MOM's Chili

We have a cold front coming through this week. Now, when I say cold front, I mean a Florida cold front which means it will be 60 during the day. Because of this, I decided to make my MOM's chili. This is one of my favorite recipes and is definitely one that has a lot of wiggle room. 

I'm adding my MOM's instructions in parentheses because this is how she told me the recipe. 

I make mine a little different than my MOM does. She uses either ground chuck or ground beef, I use turkey. You can make it either way.We do, however, make it gigantic soup pots, so this recipe is for the big pot. It freezes beautifully and makes a quick meal during the week.

Here's what you need:

3 lbs ground turkey

2 (you know, nice size) green peppers, chopped

2 (you know, nice size) onions, chopped

2 28 oz cans of diced tomatoes (you know, those big cans)

6 lbs, no lie, chili beans

1 family size tomato soup

Chili powder to taste

Salt and pepper to taste

Here's what you need to do:

Brown your turkey with the onion and green pepper.

Add your salt and pepper.

Add all of your canned items (tomatoes, tomato soup and beans)

Add your chili powder. Here's where I also make a change, I add some chipotle chili powder to this. It gives it just enough spice to make your nose run. 

Bring to a boil and simmer for a little while. Do your taste test here and see if you need to play with your spices.

Package it up and let it cool down. Then you can freeze.

I hope you enjoy!

Turkey Chili

Yesterday was a much needed day of rest. I didn't even change out of my PJ's until 2 pm, it was so nice.

After Scott got home we ran up to Target because they had the wagon I've wanted since last year on sale for $53. It's going to be perfect for Halloween this year! I hope the kids will be as excited as I am about it!

Then last night I made a big pot of turkey chili with some homemade cornbread (here's the recipe for the cornbread). The chili was beyond delicious! Here's how to make it (this is just for a single batch, I made a double yesterday):

You will need:

12 oz ground turkey
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 green sweet pepper, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 15 oz can dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
2 to 3 teaspoons chili powder (I did three)
1/2 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

What you need to do:

In a large saucepan cook the turkey, onion, garlic, and pepper until the onions are soft and the turkey is browned. Drain the fat (I didn't do this, there wasn't a lot, so I left it).

Stir in kidney beans, undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili powder, basil and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Bring to a boil and then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. I let mine simmer for 45 minutes.

Scott and I did some quick math on this recipe and for a double batch it only cost us $10 to make. Enjoy!