Wendy's Chili

Ingredients:

2 lbs ground beef

1- 29 oz can tomato sauce

1 -29 oz can kidney beans

1 -29 oz can pinto beans

1 cup onions

1/2 cup diced green chili (2 chilies)

1/4 cup diced celery (1 stalk)

3 medium tomatoes, chopped

2 tsp cumin powder

3 Tbs chili powder

1 -1/2 tsp black pepper

2 tsp salt

2 cups water

Directions

Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat; drain off the fat. Using a fork, crumble the cook beef into pea-sized pieces. In a large pot, combine the beef plus all the remaining ingredients, and bring to a simmer over low heat. Cook, stirring every 15 min, for 2 to 3 hours. When serving sprinkle cheese on top.

Makes about 12 servings.

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Sausage Corn Chowder

Ingredients

2 (7 ounce) packages fully cooked sausage links, cut into slices

2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted

2 1/2 cups milk

2 cups fresh corn

2/3 cup sliced green onions

1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

1 cup shredded Swiss cheese

Directions

Crumble sausage into a large saucepan or Dutch oven; brown over medium heat. Drain. Add soup, milk, corn, green onions and hot pepper sauce. Cook until corn is tender. Reduce heat to low; add cheese and heat until

Creamy Broccoli Soup

Ingredients:

2 potatoes, peeled and chopped

1 broccoli stalk, chopped

1 carrot, peeled and grated

1 cup water

1 chicken bouillon cube

1/2 can cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:

In sauce pan, dissolved bouillon cube in water. layer potatoes, broccoli, and carrots in that order in pan, sprinkling a little salt over each layer. cover and simmer 20 min or until broccoli is tender but not mushy. Turn off heat. Mash vegetables lightly with potato masher. Stir in soup and sour cream. Yummy with Cornbread.

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Corn Chowder

Ingredients:

1/2 onion, chopped

1 Tbs butter

1 potato, chopped

1 cup water

1 cup milk

1 heaping Tbs flour

1/2 cup corn

1/2 tsp salt

dash pepper

Directions:

Saute onion in butter in sauce pan until tender and clear. Add potatos and water. Simmer 20 min or until potatos are tender. Gradually stir milk into flour. Stir flour mixture, corn, salt, and pepper into potatoes. Bring soup to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer 10 min.

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