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Alexander Walters' "French Canadian Chili"

Alexander Walters is the handsomely sexy actor who plays Mark Kasnoff on CBS's, "As The World Turns." Originally from Toronto, Canada. Walters went to college in Montreal where, during a stint as a bartender, he was discovered by a modeling agent. His modeling career brought him to New York and the rest, as they say, is history!

Yield: 1 Servings

      1 clove garlic; minced
      2 onions; chopped
      2 lb lean ground beef
      2 each: red; green and yellow-peppers,
      1 jalapeno pepper; seeded-chopped
      1 container (10 oz) white-mushrooms; chopped
      5 garden tomatoes; chopped
      5 plum tomatoes; chopped
      2 can (6 oz) tomato paste
      2 can (28 oz) stewed tomatoes
      1 jar; (16 oz) garden style-tomatoes
      2 tbsp dried oregano
      2 tbsp dried thyme
      1 tbsp celery salt
      1 ground pepper
      4 can red kidney beans; drained

First, pour some vegetable oil a large skillet. Then add the garlic and
onion, letting them sauté until they're translucent. Then add the ground
beef and brown it.

Add all the peppers, jalapenos included, plus the mushrooms to the post, continue cooking the vegetables until they soften a bit (2-3 minutes). To a large pot, add all the canned tomato paste, the canned stewed tomatoes and the chopped fresh plum and garden tomatoes.

Combine browned meat/peppers mixture with tomato mixture in large pot. Add the oregano, thyme, celery salt and pepper.

Let entire mixture simmer for 20-25 minutes.

After it's simmered, add the beans and simmer for another 15 to 20 minutes until the sauce is the consistency of a thick gravy.