Get Out And Vote!

Make a big deal out of Election Day this year. Let your children know it's important for everyone who can vote to vote. Your kids will love helping you make these recipes -- recipes to make you want to get out and vote!

Gore-ditas

Filling:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic salt
½ teaspoon chili powder
Salt and pepper to taste

Shell:
2 cups masa harina*
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 cup water
Shortening, for frying

Grated cheddar cheese
Lettuce
Tomato
Sour cream
Pico de gallo or taco sauce

Brown the ground beef and onion in a skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Add garlic salt and chili powder. Mix well.

In a bowl, combine the masa harina, baking powder, salt, pepper and water. Mix with hands to form a dough. Roll dough into 2-inch balls, then flatten into a round disc, about ½-inch in thickness. Fry the shells in shortening until lightly browned on both sides. Drain on paper towels. With a sharp knife, make a slit down the center of the shell and open with fingers. Stuff with meat mixture. Serve with grated cheese, diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.

* "Masa" means "dough" in Spanish. Masa harina is a flour made from dried corn. It can be found in most grocery stores near the Mexican food section.

Bush Baked Beans

3 cans baked beans
1/2 cup Coca-Cola
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons mustard
1 can (8 ounces ) tomato sauce
1 onion, chopped
4-6 slices bacon

Fry the bacon until crisp. Remove, cool and crumble. Add the chopped onion to the bacon fat. Sauté until soft. Add the baked beans, Coca-Cola, brown sugar, mustard, tomato sauce and crumbled bacon. Simmer about 10 minutes.

White House Chili

1 pound ground turkey
2 cans (15 ounces each) great northern beans
1 can (16 ounces) white hominy
1 can (4.5 ounces) chopped green chiles
1 package Lawry's chili seasoning
½ cup water

Brown the turkey. Drain. Add the beans, along with their liquid, the hominy and the green chiles. Add the seasoning mix and water. Bring to boil, reduce heat, and simmer about 20 minutes.

Serve with grated white American cheese and chopped green onions.

You'll find more White House-inspired recipes at Recipes Today!

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