Chili con carne

Soundtrack: iPod set to random Jimmy Buffett

Despite our weekly trek to Rudy's BBQ for lunch, I was still in the mood for beef this evening. This time I had a hankering for vegetables mixed in somehow. All of this coalesced into cooking a batch of chili con carne for dinner. I have had great luck using ground turkey and chopped portabella mushroom to replace the ground beef in the past. That would not be satisfactory tonight! Cheeseburger in Paradise was selected on my iPod, and I dug into the prep work.

This recipe makes plenty of food for several meals. That means there will be multiple photos of the cooked product over the next few days. Tonight's picture was taken just after adding the chopped vegetables in with the meat. The colors popped much better at this stage compared to after cooking. Adding all of the spices also helps to dilute the color palette. Hopefully this will assist in avoiding monotony in the coming posts.