Hodge Podge Chili

Hodge Podge Chili is one of the easiest recipes to make because all of the ingredients can be frozen ahead of time.  That's what makes it a hodge podge.  In the pot today are:

leftover taco filling
cooked red beans
leftover hamburger patty
leftover sausage patty

What "leftover" means is that once the meal was over, there was something not eaten.  I have a special bowl in my freezer to put the ingredients for Hodge Podge Chili.  I add to the bowl until it almost full, and then I throw the ingredients together for chili.

The cooked red beans are new.  I made a pot of these a few days ago.  The first meal we had from these was red beans and rice.  The other meal (besides the chili) I will make will be tostadas.

In the simmer pot, I added 1/2 cup chopped onion, 1/2 chopped bell pepper, 1 sausage patty (crumbled), 1 hamburger patty (crumbled), 1/3 cup taco filling and about 2 cups of the new red beans.  Add ground cumin, salt, pepper, garlic and chili powder to taste.  Bring to a boil.  Lower heat and simmer on low for about 30 minutes.

Serve with cornbread or crackers.