Vegetarian Chili

I love chili, especially vegetarian chili. It’s easy, fairly quick, and very nutritious – plus it’s pretty cheap to make, and who doesn’t like to save a little cash?

I can’t recall where I found the original recipe for this particular vegetarian chili or else I would post a link to it. Here, however, is my version of this filling vegetarian delight. My take on this recipe isn’t very spicy, and has a lovely sweet flavor since I only use red bell peppers (my husband doesn’t like green bell peppers, so I usually have to substitute another color bell pepper for the green in recipes, and of course they’re always more expensive than the green ones, especially the organic version). Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped red bell peppers
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder (I personally use 1 tablespoon so it’s not too spicy)
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups chopped onion
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 (16 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained

Directions:

Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.

Add onions, bell pepper, and garlic; saute 5 minutes, or until tender.

Add sugar and remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.

*You can eat it plain, or put it over cooked basmati rice – it’s yummy!

Peace.

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Michelle

I'm a lover of life and all things natural and organic. I love practicing yoga, making healthy foods, nature photography, DIY projects, making homemade beauty treats, and creating handmade jewelry. I'm passionate about a lot of things and write about them here on my blog. Peace, social justice, good food, green beauty, sustainable living - you name it, I care about it. Thanks for taking the time to visit me. Peace. ;)

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4 thoughts on “Vegetarian Chili”

I’m going to try this! I’m a vegetarian, are you?
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Michelle on July 22, 2010 at 7:36 am said:

I hope you like it. It’s really quite simple to make, and great when you want a one dish meal.

I’m mostly a vegetarian. Some days I’m vegan, some days pescatarian… I have to eat meat on occasion since I suffer from sever nutrient deficiencies due to auto immune disease, but it’s ironic that I do need it because my body really doesn’t handle it very well. I’ve been very ill the past year because of my various anemias (sounds exotic, huh?), and have been functioning almost solely on bird seed (not literally, well…almost…lol).

Thanks again for the visit! Having one of the “big girls” of blogging visit me makes my day! Peace.

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