-3 tablespoons lemon juice.

If you caught yourself chuckling a little at my expense, then you’re welcome.I had to share this extra simple recipe with you today.I’m convinced that basic homemade chili is one of the world’s great foods and here’s why:.

-It’s delicious.-It’s full of nutritious veggies and protein sources, but no picky eater ever seems to realize it.. -You can’t mess it up.. -We eat it (or a leftover version of something made out of it) at least once a week.. -One pot seems to last and last for ever and ever..Some weeks it seems like we live off of basic chili, just cause it’s easy and healthy and everyone loves it.

Somehow chili has gotten a reputation as kind of a junky comfort food even though, when you think of it, it’s pretty much all veggies, and you can hide all kinds of extra veggies in there too if you want!.Whenever I make up a big batch of this stuff, I always freeze the leftovers and we get at least 3 more meals out of it over the next few weeks.

And then I make more!

So the other day when I was making up a new batch, I thought it was high time I shared this food revelation with you, just in case you never realized how easy chili can make your dinner-cookin’ life!.So, funny story.

I always think I’m so smart, but it turns out I’m like, really really not..This is the original picture I found on Pinterest, courtesy of the brilliant and talented We Lived Happily Ever After blog..

So pretty, right?The plan was that after all the Christmas decorations were down, we would place a bunch of these throughout the yard for some fun Winter color..