Apologies for not being consistent with posting my weekly Recipe sharing entries :). To make up for that, I promise to post 3 recipes before this week ends. Let's begin with this Smokey Chili Pasta recipe. This is a healthy whip, you would not dread to visit the scales after eating this dish.

SMOKEY CHILI WITH PASTA

INGREDIENTS:
2 Cups (about 6 ounces) rotelle or rotini pasta, cooked
1 Pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
2 cans (about 15 ounces each) red kidney beans
2 cans (10 3/4 ounces each) condensed tomato soup
2 tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa
2 1/4 teaspoons chili powder
3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
Grated parmesan cheese (optiona)

1. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
2. Meanwhile, cook ground beef and onion until meat is throughly done and onion is tender. If necessary, drain fat.
3. Stir in undrained kidney beans, soup, cocoa, chili powder, pepper and salt. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Stir in hot pasta; heat throughly. Serve with Parmesa cheese, if desired.

***makes 8 serving.