Good, Easy to Make Homemade Chili

Description: This is my mother's recipe that she has perfected over the years. She has won many a chili competitions with it. It is very good reheated for lunches and snacks.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2-2 lbs ground beef (for vegetarians you can substitute tofu for the ground beef and it turns out good.)
• 1 green pepper
• 1 onion
• 1 head garlic
• 4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes or 4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans chili beans
• 1/2 cup chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/16-1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (depending on desired spicyness. don't add much more than this it gets real hot)
• salt and pepper

Steps:

1. Brown meat (drain grease).
2. Cut up vegetables.
3. Put everything in a pot and boil on stove around 3 hours covered(crock pots also work, but I've found it doesn't turn out as good. It is always better heated up the next day).
4. That's it.