Nobody Liked My Chili but Me..............

..............sigh. I've been trying to cook the Traditional Foods way www.westonaprice.org and yesterday I made this gorgeous chili with grass fed ground beef, kidney & pinto beans, corn and zucchini. Along with garlic, onion, various spices I added a can of organic pureed tomato and three strips of uncured nitrate-free bacon along with the grease (the Traditional diet is BIG on animal fats. Supposedly you have to eat fat to lose fat? We'll see...........). I thought it was fabulous but hubby said it wasn't "hot" enough, Bear really struggled with the zucchini and Monkey ate it but said he "didn't like it". So I'm discouraged because I worked so hard on dinner and I was the only one who enjoyed it ={. Actually, come to think of it, Baby Girl liked it too. Maybe it's a Chick Chili =}. So if you are getting together with your girlfriends for a Bible Study or Bunco Night, try my chili =}

Crockpot Chick Chili
2 lb ground beef (preferably grass-fed)
2-3 cloves garlic minced
1 small onion finely chopped
1 32 oz can pureed tomato
1 c. beef broth
1 15 oz can red kidney beans
1 15 oz can pinto beans
salt and pepper (to taste)
1-2 t. chili powder
1 T. garlic powder
2 t. basil
1-2 t. oregano
1 t. cumin
1 c. cooked sweet corn
2-3 medium raw zucchini chopped into big chunks
2-3 strips of cooked bacon (finely chopped) w/the grease

top with:
shredded cheese (optional)
sour cream or plain yogurt (optional)

Brown ground beef with onion and garlic, drain and set aside. Put bacon in pan and cook until crispy. Combine the remaining ingredients in a crockpot and add beef (don't forget to add the bacon grease!). Mix and taste, add more seasonings if you want. Cook for 2+ hours on low, needs at least 2 hours, will be better if you cook it more like 4 hours. Serve topped with shredded cheese and sour cream or plain yogurt. Enjoy Chicas!