Crock Pot Chipotle Sweet Potato Black Bean Quinoa Chili

I'm a day late. I was hopping to share this yesterday for meatless Monday but after my morning therapy appointments my body seemed be done cooperating with me.

My body and mind have 2 different ideas of how things should be lately and I've had to learn so much patience with myself.

If you like chipotle and sweet potatoes then Crock Pot Chipotle Sweet Potato Black Bean Quinoa Chili is for you.

It's super easy to make, you just toss everything in the crock pot to fix it and forget it until dinner time.

The spice of the chipotle is a nice contrast to the sweetness of the sweet potatoes and is filled with lots of protein from the black beans and quinoa! 

If your not big on sweet potatoes then I would suggest Chipotle Black Bean Chili,  Artichoke and Mushroom Tomato Sauce or Curly Endive With Spaghetti  all are regular fast, meatless, inexpensive dinners in our house.

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Slow Cooked Pulled Pork

Pulled pork is one of those favorite comfort food items. We usually have it about once a year and Colt slow smokes it all day on the BBQ for the Fourth Of July. But I just happened to have a pork shoulder in the freezer and I once again am trying to re reign in my grocery budget as it has a tendency to become out of control. The awesome thing about a pork shoulder is you can usually get at least 2 meals out of  so it becomes very budget friendly! We also had company coming over for dinner and a huge head of cabbage waiting for a use so this was a perfect meal to make! I will be truth full I have never slow cooked a pork shoulder before but let me tell you it was the juiciest, delicious and tender piece of meat. I have always reserved this for my husband to smoke but never again will we wait for a yearly BBQ. This is a must make!

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