Weight Watcher'S 2 Pts Slow Cooker Beef Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb extra lean ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
1 large red bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 large green bell pepper, seeded and diced
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 (15 ounce) can red kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
1 sweet onion, chopped
1/4 cup canned diced chilies or 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste
black pepper

Preparation

Cook the ground beef and garlic in a nonstick skillet breaking apart the meat with a spoon until well browned; drain off any fat very well, then return to skillet.
Add in the bell peppers; cook until softened (about 5 minutes).
Add in the chili powder and cumin and stir to coat.
In the slow cooker, mix together tomatoes, beans, sweet onion, chilies and tomato paste, then stir in the beef mixture.
Cover and cook on HIGH until flavors are blended (about 4-5 hours).
Season with black pepper.