Chili

Chili is a wonderful recipe for summer days. It is easy and can be made in the crockpot so that the house doesn't have to get all heated up and there will be plenty of leftovers for the entire week.

Chili

I start the Chili with sauté onions, mushrooms, peppers and beans, with some ground beef. The meat part of this chili is up to you. You can add anything from ground turkey or chicken, beef shredded or ground omit it all together.

Add a can or two of diced tomatoes with the juice to the chili. You can add a package of chili seasoning if you have one or just some chili powder, onion powder and garlic.

I then add tomato sauce, small amount of tomato juice, beans and they can be whatever you like and have on hand.I used black beans and kidney beans.I then added corn or another other ingredient that I might have missed. Leave the chili on low for a few hours. During this time if it seems to dry you can add some more tomato juice or another can of tomatoes until it is at the Chili is the consistency you like.

Serve the Chili hot with cornbread. The recipe is below.



Cornbread Recipe

Enjoy

 

Cornbread

I love to start with some pre made box items  like a cornbread mix and make a home cooked meal out of it. We are all very busy and I don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen but still want to prepare and eat great food. I paired this with chilli recipe to follow. 


Cornbread

I pour on box of cornbread mix in a bowl. I will follow the box instructions but to that I will add any or all of the following items: chopped green chilies, jalapenos, peppers of any color, onion, black beans, cheese of any kind and any other Mexican item you want to add. Now you can add about 1/3 of a cup of each item above. You could add some seasoning now and anything you like is fine. I added some Tai Pepper powder. If it seems too wet when you are done adding extra things you can add a little flour.

Mix ingredients and put into a nonstick sprayed pan. I used a 9 x 9 for mine.

Bake the cornbread on 350 for about 40 to 60 minutes or until it is not tacky when poked in the center with a toothpick.

This spice cornbread is great when served with Chili. That recipe is to follow.

Enjoy


Cornbread recipes