Quick and Easy Chili

See the intro for the Hot Chocolate post spurring the need for chili! I actually made this last night for dinner and it made even better left overs at lunch time today. It's chilly outside which is perfect for some chili. If you are prepared you can throw all this into a crock pot, I'm never very organized and chili is often a standby meal for us so I always tend to make this in a stockpot on the stove.

1 lbs ground turkey, beef or squirrel (just kidding about the squirrel unless you are from W. VA) really you could use any of your favorite meat here, I've even done it with steak strips and grilled chicken
1 T olive oil
1 onion cut into chunks
2 cloves garlic
2 cups beef broth (or 2 cans in close enough)
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste
1 can diced tomato
1 can black beans
1 can kidney beans
1 cup of corn (frozen, canned or fresh)
chili powder
cumin
cayenne pepper
salt

In the stock pot cook up the meat, once cooked remove and set aside (I use my food chopper to chop up the ground meet to it's finer and not chunky). In the same stock pot add olive oil, onion and garlic once that is cooked some add the broth, the tomato stuff, meat, and beans. I season the chili at this point. I didn't add amounts to the seasoning cause it's really season to taste, I tend to go heavy on the chili powder and cumin around 2-3TBSP and about 1 tsp of cayenne pepper cause a little goes a long way with that hot stuff. And about 1 tsp salt. Once it's all seasoned up let it cook down a little so everything is hot and the beans and tomatoes are tender then I throw in the corn about 5 minutes before the chili is done. This prevents the sugars in the corn from being overcooked, the corn still stays nice and firm and offers a burst of sweetness in the chili.
I serve it up with a dollop of sour cream, some cheese and chips. Also when I'm not watching my weight I serve with cornbread.

Also you can add other veggies to this, but I don't know why you would. But good ones might be celery and zucchini. Also you can use other types of beans like chili beans. I don't use chili beans because those beans do terrible stinky things to me:)