Day 2 - Beef Chili

To start, I'm not a huge soup fan.  I've never found it really that filling so when I saw a Chili recipe, I got all excited. 

Beef Chili (1 serving)
3.5 oz ground sirloin or 96% ground beef
1 large tomato chopped into small pieces (vidalia onion slicer amazing for this!)
1/8 onion chopped into small pieces
1 clove garlic minced
2 cups water
Season to taste with:
     Chili Powder
     Garlic Powder
     Black Pepper
     Cayenne Pepper
     Salt
     No-Sugar Taco Seasoning

Now, I'm the kind of person who needs exact quantifiable measurements so "season to taste" didn't mean a whole lot to me.  If you're like me and need exact measurements to go off of, the measurements I used are:

     1/8 tsp Chili Powder
     1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
     1/8 tsp Black Pepper
     1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper
     1/2 tsp salt
     4 tsp taco seasoning - 2 for broth, 2 mixed into meat

After mixing the taco seasoning into ground beef, I browned it and crumbled it.  I have a little crock pot that makes individual servings perfectly (or even enough for 2 servings) so it came in handy for this.  I combined all the ingredients into the crock pot this morning and left on low all day. 

I have to admit, I was worried about the consistency because it was quite watery all day but alas, it was time to eat.  This chili with the full 2 cups of water from the recipe had a lot of broth so I was worried about it being watery but I was pleasantly surprised with the spicy full flavor.  In addition to the flavor, this recipe made enough that I was too full to finish it AND still stayed in the calorie/serving requirements of phase 2.  YUM!