Recipe: Lazy healthy chilli
AMELIA
I promised I would come and tell you some of my recipes for cheap and healthy food. Now, as much as I love cooking, I do also get incredibly lazy at times and have been in several states of… economic booms and busts. Even when I’ve had more money to blow on food, somehow I always come back to this recipe because I just love it so much.
Amelia Does Lazy Chilli
4 x tins of tinned tomatoes
1x can of tinned pulses
Chilli paste (bought in a tube because I am THAT lazy)
Quorn mince (optional, you can either remove it all together or add beef mince)
Other ingredients that I add if I have them are: Oxo cubes, whole cloves of garlic, passata, vegetables
Amelia has a recipe that is just as easy as this packet mix!
So, this is the best bit… you just chuck it all in the saucepan together (unless you’re adding meat) and stir and simmer until the rest of the food is ready.
Now, I either use this to put on a jacket potato or with rice as a veggie chilli option. This is quite simple food, I know, but it is so natural and pure and low in calories and high in nutrition and so blimmin’ tasty! Considering if I make it just for me, I can make 2/3 portions for £1 it’s the new superfood!
That is an easy looking recipe, although I would have to do some slight conversions here in the US. It is always good to have those easy, healthy recipes tucked away and ready to use.
I ALWAYS put garlic in my chili, I have to admit I’m a bit of a garlic freak as it’s meant to be good for your heart. Will probably write a post on the benefits of garlic at some point. As my sister, you can tell me honestly if I stink of garlic!!!!
Maybe put basil and oregano in it too? Last time I thickened my chili with cornflour and it was great. I’ll admit I never eat quorn either because it makes me sick as soon as it passes my lips. No idea why…
One thing I will say though Amelia, is that if you’ve got any veggies lurking in the fridge, shove them in! They really help pad it out if you need to feed more people than you expected and it doesn’t matter if they’re a bit old but still edible eg. carrots, peppers, courgettes, leeks – whatever!!!
You forgot onions!
It’s very yummy stuff for how simple it is. I didn’t add the onions as I wanted to be true to the actual food I make.
Steve, it just came to me… are there not Oxo cubes in the US?
*wibble*