Days Alive: 12,207
Sweet Potatoes Diced: 4
Steps Walked: 3,918
Hours Slept: 2.5
Chicken Nuggets Eaten: 20
Tramadol Taken: 1
Cats Betrayed By Not Sharing Any Chicken Nuggets At All With Them Because I Am a Mean, Mean Mama Who Doesn’t Share Human Food: 3
Things I Forgot Today: 3
I’ve been kinda half-adding posts lately because I’ve just been out of spoons.
Reminder to self: write the damn post on Spoon Theory.
So, I’m exhausted, but I have a cute lady next to me (my Darling Wife), two cats resting on me (butt warmer and foot warmer, respectively), and the prep work done for the potluck tomorrow.
What am I making for the office potluck, no one at all asked?
Beef and Sweet Potato Chili. It is based entirely on the one found at Spicy Southern Kitchen.
Here’s the recipes, along with a not-mine photo:
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 2 sweet or yellow onion, chopped
- 9 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 green, red, or yellow pepper, seeded and diced
- 1-3 hot peppers (poblanos, jalapeños, Scotch Bonnets) of choice, seeded and finely diced (optional)
- 5 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons celery salt
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce of choice
- 1 can sweet corn, drained
- 1 can black or kidney beans, drained
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 (14-ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, about 4 cups, peeled and cut in a 1/2 inch dice
- red onion, sour cream, and/or cheese for garnish
Instructions (stolen from source site)
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Lightly spray a large nonstick pan with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and crumble it with a wooden spoon while it cooks. If it releases a lot of liquid/ grease use a spoon to discard it. After beef has cooked part way, add the onion, peppers, and garlic and continue to cook until beef is no longer pink.
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Add all spices to the pan and stir to coat the meat. Transfer meat mixture to a crockpot insert that has been lightly coated with cooking spray.
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Add all tomatoes and the chopped sweet potato to the crock pot. Stir to mix everything.
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Place the lid on the crock pot and cook on LOW for 6 to 7 hours or HIGH for 4 to 5 hours.
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Garnish as desired.