g; Saturated fat 3. 5g; Cholesterol 15mg; Sodium 650mg; Carbohydrate 27g; Fiber 8g; Protein 10g

With all that extra time not spent in the kitchen, what’s Riki currently reading?

Since I’m raising all kinds of alarms with this chili, it pairs perfectly with my current read, Gina Maxwell‘s Hot for the Fireman! Hero Erik Grady can come put out my fire anytime!

Ex-Army Ranger Erik Grady lives for the job. So when his chief at the Boston Fire Department offers him two choices—mandated therapy for supposed PTSD or a permanent desk job at the station, he reluctantly agrees to see a shrink. Only this doctor is unlike anything he expected. Female and curved in all the right places? Check. Hotter than a four-alarm fire? Check. The kind of woman that can heat his blood in and out of bed? Check, check. And oh, yeah, he just happens to have first hand experience…

Of all the men to walk into psychologist Olivia Jones’ office, why did it have to be him? Her one-night stand isn’t playing by the rules of just. One. Night. She’s had her heart broken in the past, and no way is she going there again. And now he’s blackmailing her into three dates? Well, if that’s what it takes to make him see a different therapist, fine. She can handle it. So what if the chemistry between them is combustible? She’s a professional, damn it. She’ll date Mr. I’m Too Sexy For My Bunker Pants. But it won’t end in the fun he expects.

It’s time to see how much heat this fireman can take…