Better Home Cooking Basics: #43 To Make a Quick Chili Use Canned Beans Instead of Dried Beans.

Last night I made this chili. We both got home late, so I started cooking late so we ate kind of late but the chili cooked pretty quickly - Chris pointed this out. He was right.  Usually chili is supposed to simmer for hours on end but I think that has to do with the doneness of the beans. The last thing you want in chili is undercooked beans so if you don’t have time use canned beans which take no time at all to incorporate & cook in you big pot of chili.  No one will know or care as they eat their second bowl.

Looking for a good turkey chili recipe? Try one of these: the best turkey chili ever or turkey & white bean chili .

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Best Ever Turkey Chili

Apparently the mild 50 degree weather we had this past weekend was all a delicious dream because it’s cold again! So warm up with this chili recipe that I found & have been making all winter (when I'm not making this one). It has some really great flavors (spoiler alert - there's cinnamon & beer in there!). The best part is that it’s a pretty quick cook so you don’t have to let it simmer for hours but I’m sure if you have that kind of time in your day it will only taste better & better the longer it cooks - but it tastes great right off the bat. Naturally, I bulk mine up with extra veggies - so I’ll note in the directions which are optional.

Fave Recipes for Fall

clockwise from upper left corner: chicken pot pie; the baker chick's cinnamon rolls; turkey & white bean chili; easy homemade soft pretzels

It feels like summer out there but (if you follow me on Instagram you already know) fall has kicked into high gear in my kitchen. Here are some of the usual suspects that will be on the rotation this fall. What are you cooking?