Chicken Chili

2 grilled and chopped boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 32 oz. box low-sodium chicken broth
1 4 oz. can green chiles
1 small onion, chopped
chopped fresh cilantro
chopped avocado
tortilla chips
grated jack cheese
sour cream

Saute the onion in a dutch oven until soft, add chiles, beans, broth, chicken, cilantro. Heat through. Serve the other stuff at the table so you can add it to your bowl like this: some crushed tortilla chips, some avocado, cheese, and a dollop of sour cream. Pour hot soup over, and the cheese gets all melty and the sour cream makes the soup creamy. Mmmm! It's so good and comforting and EASY!

Chili

I posted these on my blog a while ago and i wanted to put them on here to for everyone else, they are very easy.. and that is how i like it!!!

1 lb. Jimmy Dean Maple Sausage
4 reg. size cans red kidney beans, drained
1/2 to 1 whole onion chopped
1 pkg. chili mix
1 jar any kind of salsa
1/2 cup or so sugar

Cook Sausage into bite size pieces. Then combine all ingredients into crock pot and cook 3-4 hours on low.
*The maple sausage can be found by the breakfast bacon at the grocery store, or you can replace it with ground hamburger or ground turkey, i really don't like sausage all that much- but the maple sausage is sooo good... we make tacos with it too.*
*Also, sometimes i will make a little extra chili and then use it as the meat base for Navajo tacos, a couple days later. For those i just buy a big bag of Rhodes rolls and flatten them out and then fry it. Maybe not too healthy, but it tastes really good! I love them with honey butter too!!!*