Slow Cooker Chili Dinner

Chili, wild and brown rice mix, steamed broccoli, pear. February 25. This is a commercial rice mix where the brown rice is par-boiled, so the mix only takes 20 mins to cook. You can get a less processed kind that takes the 40 mins you'd expect.

Slow cooker chili. Here's a recipe that really starts with the old Moosewood basics, but everyone spices it differently. Invent your own.

If you leave out the grains, serve with brown/wild rice mix. Not flavored too much - cooked in plain water, just a little salt and butter or olive oil. Don't forget to let it steam for 5-10 mins before serving

Put out toppings like lime, grated cheddar, sour cream, fresh salsa, sriracha, chopped scallion, cilantro, guacamole ...

Some of us made chili like this for decades before discovering how much better and easier it is using a slow cooker. You know how some food tastes better leftover and reheated? Like chili? It comes out of the slow cooker that way the first time.

It's just amazing to come home from work and find a pot of delicious food waiting for you. And it's a treat to have a Saturday meal on a weeknight.