
Thanks to Shoko and Tyebe of the Canadian Cats and Nelly and Phenny of Easy Blog for hosting this yummy day.
Lucy: We were thinking about what recipe we could help Mom post, and the weather was so nice that we sat outside with her at lunchtime.
Xena: Mommy and Daddy had their lunch. We just got some measly snacks.
Lucy: Right. Anyhow, they were eating chili even though it was warm, so we thought, hmm, Mom made this all in one pot, and there is a sort of a sauce in it, so why not!? (We know this because we watch her cook. You never know when something’s gonna hit the floor or get tossed your way.)
Our friend John, who comes every Sunday to help Dad with the Zoom service for the church, gave us this recipe. We sure miss him. He got awful, awful sick with that awful flu thing and has been in the hospital for a month. We put our paws together a lot for him. No one knew if he was gonna live, but he’s finally off the respirator and getting ready to go home. We hope he comes back to our house and pets us some more. Umm, I mean,and helps Dad on Sundays.

The recipe is called Kim’s Kickin’ Chili and this is an honest to goodness picture of it in Mom’s bowl. (We wish it was in our bowls… mmm)

That’s sour cream and guacamola on top. And there’s 100% grass-fed ground beef and four different kinds of beans in it, along with tomatoes cooked in the instant pot and 2 cans of chili tomatoes. The beans were cooked in the instant pot, too! We think our Mom is in love with her new instant pot!
Xena: We coudn’t come up with a one pan recipe with sauce for me and Lucy, so we’re going to pass on ours until next month. We’ll have an Easter treat recipe for all our four-legged friends.
Love, wiggles and licks from Lucy and Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess
XOX Lucy and Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess
29 thoughts on “Purrsuit of Flavors – Instant Pot Chili”
The Oceanside Animals
Lulu: “Our Dada says he loves chili and we have plenty of dried beans, so I have a feeling we might be trying this recipe. And by ‘we’ I mean the humans, because I know we animals won’t get any.”
Chaplin: “Well, to be fair, from what we’ve heard about Tucker, giving beans to a dog could well have asphyxiated everyone in the house …”
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Xena and Lucy
Right now Riley is ass fixing everyone in the house. Mommy finally got the Air Wick out and keeps spraying it. XOX Xena and Lucy
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Genevieve Petrillo
Maybe Mr. John will come over for some chili (and pupper love) when he is all better. Paws crossed that it is soon.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Xena and Lucy
We sure hope so!
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Kismet
You were in Paris and you’re eathing chili????
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Xena and Lucy
Have you eaten French food?
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Marv, Jo Jo, Kozmo, Cinnamon and Barb
Sour cream and guacamola! Oh Yum! Our Mom makes Cinnamon chili (ground beef, beans and tomato sauce). She gets a dab of sour cream too! Cinnamon thinks she is getting the same as the peeps! Have a marvellously happy day!
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Xena and Lucy
Oh wow, maybe Mom will make us some special chili, too! XOX Xena and Lucy
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KB
Wow, that sounds fabulous!!! I’m so sorry about your friend but glad that he’s finally on the mend.
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Marsha Gay
That looks awfully good but I think it would be bad on a dog’s bowels. I guess it is human food we can’t share.
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Xena and Lucy
That’s true. Too spicy. And it has onions.
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BellaDharma an LadyMew
MMMM that Chili lookss tastey Xena an Lucy!
Wee send POTP an purrayerss to Mistur John an hope he comess home soon an to vissit youss’!!
**purrss** BellaDharma an ((huggiess)) LadyMew
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Xena and Lucy
Thanks so much! XOX Lucy and Xena and Amy
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The Canadian Cats
What kinds of beans other than kidney do you use? I make spagetti sauce and use half of it with beans for chili.
Jean
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Xena and Lucy
I use great northern white beans, black beans, and pinto beans.
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Tails Around the Ranch
Oooh, I love chili and hang on to this recipe! We’ll keep Mr. John in our good thoughts and prayers for a full recovery.
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Xena and Lucy
Thank you, he still needs it. We think he just got moved out of ICU.
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Tails Around the Ranch
We’ll keep up with the good thoughts and prayers. Being sick these days is beyond difficult and firmly think the rest of us can help with positive healing energy.
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Xena and Lucy
Absolutely!
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Caren
We are hoping your friend is feeling better soon!! That chili looks amazing! I make something similar either on top of the stove or in my crock pot. Believe it or not, I’m TERRIFIED of my Instant Pot! Have had it nearly two years and have yet to use it! BOL!!
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Xena and Lucy
OH no! It’s a bit intimidating at first, but it’s actually really easy and it’s not a biter. (reference to some cats I’ve groomed, as well as a few shih tzus) I love that I’ve figured out how to do one pot meals with it and save the mess of a lot of dirty potss and pans.
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Millie & Walter
That chili looks very tasty. Our mom has a favorite chili recipe that she makes in the slow cooker with stew meat instead of ground meat.
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Xena and Lucy
Yes, it’s good with stew meat too, as well as venison.
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Sandra Hangey
this might just be my most favrite photo of the two of you together. Xena you are a perfect fit under Lucy’s tummy. just love it… sorry you had no chili..
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Xena and Lucy
Us too. But we did get a little goat cheese. Sometimes I, Xena, just run under Lucy to get to where I’m going. It’s faster than running around her and I am usually in a hurry. XOX Xena
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easyweimaraner
that looks super tasty…and the colors are pawfect!!! we send lots of good wishes to your friends john….
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Xena and Lucy
Thanks, boys.
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Meezer'sMews&TerrieristicalWoofs
That sure looks yummy! Since we do Paleo or Keto, we don’t eat legumes, but maybe…just maybe we need a cheat day. BOL!
Glad your friend is getting better.For some its a really long arduous haul. We’ll woof and send our wags and wiggles his way. And prayers.
No sitting outside around here…yet. There is still ice on the patio! At least the sun was shing beautifully, so we had inside sunpuddles to bask in:)
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Xena and Lucy
The only way our peeps will eat beans and some other foods is if they are pressure cooked in Mom’s Instant Pot. (Dad says it’s his too, BOL!) That destroys the bad things in it called “lectins,” so that it doesn’t hurt their guts. We don’t get “lectins” any more either, and we think that might be helping Xe with her allergies — along with getting a tumeric paste on her meat every morning.
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