Recipe #70: Chicken and Pineapple Chili

Since we've had such a large drought the recent thunderstorms have really made me feel relaxed. Granted I've had a difficult time sleeping through the night with all of the thunder but the Earth really needed the water! It made me look forward to some cooler weather though. So today I wore an over-sized sweater, long dress pants, and long dress socks. I felt like I was dressing for the fall already. On top of that I was craving something hot to eat like chili.

Now the weather is still hot out and with the scattered thunderstorms it has raised the humidity levels quite a bit. I don't know about anybody else but my hair certainly feels the effects and now it's all out of whack. (There's always something to complain about, isn't there?) Either I'm ready for the fall or I'm really just beginning to feel out of whack. But it is still summer and with the fresh fruit selection I have experimented quite a bit with pineapple. I've mentioned a few times that adding pineapple to saltier meats is totally delicious so when I found this recipe: http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2011/04/black-bean-pineapple-soup-stew-chili.html I waited all day to try it! So what can I say? It was good to the last bite and when it actually is fall I'll be making this again!

Ingredients:

* 1 lb of Ground Chicken
* 1 lb of Turkey Sausage
* 1 Green Bell Pepper
* 1 large White Onion
* 2 cans of Jalapeno Diced Tomatoes
* 2 cans of Chili Beans
* 4 large Cloves of Garlic
* 1 can of Pineapple Chunks



Cooking Directions:

On a cutting board chop the onion and the green pepper.

Mince the garlic.

Then slice and chop the turkey sausage.

In a medium frying pan cook the ground chicken.

Add the onion, green pepper, garlic, turkey sausage, chicken, jalapeno diced tomatoes, chili beans, and pineapple chunks to a crock pot.

Cook on low for 4 hours and serve either by itself or over a bowl of macaroni noodles.

 Oh, and don't forget to add a generous dollop of sour cream onto the top!