A Giveaway & Chili Goodness

First things first, head on over to Leigh's blog and enter the Seeking Love First Giveaway.  You can read all about Gray & Leigh's adoption journey on her blog as well!  This is Leigh's 500th blog post and she's celebrating by giving away a precious fabric wreath and one of their super cute fundraising T-shirts.  Head on over there to see how you can enter-to-win, and spread the news to your friends for a chance to have more entries!


Last night was our Sunday School Chili Cookoff..... I've never been a big fan of Chili, but Ryan has always raved about his mom's Chicken Chili and so I used her recipe for the cookoff.  And, get this, we won the SPICIEST category and tied for BEST ALL AROUND.   Not to mention getting to taste a whole bunch of other great chilis like this recipe and this recipe.   You can check out our recipe 


Ryan's Favorite Chicken Chili

Ingredients:

1 ½ pounds white boneless chicken**

3 (14 ½ oz) cans diced tomatoes with onions and green pepper, undrained

2 (15 oz) cans kidney beans, undrained

1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

3 Tbsp chili powder

1 ½ tsp oregano

1 tsp garlic salt

1 tsp sugar

½ tsp black pepper

½ tsp ground cayenne pepper

**The recipe calls for chicken to be cooked & cubed, but I shredded the chicken and everyone loved it.  (I think it would probably also be good if you used shredded rotisserie chicken).

If cooking on the stove, cook/shred chicken, then, mix all ingredients in a pot and cook until mixture comes to a full boil.  Then reduce heat to low for 30-40 minutes.  

If cooking in crockpot, use cooked or frozen chicken pieces, mix all ingredients in a crockpot and cook on low all day.  Remove chicken and shred, then re-mix chicken with other ingredients.

SERVE with cheese, sourcream, and crackers/chips/cornbread.  ENJOY!