Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Super Bowl! (and my chili recipe)

We chose to stay home this year for the Super Bowl. Having little kids makes it difficult to get out, and they are difficult to contain at other people's houses. We are anxious for all of our friends to have babies, so we don't have to worry about it!
For dinner, we had Chili Cheese Tots and Buffalo Chicken Dip. Yes, I used jarred, processed cheese, but is there any other way to eat Chili Cheese Tots? We were going for the whole, stadium experience!

Picnic in the living room!

Yum!

I am a big fan of Wendy's chili. I have tried a couple immitations, but never found one that I really liked until Brody's birthday party last year. This recipe is the best chili I've ever had...better than Wendy's even. I've made it a couple of times since his party, and each time we talk about how it would make great chili dog chili. I took it a step farther and decided to serve it over tater tots. Great decision.

Ingredients
2 lbs of ground beef
4 8 oz cans of tomato sauce
29 oz can of pinto beans
29 oz can of kidney beans
1 cup diced onion
2 poblano peppers, diced (I remove all the ribs and seeds)
1 stalk of celery, diced
3 medium tomatoes, chopped (sometimes I put these in the blender or use my Pampered Chef chopper to make sure they aren't too chunky for Heath)
2 tsp Cumin
3 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 1/2 tsp Black Pepper (add more if you want more spice...it's really good)
2 tsp salt
2 cups water

Instructions
Brown the ground beef and drain the fat.
Add all ingredients to a pot and simmer for 2-3 hours, stirring often. Or, you could throw it all in the crock pot in the morning and let it cook on low all day.

That's all there is to it! Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from here.

1 comment:

Mycharmingcolors said...

Oh my goodness, I am making these for my husband! ha and I am sure Judah (my son) will snack on them as well :-)