GREEN CHILI IS GREEN IN MY RAINBOW

I can feel autumn in the air. Sooner than later the air will become cool and crisp and fall will be in full swing. I hope you will all stop by the teacher's place and link your post for Green is the Color in this weeks Summer School rainbow!  Please go here to thank the teacher for her hosting this fun summer school activity.

I think green is for green chili! We go to our hometown of Pueblo and we buy a bushel or two of green chilies already roasted. Then we go home and peel and bag them and toss them int he freezer. All winter long we have lots of delicious green chili. When I was a kid my mother would take a handful of mild green chilies and tossed them in a pan with a little oil and garlic salt. Then we would eat those chilies on a thick slab of fresh homemade bread! It was a wonderful meal and I always love it.

My hubby likes to make green chili but he never thinks it is good enough. I have a friend, Sharon, who will buy a pork roast and give it to him. He will cook that roast and shred the meat and make her a big batch of green chili. We like to eat green chili over rice or mashed potatoes. We make burritos and we eat it with my mom's famous chicken and rice dish! Green chili is so wonderful and healthful. It is chock full of good stuff likes vitamins and capsaicin which is a natural analgesic that is safe and  effective in treating symptoms of arthiritis, herpes zoster-related pain, diabetic neuropathy, postmastectomy pain and headaches. Capsaicin  extracted from chilies  is used in a spray as a less-lethal weapon in plant spraying. Several years ago a medical was done showing that Hispanic women have a lower incident of breast cancer and it was attributed to their diet. When our last child was born the anesthesiologist said to us "People spends thousands of dollars trying to have children and I understand you eat green chilies! " It is true, it worked as  a wonderful fertility drug! Smile!
Once I get my camera back from my sons Vegas vacation I will take pictures of the hubby cooking with green chili! So until then here are some chili photos to show you. Before I sign off please visit Betty here and check out her Green Beret post. It is beautiful.