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My obsession with farro continues. I’ve been adding farro to salads for a while now, but the last couple of months I’ve been adding it to soup, and more recently this Slow Cooker Chicken and Farro Chili. Farro is an incredible addition to any soup or chili because of it’s hearty texture. This chili includes chicken but if you wanted to make it vegetarian it would be just as great with extra beans and vegetable broth.

If you are getting hit with the cold weather and snow that I’m seeing everywhere on the news and social media, then you more than likely have soup on the brain right now. There’s nothing better than pulling out your slow cooker to let it do the work all day especially with pantry staples like Bush’s Chili Beans. Our Florida weather isn’t what you would call soup weather right now, but I am a soup girl all year ’round!

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Fall and chili just go hand in hand together don’t they? I crave a good chili pretty much all year long, but something about fall just screams chili, especially when the nights start to cool down a bit (it’s finally starting to happen here in FL!). It’s perfect to put together for nights when you have family and friends in your home with fall activities planned like pumpkin carving, watching football (or basketball) and even as a pre-trick-or-treating meal.

Halloween 2012

I’ve made this “red” version of chicken chili a few times in the last few months already, and each time I’ve made (and shared) it with my family it’s received rave reviews. I always think of white based chili recipes when I think of adding chicken to chili, but I decided to go traditionally red this time but keeping things light and lean by adding whole chicken breasts to it while cooking, making it easy to shred up later on. My chili is usually based on the same formula – lean protein, lots of veggies and lots of beans – and of course perfectly seasoned with chili powder, garlic and cumin. Chili fixins’ are also essential in my opinion – I love to have a variety of chopped cilantro, regular or green onion, Greek yogurt (or sour cream), shredded cheddar and some hot sauce for those of us seeking some extra kick.

With our new little guy now here, my mom has been spending a lot of time at our house helping out with the kids and such (lifesaver, so thankful). Her next visit will be this Thursday for Halloween and I’m already planning on fixing up a nice pot of this chili for all of us to have for an easy dinner before we hit the neighborhood for trick-or-treating with the kids. My family didn’t make a lot of chili (ever) growing up so when she tried this Red Chicken and Two-Bean Chili recipe last month when she was here she loved it. I’m excited to make this for her again – I know she’ll enjoy it for sure. Now, if the weather will just stay cool for us this Halloween…

Halloween 2011

Now this guy, this guy makes my heart throb. 😉

Speaking of Halloween…do you dress up? I was never a huge Halloween person as an adult, until I had kids. Now I find myself rummaging through my closet on the day of and putting together whatever crazy get up I can find. My kids think it’s funny – or maybe a little weird actually. Since my husband is the Halloween lover of the two of us, we have a nice collection of interesting wigs and costume accessories and pieces that have accumulated over the 12 years we’ve been together. This year might be a challenge for me…considering most of our stuff is still unorganized or packed up in boxes from our move. I should probably start digging around and thinking of something now… 😉

Dig in and enjoy.

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