A family favorite, the Easiest Chili Ever – Hearty and flavorful dump dinner using seasoned chili beans.

Easiest Chili Ever

Any mamas suffering with me? Today was probably the 10th day of school interrupted in 2019. It’s only February, and we haven’t had a full week of school since December. I would raise a glass, maybe offer a toast with a bottle of an adult beverage, but on top of having all five kids off schedule, I also got Invisalign (clear braces) and am off any glasses of anything, except water… I digress. Yes, I am having my own pitty party of one.

Back to my family who never goes to school. Did you know that snow makes hungry kids turn famished? My children come inside form playing outdoors and they expect a full four course meal. Not only do they want non stop snacks, they want food to warm them up before they head back outside again. I go from making one meal a day (dinner) to making three large meals a day. One of our favorite go to meals for lunch and dinner is chili. The meal fills a crowd (when additional friends come over) and I can multiple ingredients depending on if I have more mouths to feed or if I need left overs.

If you have a favorite Chili recipe, like ours, upgrade your favorite chili with the hearty flavor of BUSH’S® Chili Beans. Simmered in their original chili sauces, made with a special blend of chilies, spices, garlic and onions, these are the beans to perfect your tried and true recipe!

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Next time you need an easy recipe to fill a crow, try our Easiest Chili Ever. Just dump in the pot, warm, and simmer! Check out our white bean alternative, an Easy White Chicken Chili Dump Dinner.

Ingredients:

• 2 cooked and shredded chicken breasts
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 2-16oz cans BUSH’S® Chili Beans (yellow can)
• 1-4oz can diced Chile’s
• 1 cup southwest corn
• 1 1/2 cups white cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried cumin
• 2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoons onion powder

Don’t Forget the Garnish:

• Cilantro, washed
• Lime wedges
• Tortilla chips

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Directions:

First boil raw chicken breasts until cooked through. Drain water (or use later for chicken stock) and move cooked chicken to a bowl.

Shred Chicken with a hand mixer or with a fork.

Add cooked shredded chicken back to the pot.

Mix in chicken stock, canned beans, green chiles, corn and spices.

Bring to a boil on medium to high heat.

Allow to slow-simmer until you are ready to eat.

Once you are ready to eat, stir in cheese until melted.

Scoop into a bowl and garnish with cilantro and a lime wedge.

Serve with tortilla chips.

Note: If simmering for a longer period of time, add BUSH’S® Beans in at the last minute and cook until warm.

Leftovers are great. My favorite way to eat this the next day is drained and over greens. It makes a perfect salad!

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Savings.com. All opinions and the recipe are my own.

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Dairy Free Recipes for a Dairy Free Diet. Tasty recipes and lactation suggestions that won’t make a nursing mother feel like she is sacrificing. Easy dairy free snack ideas for breastfeeding mothers.

Dairy Free Recipes

Nursing the twins has been rather hard. First, they were born early and never got a good latch. Coming from a mother that breastfed her first three children, the extra steps required were going to take me being attached to a breast pump rather than my precious newborns. Once the routine of pumping became the norm, I started noticing colic in Henry. This was around 7 weeks of age. In addition to the colic, Henry was constipated and having alot of projectile vomit with mucus. I researched potential reasons and we eliminated dairy from my diet. This seemed to do the trick and thus began the sacrifice of not only pumping, but additionally changing my diet and sacrificing my favorite foods.

I made the mistake with my third born of creating a healthy diet and lowering my calorie intake. Happily, I lost my baby weight but sadly, I also lost my supply, Since I was trying to keep up a supply for twins, I began searching Dairy Free Recipes to go with my new Dairy Free Diet. Many of these recipes have the intent of still supplying calories and still remaining tasty. Additionally, I researched some recipes that support lactation and breast milk production. My goal in this post was not to overload you with meats and veggies (because that is obviously an easy elimination to dairy) but to supply you with tasty eats, so you don’t feel like your diet is a sacrifice.

Helpful tip: OREOs were my best friend. Did you know OREOs are dairy free? They totally helped me with cravings that often had diary.

Primary Sources of Dairy:

• Milk
• Cheese
• Butter
• Half-and-half
• Cream
• Buttermilk
• Cream Cheese
• Sour Cream
• Cottage Cheese
• Whey
• Cottage Cheese

First up, baking was particularly hard on me. I found this Dairy Free Conversions Chart and it was pretty convenient for pretty much everything involves milk, cream or butter!

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Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies with whole oats, healthy flaxseed meal, and brewer’s yeast to help breast feeding moms maintain their milk supply. | Tastes Lovely

Mediterranean Vegetables (Grilled or Roasted) | Go Dairy Free

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Spicy Kale Chips | Purely Katie

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Allergy Soft Pretzel Bites | Super Healthy Kids

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Raw Cookie Dough Bites | Southern in Law

Crunchy Peanut Butter Granola Bars | Minimalist Baker

Scallion Pancakes | Go Dairy Free

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Get a slam dunk with these March Madness easy Basketball Rice Krispies. Perfect for the final four playoffs or a basketball sports themed party.

Slam Dunk Basketball Rice Krispies

Did you know the game of basketball began in the late 1800s by a PE instructor looking to have a sport with less impact than football. This loved sport was born in  1891 in the heartland of Springfield, Massachusetts. It eventually ended up as an American college sport before it became a pro-league sport. There is your slam dunk jeopardy factor for the day!

Rice Krispie Treats for All Seasons

We love making Rice Krispie Treats for all seasons including the season of basketball! These Basketball Rice Krispies are perfect for watching the big game or for celebrating a year of life at a basketball or sports themed birthday party. Using a traditional rice krispies treat, the extra steps like shaping and icing your basketballs, are incredibly simple!

Enjoy!

Basketball Rice Krispies Ingredients:

• 16 oz bag marshmallows
• 7 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• 3 tablespoons softened butter
• Vanilla frosting
• Orange food coloring
• 2 cups light cocoa candy melts

Basketball Rice Krispies Supplies:

• Decorating bags
• Large microwave safe bowl
• Small mixing bowl
• Long spoon
• 9×13” pan
• Non-stick cooking spray
• 4-5” circle cookie cutter

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Basketball Rice Krispies Directions:

First, in a large bowl, combine your marshmallows and butter and heat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes and mix.

Mix in a few drops of orange food coloring. Be conservative. Add as needed.

Next, mix in your Rice Krispies cereal until your cereal is evenly covered in your marshmallow mixture.

Grab your 9×13″ baking pan and grease it.

Press your Rice Krispies mixture into your pan firmly.

Let Rice Krispies set for a few hours or in the freezer for 15 minutes and use a circle cookie cutter to cut out basketball shaped Rice Krispies.

Mix your can of frosting with orange food coloring and place in a decorating bag.

Frost each basketball Rice Krispie treat.

In a small microwave safe bowl, heat 2 cups of light cocoa candy melts on 50% power for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.

Finally, fill a decorating bag with the melted chocolate and use to draw the lines on each basketball Rice Krispie Treat.

Take a look at these other March Madness Food Game Day Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Also take a loo at these Winning Super Bowl Snacks. Pin to Pinterest.

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