National Chili Week: Four Cozy Recipes to Start October
Start October with a cozy pot of chili. Explore four CWK family recipes, from hearty beef chili to creative vegetarian pantry meals, plus toppings and serving ideas.
Start October with a cozy pot of chili. Explore four CWK family recipes, from hearty beef chili to creative vegetarian pantry meals, plus toppings and serving ideas.
October calls for a hearty pot of chili. Mom’s kicked-up beef chili combines kidney beans, tomatoes, warming spices, cocoa and red wine or dark beer.
A bag of pinto beans, a few pantry finds and an electric skillet became a hearty vegetarian chili while we were fixing up an investment property.
Grandma would call me in Texas for this chili recipe, then laugh at the ingredient list. A hearty family favorite with beef, mixed beans, corn and rich seasoning.
A pantry challenge becomes a hearty vegetarian chili with split mung beans, chickpeas, sweet potato and tomatoes, plus coffee, cocoa and cinnamon.
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