Tuesday Night - Chilli Con Carne

Well this one is an old family fav, and seeing as the kids are off to gymnastics I thought I'd be better off making a super quick recipe so cheated a bit with a recipe base, but it's still something new to the regular rotation for us.

INGREDIENTS
500gm mince beef
1 sachet of Continental Chilli Con Carne recipe base
1 tin diced tomato
1 tin red kidney beans
1/2 cup water
sml amount of oil
2 tsp cumin
2 cups rice

METHOD
1. Place rice in rice cooker with appropriate water and set to cook.
2. Put oil in a frying pan, add mince and brown.
3. Drain and rinse kidney beans, add to pan with tomatos, water, cumin  and recipe base.
4. Mix together, cover and simmer over a very low heat for 15mins.
5. Rice should be done just as the chilli is finished, serve and enjoy!

COMMENTS
Hubby enjoyed it though he said he wanted it a bit hotter. Fussy son ate the whole plate and didn't once mention the spiciness so that's a good thing! Daughter said it was 'good' and toddler ate all the beans and half the meat and rice mix which is good for him at dinner time, he's not normally a big dinner eater.

My thoughts are that it was goodm could have been a little spicier, and also lacked that vegie content, I think maybe a bit of red cabbage through it next time, or grated carrot or zucchini mixed through wouldn't affect the taste and it would be a little healthier. No pics this time, in too much of a rush to get it on the table LOL