Clean chicken chili

I seriously LOVE Sundays.  Its the one and only day of the week that I get to sleep in, John cooks and everyone just kind of chills ALL DAY!

This past weekend John made us some clean chicken chili.  A dish that we have not had in about 4 years because the original recipe calls for 4-6 cups of cheese! I know, it could be worse, but thats a lot of cheese and I honestly havent even looked at the recipe because I wasnt sure what else was in it and I am not the one that ever cooks it.  SO, when John said he wanted to make it I cringed a little but then he said he would clean it up. OKAY!!!
The reicpe originally came to use from one of the kids preschool Teachers  (Mrs. Karen) and I just know that she would not mind one bit, me sharing it with you all.  She is really cool like that!
I am giving you our cleaned up version which turned out great and really didnt require a lot of changing to th recipe.  The main change up was the cheese, and we didnt miss that cheese one bit.

I really had a hard time just eating this one bowl, but go past the temptation by knowing that I was going to be able to have some of the leftovers for lunch the next day.

This recipe makes a BIG O pot.  We used to have a ton left over but with the kids eating so much these days, we only had 3 single servings left over. (we are a family of  5)

*6c low sodium organic chicken broth
*2 16oz cans of low sodium northern beans
*2 16oz cans of low sodium pinto beans
*9 cups of shredded boneless skinless chicken breast (about 3lbs boiled) (worst part of the recipe and why I wont cook it! takes forever.  Like more than 5 minutes ha!ha!)
*2-3 4oz cans of green chiles or 2-3 fresh jalapenos chopped and seeds removed
*1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
*1 tbsp fresh garlic chopped
*2 large onions diced
*organo, cayenne pepper, white pepper, and cumin to taste (about 1 tsp of each more or less)

Saute up your onions and garlic then add all the rest.  Simmer on a lower heat to mix in all the flavors and let the liquid get into a thinker state.  (about 2hrs)  
The kids topped with a sprinkle of shredded monterey jack cheese and ate 2-3 bowls each!! WINNER!

In other news, the kids are really getting into the LETTUCE HEADS!  Found this picture of a "healthy" breakfast on my phone from EM!!

The bowl of strawberries is her "proper portion" being put into action.  Ive been really trying to teach the kids that just because something is healthy does not mean that they can eat loads and loads of it.  WHY?  Because it costs a crap ton of money, thats why!
Em will litterally eat a entire carton of fruit in one sitting, J would eat a whole box of kashi granola bars in one day and K would drink an entire carton of OJ in a day.  Momma cant be runnin to the store every day for more food. We have a budget and helping the kdis to realize the budget and set limitations is a good thing.