Chili

Recipe number one for the blog: CHILI

I love chili, and eat lots of during the winter, in part because it is very easy to prep, and each week I can make it differently.

This is for 5 meals for me, lunch Monday to Friday.
Hamburger: 3 pounds
(you can also use chicken, or if you feel like chili can only be made the way cowboys did, steak)

1 bottle of Spicy V8
depending on how thick you like your stew, you can use less

1 jar tomatoes. My grandparents have a large garden and can tomatoes every summer, so I get a few cans and like to use one for each batch. This can be added if you like.

Peppers: I use a combination of 2-3 jelepenos, 3-4 bananna peppers, and ocasionaly 1-2 habeneros. I like spicy food, so if you don't feel free to use less, or onions and green peppers. I have friends who do this because they don't like the hot peppers.

1 carton of sliced mushrooms

2 cans chili beans
2 cans black beans
1 can red beans

Seasoning - bear with me, because I do this differently every time.
sprinkle of garlic
sprinckle of onion salt
cyane pepper to taste
red pepper flakes (my brother-in-law grew his own habeneros and jelepenoes and dried them, and gave me a supply, and this is what I use. If anyone else does this and wants me to try them, I'm a willing giny-pig!)

And depending on what I used for hot peppers, I might add some hot sauce, if I'm feeling frisky, I use Blair's "After Death" or if I'm less inclined, I use one of the many in the fridge that are not as painful.

Well, that cover's one meal, I'll post more as we go.