Sweet & Spicy Chili

I'm really proud of myself for making up my own chili recipe today. It was born out of procrastination and a lack of desire to run to the store. I needed to bring chili to the YW/YM square dance & chili dinner tonight and had to make it on the fly this afternoon. All of my recipes required odd ingredients that I don't just keep around so I scrounged in my pantry to see what I could dump in my crock pot. It is super easy and super yummy so I decided to share.

Amy's Very Own Sweet & Spicy Chili

• 2.5 lb. ground beef
• 3 onions, finely chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, pressed, grated, diced -- whatever you do with garlic
• 3 cans Ro-Tel tomatoes (You can use the mild if you don't like spicy. I use regular.)
• 3 cans chili beans (not just kidney beans -- the can says "Chili Beans')
• 1/2 C. brown sugar

Brown ground beef with onions and garlic in large pan. Drain fat and dump in crock pot. Add Ro-Tel, chili beans and brown sugar . Stir and cook on low all day or on high for a couple hours if, like me, you forget to turn on your crock pot in the morning. Always. You could also just heat it up on the stove. Serves 10-12.

My family loved it. The youth will eat anything. Good times.