My son is fond of saying that I have two recipes: chili and meatloaf. While this is a bit of an oversimplification, I must admit that these are two of my favorites. I bring this up because I spent part of yesterday afternoon making chili with our leftover Thanksgiving turkey — try as I might, I just couldn’t imagine a turkey meatloaf…

Anyway, it turned out great, and we now have a ton of turkey chili in the refrigerator – we’ll eat what we can and freeze the rest. If you’ve got extra turkey kicking around, I highly recommend this recipe.

And speaking of things that I recommend, why not check out the following articles?

MightyBargainHunter put together a nice list of checkbook tips and he also answered some questions about flexible spending accounts.

JLP talked about how to calculate compound growth.

FMF shared some thoughts on house hunting.

Jim talked about mutual fund fees.

NCN shared some thoughts on how to pay off debts ahead of schedule.

JD published a guest post onthe hidden costs of stuff.

Flexo shared some thoughts on timing your bonuses for maximum tax efficiency.

My Dollar Plan likewise talked about end of the year tax planning.

Sun talked about increasing bank dividend yields.

SVB talked about increasing your income.

Jeremy talked about whether or not Americans are saving too much for retirement.

Lazy Man talked about saving money on vacation.

4M talked about the “sandwiched” generation.

Ben talked about how to live within your budget.

My Retirement Blog talked about choosing between a traditional and Roth IRA.

Finally, David gave us a peek at poverty south of the border.