Rainbow Veggie Chili Recipes

Steps:

• Dice peppers and onion. Saute peppers onion and garlic in small amount of olive oil until cooked (leave slightly crisp). Set aside.
• Open beans and corn. Empty into strainer and rinse.
• In large pot or crock pot, combine ALL ingrediants (except for optional topper and serving ingrediants). Simmer on low until heated and serve!
• Serve in bowl, or wrap in tortilla.
• **Recipe is vegan if not served with cheese or sour cream. Healthy, delicious, and full of protien!

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Stir in zucchini, yellow squash, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, jalapeno, garlic, and onion. Cook 5 minutes, just until tender.
• Mix tomatoes with liquid, tomato paste, black beans, corn, and chili beans in spicy sauce into the pot. Season with chili powder, oregano, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Steps:

• Break ground beef into small pieces into a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir until beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add onion, green bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and carrot to ground beef; cook and stir until the vegetables begin to soften, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir zucchini and yellow squash into the beef mixture; continue cooking until the beef is completely browned, 3 to 5 minutes more. Drain excess liquid from the pot and return to medium heat.
• Stir crushed tomatoes, kidney beans, black beans, diced tomatoes, corn, and garlic into the beef mixture; bring to a boil. Season mixture with chili powder, brown sugar, paprika, oregano, cayenne pepper, cumin, salt, and black pepper.
• Reduce heat to low, place a cover on the pot, and cook chili at a simmer for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• (if using meat -- brown the meat really well, remove and set aside. Add the meat after sauteing the veggies).
• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Stir in zucchini, red bell pepper, orange bell pepper, jalapeno, garlic, and onion. Cook 5 minutes, just until tender.
• Add tomatoes with liquid, tomato paste, black beans, corn, and kidney beans into the pot. Season with smoked paprika, chili powder, oregano, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer 1-2 hours, stirring occasionally.