With global warming has come larger than normal amounts of rain in our area. Over the last two weeks I have felt the need to begin to build an arc. Just to be on the safe side. So this Sunday I thought I would be ahead of the game and make a crock pot full of warm spicy chili. This would prevent me from having to unsuccessfully avoid the Sunday evening clean up from a large dinner. So I diligently got the ingredients together and allowed them to simmer all afternoon. Maybe, just maybe I would get a chance to have a rainy day nap or curl up on the couch and leaf through a magazine. Approximately 1 hour before supper was set to be served my husband came up from downstairs to tell me that water was coming into the basement. This wouldn't have been so crazy if we hadn't just had the basement finished after a larger flood caused by a power outage. The new dry wall, the new plaster, the painters were coming oh dear god.! Fortunately we got things dried up quite quickly and the olive branch was in site when the rain slowed down and eventually stopped. Arc building was averted.
This Chili is normally delicious, however it was never more so then that Sunday afternoon.
1 lb hamburger meat 1/2 green pepper diced
1 small onion diced 1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste 1 can kidney beans
3/4 cup water 1 can mushrooms
1/2 cup celery diced salt & pepper to taste
2 Tbsp chili powder 1/2 tsp cumin
Fry hambuger and drain the fat off. Add to slowcooker along with the remaining ingredients. DO NOT DRAIN THE KIDNEY BEANS. Allow this to simmer on low for 2 to 3 hours. We serve ours with shredded mozzarella and a dollop of sour cream. When my kids were younger I would even give them some tortillia chips to dip their chili. Yum Yum
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