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I know I know, chili is 18x better when cooked yourself, but I'm swamped, and was looking for some canned soups/chili for some quicker (and inexpensive) meals. Chili Man cans were on sale when I was at the store, $1 each (mix a can with 2/3 cup of brown rice and serve with salad and you have 2-3 meals). That brand is my favorite of the canned stuff, so I bought 21 cans (I know, I know, that's a freaking lot). 7 of the turkey chili, 7 of the lean beef chili, and 7 of the chicken and white bean chili (a new one I guess).

For canned food, this stuff isn't too bad health wise (when its the worst thing I eat by far), and the chicken chili is very healthy (almost no saturated fat), and for canned chili, its really good. Good protein, good fiber, almost zero ingredients I can't pronounce) the only bad part is the sodium, which isn't terrible when you stretch a can over 2-4 meals, and are smart the rest of the day.

So rave! for 2 minute meals and more time studying (rant on the need to study).

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I don't mind eating canned chili when I make chili mac or something but I had to laugh when I read you bought 21 cans of it!!

You'll be sick of chili soon enough I would think.

Rusty! Rusty!

I like the Chili-Man chili with no beans. You'll have to let us know how long it takes you to burn through 21 cans of chili.

I don't mind canned chili for lunch or something. Quick and easy. But Chili Man sucks, IMO.

As for the 21 cans, I hope you budgeted for a Get Well Soon card for your butthole.

Lol, the 21 cans should hopefully get me through early to mid December. Mixing in the chicken and white bean chili mixes up the taste. Plus its only one meal a day, so each can gets me through half a work-week or more if I mix it up (had a turkey sandwich today).

Popeye, do you have a better canned chili suggestion? I thought hormel was pretty meh, especially since its almost $3/can. Its been so long since I've had any other brand that I can't remember what was good or bad.

Popeye_Card wrote:I hope you budgeted for a Get Well Soon card for your butthole.

lol

JCShutout wrote:Lol, the 21 cans should hopefully get me through early to mid December. Mixing in the chicken and white bean chili mixes up the taste. Plus its only one meal a day, so each can gets me through half a work-week or more if I mix it up (had a turkey sandwich today).

Popeye, do you have a better canned chili suggestion? I thought hormel was pretty meh, especially since its almost $3/can. Its been so long since I've had any other brand that I can't remember what was good or bad.

I like a couple of the Campbell's Chunky chili's, but they're a bit pricier.

Honestly, it's been a while since I've had canned chili. I'd have to see all of the brands again to remember the cans. I remember Chili Man being pretty bad though, but I could be remembering incorrectly.

whatever canned chili I buy, I always doctor it up wiht Tabasco or something. Chili Man is what Sam's has, so that's what we have now...

I stock up on black beans, extra hot diced rotel tomatoes and canned chicken (instead of cannned chili for quick chili fixes).