This post is sponsored by Kraft.
With winter in full swing I’m always looking for hearty comfort food recipes. There’s nothing like coming in from a cold day to a house filled with fantastic flavors from a meal ready to be enjoyed. That’s why I love slow cookers this time of year. You can prepare your meal in the morning, turn it on, and come dinnertime the house smells delicious and it’s ready to be served.
I was excited to learn that January is Slow Cooker Month and as a that’s why I’m excited to share this sponsored post as a Kraft Tastemaker Blogger I had fun browsing the Kraft Foods website looking for soup recipes. There is a wide variety to choose from and I can’t wait to try some of them.
While looking for recipes for Slow Cooker Month, I decided to make chili. It’s a family favorite around here and I thought it would be fun to mix our traditional recipe up a bit and make it in a slow cooker. Typically we pull out a big pot and cook it on the stove. I use the slow cooker for a lot of recipes but haven’t tried it for chili before. I pleased to say it was incredibly easy and came out full of flavor.
First I browned the ground beef and ground turkey. I mixed them together and put them in the slow cooker. To put a different spin on things I added some crumbled sausage. Next I added the tomato sauce, the diced tomatoes, the corn, the chili beans, and the chili seasoning packets and mixed them all together. It was really nice being able to put all the ingredients in the slow cooker and stir them together in one place. While I did use the pan to brown the meat, everything else was done in the slow cooker making prep and clean up a breeze.
After a few hours it was ready and we were all impressed with how delicious it was. I served it with chips and cornbread. I had never had chili with chips before until one of our old college roommates introduced us to the delicious medley. I like to dip my chips into the chili and they give it a nice crunch. I also enjoy eating it with a slice of homemade cornbread, the two together are a cozy combination on a cold day.
We enjoyed making this slow cooker chili recipe and look forward to doing it again often in the coming winter months. It’s truly a winter inspired dish that warms us up from the inside out.
For this recipe visit the Kraft Foods site.
I have a pot of xhili on right now! We are due for 10+ inches of snow overnight and everyone will be shoveling trying to get out for Superbowl. I remember one year we had 29″ of snow on Superbowl and we were hosting a party. We ended up paying to have our street plowed because the city was overwhelmed. Everyone had a great time .
This recipe sounds delicious, especially on this cold and windy day.
Looks good! My little sis likes this kind of stuff, might show it to her.
Looks good! Chili, cheese, sour cream maybe some chives and/or jalapeno if you like it spicier piled on top of tortilla chips is great, too. It’s perfect for that leftover chili the next day!
I love to try new new recipes and very much enjoy looking to find new recipes for myself and family to try this chilli recipe looks great and is the perfect meal to a cold day when you want something hearty and lasting for your family to eat …..this looks amazing thanks for sharing with us….
This looks like a very good recipe for me to make! I love cooking in the Slow Cooker because it is so easy. I bet this tastes so good!
This looks so yummy!
Yum. That looks good. Sounds like a good cold day meal!
This looks delicious and I just might have to try it for supper!
This is the perfect cold weather recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Looks delicious! I love chili!
I didn’t know that January was slow cooker month. I will just have to use mine more this month. I love when I put all of my ingredients in the slow cooker before I go to work and when I come home dinner is all that I can smell and I know I don’t have to do anything more for dinner.
Now I’m hungry
I would love to make that chili one of these days
This looks like a great recipe for a cold day!
This sounds like a great meal, I love the addition of crumpled sausage.
We are having unusually cold weather here where I live. Comfort food like this is just the ticket after having to be inside or out. It’s hard to even keep the house warm with the heat running non-stop. This sounds awesome and though I’ve never had chili with sausage or corn in it, I’m going to give it a try!
This chili looks really delicious! The one thing I love to eat on a cold day is chili, we eat it a lot in the winter time, its a family favorite. I am definitely going to try this recipe.
I love this! I use ground turkey almost daily in recipes and I am always looking for creative things to make..this looks YUMMY!
Oh that looks really good! We love chili…especially on the cold days! Would have been perfect for today…our high was Zero…tonight -10!
Chili is one of my favorite recipes to make when it gets chilly outside, especially when you live in Michigan. Great tasty recipe here!
Chili is one of our most favorite winter time comfort foods. This looks delish!