MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: French Canadian Chili Categories: Beef, Chili, Canadian, Beans, Mushrooms Yield: 12 Servings 1 Clove garlic; minced 2 Onions; chopped 2 lb Lean ground beef 2 Each: red; green and yellow -peppers, chopped 1 Jalapeno pepper; seeded and -chopped 10 oz Can white mushrooms; chopped 5 Garden tomatoes; chopped 5 Plum tomatoes; chopped 12 oz Tomato paste 28 oz stewed tomatoes 16 oz garden style tomato sauce 2 tb Dried oregano 2 tb Dried thyme 1 tb Celery salt Ground pepper 4 cn Red kidney beans; drained First, pour some vegetable oil a large skillet. Then add the garlic and onion, letting them saute until they're translucent. Then add the ground beef and brown it. Add all the peppers, jalapenos included, plus the mushrooms to the post, continue cooking the vegetables until they soften a bit (2-3 minutes). To a large pot, add all the canned tomato paste, the canned stewed tomatoes and the chopped fresh plum and garden tomatoes. Combine browned meat/peppers mixture with tomato mixture in large pot. Add the oregano, thyme, celery salt and pepper. Let entire mixture simmer for 20-25 minutes. After it's simmered, add the beans and simmer for another 15 to 20 minutes until the sauce is the consistency of a thick gravy. Recipe by: Alexander Walters Posted to recipelu by Layla MMMMM