{recipe: rainy day chili}

 {It was a kinda-cold, stormy day...and that makes me want some chili.}

ingredients:

• 2 lbs. ground chuck
• 1 red onion, roughly chopped
• 1 can tomato sauce
• 1 can fire roasted (diced) tomatoes w/ green chilies
• 1 can pinto beans
• 1 can dark red kidney beans
• 2 tbsp. chili powder (or more if that's how you like it!)
• 1.5-2 tbsp. mexican spice blend
• 1 cup hot water 

how to:

• (in dutch oven) toss chopped onions and cook over med-high heat until soft.
• remove most of the onions (set aside, leaving a few to add flavor to the beef) and put beef in the pot.
• brown the beef. using a mesh strainer, drain off fat, then return to pot.
• toss cooked onions back into the pot
• drain and rinse both beans and add to pot
• add tomato sauce and diced tomatoes (do not drain)
• add all spices and hot water
• stir together, reduce heat to medium-low, cover and let simmer for at least an hour, stirring occasionally.

{...didn't get any photos, but will add a few next time I make it!}