When I think of fall, I always think of the leaves turning, sweater weather, football, and CHILI!!!!! Who doesn’t love a good home made bowl of chili? What would Crocktober be without a wonderful chili recipe? I have taken my traditional recipe, that uses a zillion ingredients, and pared it down to just 5 simple ingredients. This not only saves you time, it saves you money. By using the chunky salsa, and the corn salsa, you are getting a lot of the ingredients that I typically put in my chili, with out actually having to buy them and chop them up. Onions, bell peppers, celery, corn, and of course wonderful seasonings. I always use mushrooms in my recipe, since this video is shot without edits, I popped them in at the end, yep I forgot to put them out with my ingredients, lol as they say ” the show must go on” , so I improvised and I bring you the finished product photo complete with mushrooms, on our Instagram site.
| Ingredients make 8 Cups of Chili | Cost | |
| 1 | 1 lb 4% lean ground beef | $5.49 |
| 2 | 1 Jar Cowboy Caviar | $2.79 |
| 3 | 3 Jars Chunky Salsa | $1.99(each |
| 4 | 1 Can Organic Kidney Beans | $0.99 |
| 5 | 1 Carton of Mushrooms (optional) | $ 2.29 |
| Total | $17.53($2.19 per cup) |
| Nutrition Facts (Per Cup) | |
| Calories | 172 |
| Carbs | 25.5 |
| Fats | 2g |
| Protein | 15.9g |
| Sugar | 11g |
| Fiber | 4.4g |
| Source: MyFitnessPal | |
*Ingredients sourced from Trader Joe’s
Directions
Step 1: Spray pan with olive oil spray add meat and set pan to m/h heat.
Step 2: Using your handy dandy chopping tool, start chopping up meat.
Step 3: Place browned meat into crock pot
Step 4: Add remaining ingredients and stir with your handy dandy chopping tool
Step 5: Cook on low for 6 hours, or on high for 3 hours.
Step 6: Enjoy!