I have a few variations that I make:

"Traditional" chili with beef, veggies, and spices
Vegetarian chili with kidney beans, spicy V8, veggies, spices
Chicken chili with a little cream cheese (or cream of chicken soup), veggies, spices

I've also made a veggie chili with mushroom and cream of mushroom soup. The cream of x/cream cheese mostly helps to give the chili a little more body. It also tones down the acidity from the tomatoes and takes a little bite away from the spicyness.

 

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