Soak and cook dried beans in large pot. Drain and rinse the beans.
In the same pot that you cooked the beans, brown the ground beef with the chopped onion. Drain and rinse. Return to pot.
In small saucepan, cook 2 cups uncooked pasta wheels as directed on package.
Combine the ground beef/onions, cooked red beans, diced tomatoes (undrained), tomato paste PLUS 4 cans of water, garlic powder, chili powder, salt and pepper.
Cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes, allowing time for flavors to mingle.
Slice or dice apples.
Serve Chuckwagon Chili with sliced apples.