Crockpot Pumpkin Chili with Ground Beef, Black Beans, and Kidney Beans

Ingredients

• olive oil 2-3 tsp., depending on your pan
• ground beef 1 lb., use ground beef with 10% fat or less for South Beach Diet
• ground black pepper salt and fresh, to season meat
• salt and fresh ground black pepper, to season meat
• 1 onion medium, diced
• 1 green bell pepper diced
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon chili powder I used mild chili powder from The Spice House, note this is a blend of spices and not ground chile pepper.
• 2 teaspoons ancho chile pepper ground, or use a little more chili powder if you don't have this
• 2 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro optional
• dried oregano 1 tsp.
• seasoning 2 tsp. Spike
• 3 ounces greens diced, anaheim chile peppers, i only used 2 oz, but if you like it spicy use the whole 4 oz can
• 3 cups homemade beef stock or use 2 cans beef broth
• 15 ounces red kidney beans can, rinsed with cold water
• 15 ounces black beans cans, rinsed with cold water
• 1 can pumpkin puree 15 oz. can, not pumpkin pie filling!
• 2 cans diced tomatoes petite, with juice, 14.5 oz cans
• 4 low-fat cheese grated cheese for serving if desired, i used mexican 4 cheese blend, a mixture of
• sour cream for serving if desired, I used light sour cream