A Chili Kind of Night

Living in Florida, we don't really see a true winter, but I have been watching all my friends post pictures of the snow and it makes me thankful that I am not in that. The past couple of days it has been really cool and rainy. When I woke up this morning and saw that it was gloomy out, I decided it was time to put some homemade chili in the crockpot.  It is the perfect comfort meal when it is cold out and you want to curl up on the sofa with a movie on!

My mom has her own amazing recipe, but I have never developed my own recipe. So this  morning I made my own! Tonight I enjoyed it with some fold-over peanut butter sandwiches ( a chili tradition in our family).  Now, my chili does have a little kick to it, but I kind of like it that way. It was very simple to put all the ingredients in the crockpot and let it cook on low for about 6 hours. My mom has always taught me to, "Make things my own!" If there are ingredients in the chili recipe that you may not like, take them out and find replacements that you like. If there is something that you think would make your taste better, add it! Make it your own!

Hope you find this recipe as good as I did! You can find more of my recipes at my other blog: welcometokymskitchen.blogspot.com

Bon Appetit!

Kym's Simple Chili Recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb lean ground beef

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, chopped

2 cans tomato soup

1 can diced tomatoes

1 tsp balsamic vineger

salt

pepper

All spices add to taste:

- garlic powder

- chili powder

- cinnamon

- oregano

- paprika

Directions:

1. Heat onions and garlic with a small amount of olive oil in a pan until translucent.

2. Add ground beef and cook until brown. If needed drain excess grease.  

**While the meat is browning, you can go ahead and heat your crockpot on high.** 

3. Add tomato soup, diced tomatoes, balsamic vinegar to crock pot. Stir.

4. Add in ground beef and onions. Stir until well mixed together. 

5. Add all of he spices and stir well.

6. Cover and cook on low for about 6 hours. 

7. Enjoy!