Chili challenge met

My daughter recently returned from a 6 month deployment and when I asked her what she would like for a celebratory welcome home family dinner her immediate response was "chili and nachos". I said "sure", remembering that my family always like that particular meal. The problem was I had to remember the magic combination of beans and beef that made the chili so good. The thing is, it's been a long time since I made chili. Usually, these days when I cook for the whole family it's for a holiday and chili and nachos just doesn't seem like the thing to cook for Easter or Thanksgiving. The nachos were no problem. Put some bean dip on a Dorito chip (or actually a whole cookie sheet of chips) put a small chunk of sharp cheddar on top of each dip covered chip, pop em in the oven for seven or eight minutes and, hey, presto, nice hot nachos. This time I made two trays, one for the adults and one for the teen and almost teen table. I figured that gave the adults a fighting chance. Evidently, I got the chili recipe right. Almost everyone went back for seconds and my son-in-law had three helpings.Let's hear it for Brooke's Hot Beans and ground beef.