Marilyn's Make It From Scratch Chili

   There's probably hundreds of ways to make chili!  In all the years I've been cooking, and that's been since I was 16, I've tried my fair share of them!!  A few months ago my mother-in-law let me go through her recipe cards and take pictures of the ones I wanted to make.  She like most women  her age are incredible cooks--so all of her recipes come out great!!!

So today after I came home from subbing in a 4th grade class, I started chopping up the vegetables and frying the hamburger for her recipe for chili.    

This chili l has a nice kick.  And you can always taste it and add a bit more chili powder or Tabasco to your liking!

Marilyn's Make It From Scratch Chili

1.  Prepare vegetables:
(1)  Dice 1 onion.
(2)  Dice 1 green pepper.
(3)  Dice up 1/2 cup of celery
(4)  Mince 4 cloves of garlic.

2.  Prepare chili:
(1)  Put hamburger into a Dutch oven and brown, when it's half done, add all the vegetables and cook until the hamburger meat is browned.
(2)  Add 2 15 oz. cans of diced tomatoes and 1 15 oz. can of tomato sauce.
(3)  Add spices:  2 T chili powder, 2 T sugar, 2-3 t salt (I used 2 tsp.), 1 bay leaf, 2-3 tsp. oregano (I used 2 tsp.) , 1 tsp. basil, 1/4 tsp. Tabasco sauce.
(4) Then add 2 15 oz cans of kidney beans and 2 15 oz cans of white kidney beans.

3.  Simmer chili on stove 1 1/2 to 2 hours.  

Note:  I usually serve chili with Beth's cornbread  (which is the best cornbread I've ever had that I got from my Heritage School Cookbook ) or Toni's outrageous muffins (that I got off of a bag of Bob's Red Mill corn meal).

List of My Favorite Soups, Chili & Stew Recipes: 

Beef 

Grandma's Favorite Beef Stew  (My mother-in-law's delicious recipe!)

Just Like Home Ukrainian Borscht   (A Polish student  said this tasted like his mom's!)

Poultry

This is the Best Gluten Free Minestrone Soup!   (A recipe my son modified)

Mouth Watering Italian Turkey Sausage Soup   (This is  my friend Debbie's recipe)
Mexican Fiesta Chicken Soup   (A recipe I got years ago from a Mexican cookbook)
My Thanksgiving Turkey Soup  (My very own special concoction!)
Gary's Incredible Gluten Free Arkansas Gumbo  (Given to me by a Bible study friend from Arkansas)
Jeannie's French Market Soup  (A friend from when my kids were little)
Southwest Turkey Soup  (From my Syre School cookbook)

Fish
Northwest Salmon Chowder  (From my Heritage School cookbook)
Almost Like Ivar's Clam Chowder (From my Come & Dine Cookbook)

Bean & Legumes
Vi's Best Chili  (A  Bible study friend's great recipe)
Bethany's Crowd Pleasing Tortilla Soup  (One of my daughter's friends special soup)
Country-Style Lentil Soup   (From my Heritage School cookbook)
Kathy's Texas Chili & Chips (From my Come & Dine cookbook)

Vegetable

Creamy Pumpkin Soup  (from Food Network)
My Favorite Gluten Free Pumpkin Curry Soup  (Combo from Food & All Recipes)
Downright Delicious Potato & Kale Soup  (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)
A Great Fall Soup - Make it From Scratch Corn Potato Chowder  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)

Asian
Chinese Chicken Soups  - Bok choy chicken, chicken & spinach, and chicken & cabbage (Modified from Internet search by our Chinese students)
Make Your Own Gluten Free Chicken Pho!  (Modified from a newspaper article)
Gluten Free Chinese Hot Pot  (Modified by a Chinese student)
Chinese Egg Drop Soup  &  Chinese Egg & Tomato Soup  (Modified  from a student's recipe)

Vegetarian & Gluten Free Tom Yum Soup (A delicious Thai soup) 
Deluxe Miso Soup (Kenchinjiru)   (Adapted from Internet search)
A Thai Mom Teaches Me How to Make Tom Yum Kung  (A student's mom's recipe)
A Vietnamese Cooking Lesson - Lien's Vietnamese Sweet & Sour Soup  (An International student's aunt's recipe)
Cooking Beef Pho for Vietnamese Students  (Modified Recipe)