When I was growing up, my Mom made chili like this…with no beans. Just pasta.
I know some of you are probably thinking “What? chili without beans?” It’s awesome though.
Hearty.
Filling.
Good for you.
Here’s how you do it…
- Olive Oil
- Small sweet onion, chopped
- 1 lb. ground chuck
- 26 oz. can Campbell’s tomato soup
- ½ can water
- 14.5 can crushed or diced tomatoes
- 1½ c. tomato juice
- 2 t. chili powder
- 1 c. mini pasta
- Swirl olive oil in a soup pot. Add onion and cook for a few minutes.
- Add ground chuck. Cook until done.
- At this point you can drain your meat if desired.
- Add tomato soup, water, tomatoes, tomato juice.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add chili powder and pasta.
- Simmer for 1 hour.
- If it’s too thick you can add more tomato juice.
- Serve with shredded cheese.
- Can be easily doubled.
This is a perfect recipe to serve to young children. It’s not too spicy and you can use some sort of fun pasta.
My mom cooked dinner every single night when we (I have 3 brothers) were growing up. I have no idea how she did it either. We were 6 people living on one income, with one car and one TV that got 3 channels. I can close my eyes and see my family sitting around our table. My dad on one end and my mom on the other. Life was good.
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Great memory, my mom also cooked every night. I was a kid that begged for a TV dinner. All my friends were having them, why didn’t our family? Now I look back and know why she wasn’t feeding us that stuff. I do the same and make dinner every night for my family, in hope some day they will look back and have treasured memories.
By the way, I love you you make the recipes printable. Great idea.
Thanks Ann. My Mom was/is not a good cook, but back in the 50s everyone cooked and ate at home. I remember the first and one of the very few times we had a frozen Swanson chicken pie ( which my brother and I shared) and I thought it was the best thing on earth. Now you couldn’t pay me to eat one and I cook every night for my husband and myself although all 4 boys are off on their own.
Your childhood sounds a lot like mine. My mom did work with my dad though. He was an architect and had his own business. My mom was his bookkeeper, secretary etc….
Your chili sounds good.
I made chili with beans several days ago and have been eating leftovers. I think I am about tired of chili for awhile.
Oh my husband loves piling on chili with spagetti. I kid him and tell him “chili 20 ways!’
Oh! I love this type of chilli. So comforting C:
The chili looks wonderful, Ann! I have to try it! Great memories you have, too, very similar to mine. My mom cooked every night as well. There were no fast food places in our tiny town and she didn’t drive. Yet there were always hot meals, nothing fancy, but good, and we all sat around the table together. Times change, but I’ll always have these warm memories!
XO,
Jane
Mmm, this looks delicious… I think my girls would love it. I especially loved the memory that goes along with it though… my mom always cooked dinner for all of us every night and those memories around the table are my favorite. I’m not always successful, but I do try really hard to have a meal for the family on every night because I feel like that time is so important.
What a wonderful looking recipe, and a wonderful memory to go with it.
Brenda
Ann,
I love that story and your headline drew me in immediately … my mom served us chili with pasta too! In fact, it seemed like most meals were either over pasta, rice, or mashed potatoes!
:)
Linda
I’ve never heard of chili with pasta. I planned to make chili tomorrow, so may give this a try. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Ann, My Aunt used to make what she called “chilimac” – chili & macaroni. I’ll have to try your recipe, it sounds delicious. As far as growing up, my Mom was a great cook and we had many wonderful meals around her table.
Yur recipe sounds good and easy. Never heard of this recipe usiing tomato soup, interesting. Growing up, I always ate chili with my family, but never ate the beans. Now today, I have a liking for the beans!
What a great alternative to beans in the chili! Can’t wait to try this recipe! :)
Thanks for sharing!
I have never liked beans in chili, so this sound great. Will try it. How precious the memories you have are. I had three sisters and it was the same with us – we always had dinner together at the table. I don’t know how my Mom did it with four children, my grandmother, Mom and Dad – and she never worked outside the home. She sure did work hard at home tho. But, we always had plenty to eat and could always invite friends for dinner. Precious memories!!
Thanks for sharing.
Judy
My Mom cooked everynight, and I cooked everynight when my kids were growing up,and when we had the Grandkids when they were little plus my Mother-in law.. Good memories of sharing ang laughing.. I still cook everynight for my husband and myself, but it is not the same as when you have your family at home. Love Thanksgiving and Christmas.
That is how my hubby likes his, too. It is kind of a Midwest thing here to add pasta…but also add the kidney beans. Then they top it with raw onions, sour cream and cheddar cheese- How FATTENING do you think a big bowl of THAT is? Your recipe looks great!!!! xo Diana
Ann ~ what great memories. You have made me think of mine ~ My Mom was a stay at home mom and I remember being in Kindergarden for 1/2 day. I would come home at lunch, we would have lunch together and then we would lay on the couch together and we would watch The Secret Storm, the Edge of Night. (well, I would nap) My mother would then leave me, sleeping, and get up and get dressed in a dress, apron, do her makeup and her hair and get dinner ready. When my Dad came home, she was beautiful and dinner was cooking. What lovely memories. Thank you for nudging mine. I needed this today ;-)
Smiling……. we were also 6 people living on one income , one volkswagen van, one TV with few channels. Life was good , too. Have to try this chili with pasta soon. Thank you for sharing your recipes. Pumpkin bread is yummy!
Some of my favorite memories as a child was around the dinner table…just sitting around the table, all of us talking about our day and enjoying the wonderful meal my mom had made…She cooked every day…we never went out…with the exception of the occasional pizza!…When walking home from school, my brother would always run ahead of us when we turned the corner toward our house, as he would smell what my mom would be cooking for our afternoon snack…our favorite was her homemade doughnuts…you could smell them a block away…thanks for sharing your memories!!
What a great story. I may have to try this chili pasta. :)
That sounds so delicious Ann!! I love pasta and this is such a great twist on chili. Can’t wait to try it! :-)
Vanessa
Isn’t it amazing how we got by with so much less in terms of stuff, but still had everything we needed? My mother cooked also, and worked full time. Of course, there was no Pinterest calling her name!
I love making a dish like this! It’s hearty but a nice change, too! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Oh that sounds really good. I’ll bet the addition of the Campbell’s tomato soup really makes it good and as you said not too spicy. I don’t mind not having beans…after all it has pasta! I like pasta of any kind with my chili, too. I even put chili on top of mac and cheese. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to make this next time I make chili.
Babs
What a nice memory. And this looks so good. With the weather getting so cold here, I have been making chili and soups several times a week.