Jim's snowy day Paleo Chili Recipe

We were in Chicago all day yesterday for a CF Competition and got home late last night.  I slept until 10:45 am when Jim walked in with a breakfast tray and woke me out of a deep slumber.  He does that a lot.  I never hear him get out of bed.  One of these days, I swear I'm going to be the one surprising him with breakfast in bed.

So after eating and laying around in bed even longer we finally feel ready to face the world...or should I say the kitchen and the mess of the breakfast rush.  He decided as he was finishing up the waffle batter that he wanted to get lunch over with and as he cleaned up from breakfast he started looking through the house for chili ingredients.  As he named them I would go to the freezer, refrigerator or cupboard and let him know if we had them...or if we had something close to them to get this chili underway.   The last thing I wanted to do was make a run to walmart in the freezing cold...and please, we all know I was still in my pajamas.

Please keep in mind when I post this recipe that there are SO many different options for making this. Just because you don't have every item on this list, doesn't mean you can't make this chili.  I'll tell you how we typically make it along with some subs you could use to make it your own.

Beanless Chili Recipe

3 pounds ground beef 
(we have used - ground chicken, turkey and sausage or a combo of all)
1 cup finely chopped onions 
(Jim doesn't like onions but he likes the flavor so we typically sub with minced onions- we were out of these today so we used onion powder)
5 cloves garlic chopped
(you could sub garlic powder)
1/4 cup oil
3 cups tomato puree
(today I took a large can of the stewed tomatoes and pureed them in the ninja)
1 1/2 tsp cumin 
1 tsp ground coriander 
2-3 jalapeno peppers chopped
2 colored peppers chopped
(If you don't have peppers - you could use chopped zucchini, sweet potato, butternut squash)
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp oregano
3 tbsp chili powder

Brown all meat and cut up peppers and onion.  I use 1/4 cup minced onion instead of fresh.
Pour the tomato puree in cooking pot with 2 cups water.  Add all spices and peppers to the puree.
Add meat and cover pot.  Heat on high until you get a boil.  Stir and reduce to simmer.  Simmer for 35 minutes stirring every 12-15 minutes.

As for me, I rowed my 5k as punishment for sucking at rowing in yesterday's CF competition and finally showered and put my Broncos shirt on to make my hubby love me even more!!  Time for this girl to go eat some chili;0)