Hearty & Healthy Chili Con Carne – gluten free
Hearty & Healthy Chili Con Carne is quick and healthy just like the cookbook promises. It’s also really good, so I hope you try it!
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There is something very satisfying about a bowl of hearty chili, especially when it’s also healthy.
This chili can be made with extra-lean ground beef or lean ground turkey. I made it with super-lean range-fed ground beef grown on our farm. If you like, sprinkle some reduced-fat cheese on top.
Hearty and healthy chili is gluten-free, dairy, and yeast-free (without cheese), and Weight Watchers friendly. Weight Watcher points are 6 for each 1 cup serving made with beef and 5 points if made with turkey.
I added half a serving of reduced cheese for 1 more WW point. You could put the other half of the cheese on a salad, add it all to your chili, or skip it altogether—whatever suits your taste.
This recipe is from Brenda J. Ponichtera’s cookbook Quick & Healthy. She focuses on keeping things simple and healthy.
To Make Hearty & Healthy Chili Con Carne You Will Need These Ingredients:
- Kidney beans – or mix it up with pinto beans and red beans
- Large onions
- Green pepper
- Extra-lean ground beef or turkey
- Canned Tomatoes
- Tomato sauce
- Paprika
- Bay leaves
- Chili powder
It will take about an hour to cook, so while it is cooking, you will have time to make some Corny Cornbread or Gluten-Free Cornbread.
Gluten-Free Cornbread From A Package Mix Is Another Option:
Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free Cornbread Mix is an excellent packaged mix I made egg-free and dairy-free. The cornbread looked so much like regular cornbread that people had to ask which one was gluten-free! We know that’s always a good sign!
For the gluten-free mix, I used Ener-G Egg Replacer for the eggs and soy milk for the milk. Any non-dairy substitute will work.
Then, follow the instructions on the box.
Enjoy!
Hearty & Healthy Chili Con Carne
Ingredients
- 3 15 oz cans kidney beans, drained ~ or mix it up with pinto beans and red beans.
- 2 large onions ~ chopped
- 2 green pepper ~ chopped
- 2 lbs. extra-lean ground beef or turkey
- 2 16 oz cans tomatoes ~ I like to puree mine
- 2 8 oz cans tomato sauce
- 1/4 tsp. paprika
- 2 bay leaves ~ crumbled
- 2 tbsp chili powder
Instructions
- In a large kettle brown the meat. Drain. (I always drain my meat even though it is lean)
- Add to the meat, onion and green pepper. Let cook about 3 minutes.
- Add all ingredients. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
- That’s it! Now relax while it is cooking or make some Corny Cornbread or Gluten-Free Cornbread.
