Is cooking chili at home generally a waste of time and money?

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Anonymous wrote:What? No. Ground beef, canned beans, chili powder, tomato sauce, boxed cornbread. Freeze half for another time.

LMAO I have no idea whaat this is aa recipe for but it's not chili

anyway, OP, I just freeze it. It freezes really well and I like to have it for lunch.

I am the person you are criticizing. The cornbread is on the side. I usually use peeled tomatoes, but tomato paste/sauce works great too. I like to use cannellini beans.

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As a single person I make chili exactly the way I like it (ground chicken, three or four kinds of beans, onion, tomato soup, spices, topped with grated cheese and sour cream) and if I make a little too much I just freeze it and have it whenever I crave some. Definitely cheaper than buying premade chili.

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DH makes it for himself, and none of us eat it until the next day when it's thicker we use it to make nachos.

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I think it's also a sodium bomb. Is there any way to keep the sodium low in chili? I've felt like rubbish after eating a bowl last night. Very dehydrated.

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Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What? No. Ground beef, canned beans, chili powder, tomato sauce, boxed cornbread. Freeze half for another time.

LMAO I have no idea whaat this is aa recipe for but it's not chili

anyway, OP, I just freeze it. It freezes really well and I like to have it for lunch.

WTF are you talking about?

Post your recipe.

I'm talking about a chili recipe with no onion, no tomato other than pureed to sauce, no garlic... you can put that other half directly in the trash lol

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Anonymous wrote:What are you using as a recipe? And why aren't you modifying it to better suit your preferences for next time?

Tend to switch it up since we make it so infrequently. The weather seemed to "call" for it last night. A NYTimes recipe recommended dumping a beer in. It turned out incredibly mediocre. And it stunk up that wing of the house. Pretty sure a good bowl of chili is all of $5. If I'm craving it, that's just $20 for the family. Much wiser.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what u put in your chili that is so expensive or complicated but you must be doing it wrong.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What? No. Ground beef, canned beans, chili powder, tomato sauce, boxed cornbread. Freeze half for another time.

LMAO I have no idea whaat this is aa recipe for but it's not chili

anyway, OP, I just freeze it. It freezes really well and I like to have it for lunch.

WTF are you talking about?

Post your recipe.

I'm talking about a chili recipe with no onion, no tomato other than pureed to sauce, no garlic... you can put that other half directly in the trash lol

Np and I can’t understand what you’re saying.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's also a sodium bomb. Is there any way to keep the sodium low in chili? I've felt like rubbish after eating a bowl last night. Very dehydrated.

We're not vegetarian, but make black bean chili more often than not. If you use dried beans and low-sodium tomatoes, I'm not sure where else you'd get the sodium from.

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Our go-to chili recipe isn't expensive. $5 for 1 lb. of ground beef, $2 for 2 cans of kidney beans, $1 for 2 cans of tomatoes; $1 for spices; 50 cents for an onion, 50 cents for a small can of tomato sauce; $1 for some shredded cheese; $1 for some sour cream.

We've been making it the same way for years and always get 6 portions out of this recipe for a total of $12. Very affordable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

I never went to a summer camp that served cheap food so I'll have to take your word for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's also a sodium bomb. Is there any way to keep the sodium low in chili? I've felt like rubbish after eating a bowl last night. Very dehydrated.

Put less salt in it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

What in the heck do YOU put in your chili. No more snarky comments until you answer that.