I made my favorite venison chili this evening, and thought I would share how much I can eat and what it actually looks like. It takes me about 20 minutes to eat this amount of chili.

1 cup of chili w/ 2 tbsp. shredded cheese and 3 saltine crackers.

These little bowls are fabulous. They measure 2 cups evenly. They came in a set of bowls in various sizes made by Reynolds. They are to-go bowls found near the Gladware stuff in most retail stores.

Nutritional info on the chili: Serving size 1 cup

395 calories 51 grams Protein

14 grams of fat

12 grams of carbs

Crackers

36 calories

7 carbs

1 fat

1 protein

Shredded Fiesta Cheese 1/3cup (I only used 2 measured tbsp):

110 calories

<1 gram carb

6 grm Protein

9 grm Fat

Thanks for sharing that Tiffy - it looks wonderful - you should share your recipe.

1lb of lean ground venison

1 can of tomato sauce

1 can of tomato paste

1 can of Light or Dark Kidney Beans (drained/rinsed)

1 medium yellow onion chopped coarsely

chili powder (to your specific taste) I use about 1/3 cup

ground red pepper (to your specific taste) We like it hot in our house.

Worchestershire Sauce (just a couple of splashes, but some don't like it)

Ground White Pepper (to taste)

Ground Black Pepper (to taste)

Heat 2 tbsp of extra light virgin olive oil in skillet, once hot, throw in onions (I add minced garlic as well), sweat the onions until soft.

Add ground venison, brown thoroughly, drain and rinse all drippings. I take an extra step and use papertowels to get rid of excess drippings.

Throw meat, and all above ingredients in crock pot minus the beans. Cook on HIGH for 3 hours, decrease heat to LOW add beans, and cook for additional 2-3 hours.

Thanks Tiff - we have friends who hunt and always have venison - I think I'll ask them if I can have some and try this recipe out - I love chili - and the fact that you do most of the cooking in the crock pot is a big plus for me.

There are some amazing recipes on allrecipes.com for venison slow cooker.

I would say that 3 out of 7 of our meals are made in the crock pot per week. I love to cook, but I like to "set it and forget it".

Wow that looks really good Tiff. . . can't wait for the day i can do that. . .right now even refried beans feel like they get stuck. . . oh well oh day. . .but that chili really looks good. . .thanks for sharing those receipes

What I really appreciate is your demonstration of quantity! That mean alot to me since at this stage in my journey there are days where I am only able to eat a couple of table spoons and other days where I can get in about 4 or 5 oz of soup or fish etc. Thanks Tiff for being so attuned to the needs we all struggle with.

That looks delicious! I should have some venison coming to my freezer here shortly from my button buck & in a month or two I will actually be able to eat this! :001_smile: Thanks for sharing the recipe, Tiffy!

Tiff

I have those same bowls and I use them for everything, they are the perfect size for me. Oh BTW the chilli looks wonderful, one of my favorite foods in all the world.

Tiff

I have those same bowls and I use them for everything, they are the perfect size for me. Oh BTW the chilli looks wonderful, one of my favorite foods in all the world.

Bernadette, they're the best ! ! !

I swear by these little bowls. I have some really old bowls that have measurements on the inside of them, but anything "red" stains them, and I have to scrub with baking soda. BLAH

My husband uses those bowls for his lunches.

Chili is just so comforting to me. The venison is so perfect because of high Protein and it being so lean. I'm going to be upset when we run out of venison.

Hi Tiff

I love chilli, if I don't do homemade I buy Nally's turkey chilli. I don't eat red meat so the regular version is out for me. Just a dab of cheese on the top and I'm good to go! My other favorite is refried Beans, and of course cheese on top!

When you run out of Venison...use Bison.. that's what I use for nearly everything that calls for ground beef. Tacos and Spaghetti (meat sauce) especially.

When you run out of Venison...use Bison.. that's what I use for nearly everything that calls for ground beef. Tacos and Spaghetti (meat sauce) especially.

Thanks for the tip Tracy. I'll have to do some major searching for bison around these parts. We're in seafood hell down here. I can find 1000's of fish, but finding bison maybe difficult.

I shall do the chicken dance if/when I'm ever able to eat a full cup of real FOOD! and with CRACKERS! Takes me 20 minutes to get down that 4 oz of applesauce and even then I leave some in the cup!

This saturday I'm making my extended family go to a fancy resturant for my birthday, so I can watch everyone eat awesome food...I'm serious, since I can't eat I want everyone else to eat so I can see and smell, if I'm lucky I might get to cough down a spoon full or two!

Band and sleeve restriction is sooooooo different.

I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to enjoy eating anything again. I will be 3 weeks out Tuesday. Liquids go down well...even thick liquids but anything solid (even a soft solid) gives me a fit. Maybe I am eating too fast still. I don't know. Everything just seems to get stuck.

Hooray for me girls! I had tuna!!! and it didn't even hurt me. . . went down really well. . .I left some of the water in it and mixed some yellow mustard with it, 2oz took me about 20 minutes to eat and 1 stick of string cheese. . . wow it was amazing! Sorry just a little victory thingy here for me. . . sounds stupid i know. . . but at least i know tuna isn't going to kill me. . . hehehehehe