"Cheat" Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. frozen, precooked ground beef (or cook up 2 lb.)
1 or 2 large onions, chopped
1 to 2 tsp. pepper
2 large cans chili (without beans)
2 to 3 cans kidney beans (or black-eyed peas) with jalapeno**
2 to 3 c. frozen, precooked ground beef or fry 1 to 1 1/2 lb.
1 large onion, chopped
2 to 3 stalks celery, chopped
3 cans vegetables, juice and all (I use baby carrots, and French-sliced green beans and corn. You can use whatever combination your kids will eat)
pepper to taste (remember there's salt in the veggies)
2 lb. box Velveeta, cubed (optional)
2 packets brown gravy mix (optional)

Preparation

Wonderful on a cold day!
I buy the different dried beans in the fall and mix in large container for future use.
Sharing the recipe and a bag of mixed beans, with my friends, has become a \"First Cold Day\" tradition.
I truly do miss the snow!