Rainbow Chocolate Chili – Vegetarian

Fun, healthy, affordable meal!

Rainbow Chocolate Chili

This chili is super healthy and works great if you are doing the Sugar Divorce,  Four Hour Body or Weight Watchers lifestyle.

Ingredients

1 Onion, chopped
a few cloves of Garlic, chopped
Bell Pepper, chopped (optional – I don’t like peppers, Yuck! But they do add pretty color to the dish)
Lentils – I used the pre-cooked ones from Trader Joe’s sold in a box in the fridge section (usually near the vegetables)
1 can Pinto Beans, rinsed & drained*
1 can White Beans, rinsed & drained*
1 can Black Beans, rinsed & drained*
(you can use any beans – I just pick these 3 to make it more colorful)
1 can diced Tomatoes in juice
1 can of Corn.
1-2 teaspoons ground Cumin
1-2 tablespoons Chili Powder
1-2 teaspoons Oregano
Cayenne pepper – as much or as little as you can handle
3 cups fat free Veggie broth
1-2 chunks semisweet Chocolate, choppped
a handful of Quinoa
Miscellaneous veggies – I like yellow squash and green zucchini for the color

Spray bottom of large pot with olive oil. Add onion, garlic and yucky peppers and sauté until soft, I add a splash of the broth to help soften up the veggies and to avoid burning the garlic.

Add Miscellaneous veggies, saute some more.

Add spices: cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper.

Add tomatoes in juice.

Put top on pan to allow veggies to cook.

Drain and rinse beans (rinse a few times for maximum gas avoidance).

Add lentils.

Add beans.

Drain corn and add.

Add chunks of chocolate.

Add rest of the broth, throw a little extra in if you need to feed more people.

If too watery, throw in a handful of Quinoa to thicken up and add more texture to the chili.

Season with salt & pepper.

Serve.

If too spicy, a dollop of sour cream cools down the chili and gives it a creamy flavor.

Enjoy.

Come back here, leave a comment and let me know if you enjoyed the chili!

Rainbow Chocolate Chili recipe was inspired by they Turkey and Pinto Bean Chili recipe I found on epicurious.

*rinsing and draining canned beans seriously reduces any side effects of gas. I read this in the 4 Hour Body book and it is true. I’ve been testing it on my friends and family.

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