Charmed Chatter

Here is another fabulous, easy, time-friendly and mouth gratifying recipe for all you cleansers out there, and for anyone else looking to add a healthy little ditty to their culinary repertoire! (If you like, you may use beef to make regular chili, or no meat and double the beans for a vegetarian chili... Works well with any of these!)

• About a pound of ground chicken – I prefer to grind my own meat using my KitchenAid MixMaster  with their Meat Grinder attachment (shown right). If you do a lot of cooking or baking, I HIGHLY recommend investing in one of these little babies. I loooooove mine!
• About a cup of chopped peppers – Red, Green, Yellow, some hot, whatever kind you like!
• A cup of chopped mushrooms
• Half a red onion, and half a white onion, diced
• 3-5 cloves of garlic, crushed
• A cup and a half of all natural salsa (I use Pace chunky)
• A can of mixed beans (chick peas, black beans, lentils etc) but NOT marinated!
• A can of deep browned beans in tomato sauce - Yes these have a little sugar in them, but in the grand scheme of things it’s no biggie!
• A tablespoon of Cumin
• A tablespoon of Chili powder
• A tablespoon of Cayenne
• A teaspoon of pepper
• A tablespoon of Franks Red Hot or Sriracha Hot Sauce (optional if you like it really hot)
• A can of corn (optional)