Chili

Comfort food at its best with tender ground beef, hearty beans, and rich homemade chili seasoning.

**Not Gluten Free?? Serve with corn muffins or cornbread
**Not Dairy Free?? Serve with regular sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese
**Grain Free?? Eat recipe by itself
**Paleo?? Leave out beans and use homemade tomato sauce 

Serves: 4

Note: This recipe takes 3-4 hours to cook, but it's worth it! Just leave yourself some time to prepare it.

Ingredients:

3 Tbs olive oil
1/2 Tsp celery seed
1 onion, minced
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
2 cloves of garlic, minced or 1 tsp garlic powder)
1 tsp cumin seed, crushed
1 pound chopped beef, chicken or turkey
1 bay leaf
3 cups of water
2 Tbs chili powder
1 1/3 cups crushed tomatoes
1/8 tsp basil
1 green pepper minced
1 1/2 tsp sea salt
1 can beans (any type of beans)
Tortilla Chips (Cinderella loves Mission tortilla rounds)

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot, add the onion and garlic and sauté until golden brown
2. Add the meat and cooked until brown or cooked all the way through. (If making vegetarian chili skip this step)
3. Add all remaining ingredients and stir well.
4. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, until the sauce is as thick as desired, about three to four hours.
5. Serve with tortilla chips.

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Tacos

**Not gluten free?? Use whole wheat soft taco shells or hard corn shells
**Not dairy free?? Add regular sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese to your taco

**Grain free?? Make a taco salad

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

1 pound beef/ground chicken/turkey/beans
1 Tbs olive oil
2 Tbs chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp paprika
3 tsp cumin
2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup water

1 package Corn taco shells (Cinderella loves Trader Joe's taco shells)
Shredded lettuce
Salsa (Cinderella loves Tostitos medium salsa)
Non-dairy Sour cream (Cinderella loves Tofutti Sour Supreme Better than Sour Cream)

Directions:

1. In a large non-stick pan put olive oil and meat in pan and cook until browned or cooked all the way through over a medium high heat.
2. Mix all spices in a separate bowl and then pour on top of meat.
3. Add water to meat and spice mixture.
4. Stir all the way through and cook on low about 5 minutes.
5. Bake taco shells according to package (only takes a few minutes).
6. Set up taco shell with meat, lettuce, salsa and sour cream or any other toppings you enjoy.

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Beef Stew

**Not Gluten Free? Mix meat with 1/4 cup flour and spice mixture before placing in slow cooker. Serve over egg noodles
**Not Dairy Free?? Add grated Romano or Parmesan cheese over the stew
**Paleo/Grain Free?? Cook without the potatoes and eat without the rice.

Note: This is a slow cooker meal that takes 4-6 hours on high or 10-12 hours on low to cook, but it's worth it!

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

2 pounds beef stew meat
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
3 cloves of garlic, minced (or 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder)
1 bay leaf
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, chopped (or 1 tsp onion powder)
1 1/2 cups beef broth
3 potatoes, diced
1 pound bag (16 oz) baby carrots
5 stalks of celery, chopped into large pieces 

2 bags boil in bag rice (Cinderella loves Success Boil in Bag White Rice)

Directions: 

1. Place meat in the slow cooker pot. 

2. Add salt, pepper, garlic, bay leaf, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, onion, beef broth, potatoes, carrots and celery. Mix well!

3. Cover your slow cooker and and cook on low setting for 10 to 12 hours (recommended) or on  the high setting for 4 to 6 hours.

4. When there is about 20 minutes left in the slow cooker, boil a small pot of water.

5. Place the rice in the boiling water and cook for about 10 minutes. 

6. Serve beef stew over rice. 

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