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| Photo by Daniel Stranahan |
Nothing says fall like chili – and you’ll be hard pressed to find a chili that says it better than this one. With red kidney and black beans, sweet potatoes, and corn, it’s a protein and vitamin rich one-pot meal. We made this for dinner a few weeks ago, inspired by stories of the chili competition that my son, Jake, had just participated in on his 7th grade class canoe trip. Corn played a prominent role in his team’s submission, which took a very respectable second place. At our Sunday dinner, the chili got rave reviews from all adults and three of the four kids. The one dissenting vote was from my younger son, Aleks. But since no more than a molecule of it passed his lips, I’m not sure that his vote counts. (As a recovering picky eater, he still shies away from “combined foods.”) He did ask to taste the raw green pepper as I was cutting it up and liked it. I’ll call that a victory!
To see the recipe, check out our guest post on Psychobaby's Blog - and be sure to check out the cool, crazy kids' stuff offered by this Chicago-based store. Enjoy!
This chilli is top-notch awesome.
ReplyDeleteMoslty because it's what we had in the kitchen, the 2nd time, we used chickpeas instead of kidney beans and added a 2nd sweet potato (and peas and nuts) and kept out the chili powder and it was just as good. Thanks Kids-Table. :)