Turkey Vegetable Chili

What do you do with all of the left overs from last week that need to be eaten quick or they will go to waste? Make chili! With eating fresh, sometimes it is difficult to use up all of your fresh food from the week. So, we have Saturday Chili Day. After going to the farmers market, we whipped up some amazing home-made chili.

First start off with a meat. We had hot turkey sausage we needed to use up. Brown your meat in a skillet while you prepare the other ingredients for your chili.

I used one jar of Ragu tomato sauce, just be sure to read the ingredients if you are aiming for gluten free. Ingredients can change without the public even noticing so just because it was okay last time, doesn't mean it will be this time. Pour the tomato sauce into a large pot after turning the burner on low-medium heat. Then use the empty Ragu jar and fill it with completely with water adding that into your pot. I did that twice. Then add two cans of red kidney beans and 2 cans of black beans. If you have chili beans you can use those. Again, read the ingredients on anything canned. It may not be gluten free. Modified food starch is one that can be in beans that you want to avoid. Then add 1/4 cup of Chili Powder. Mix that in well. 1 tbsp of roasted red pepper flakes, and 2 tsp of garlic powder or chopped garlic cloves if you have those. I add cinnamon to our chili to make it a little sweeter.

We had a lot of veggies we needed to use up, so in to the pot it went. We added carrots, celery, onions, and rice to our pot. Yum! Mix everything in well, making sure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. Let the chili simmer till the carrots and rice is cooked through and soft. Once the meat is cooked add it to the pot. Makes for a quick and yummy chili. :) Of course you can adjust this to your likes and for the specific ingredients in your fridge.