Veggie Chili

I am quite happy that I found a way to eat more vegetables. My mom gave me the spice combinations to go with my vegetable combo.

Ingredients

• 4 oz each of chopped frozen spinach, broccoli, green beans and onions
• 8 oz ground beef, browned (if you want to make it vegetarian just skip this)

The rest looks like a long list of ingredients, but it's mostly spices which can be adjusted to your personal taste:

• 4 oz tomato paste
• 6 oz beer
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/8 tsp allspice
• 1 1/4 tsp cumin
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp chili powder (I like it mild)
• 1/8 tsp curry powder
• 1 tbsp italian seasoning
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp basil
• 1/3 tsp ground fennel
• 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp vinegar
• 3/4 tsp cocoa
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• ground black pepper

I chopped up all the vegetables and threw all the ingredients into the crockpot and simmered for about 5 hours (half the time on high).