Today's The Day For Chili...

[KrissStress]

True story. Rainy day out and all of that calls for a good bowl of chili. I tend to cook for tons and tons of people when I make something like that, so I usually use large cans of kidney beans, black beans and crushed tomatoes. I then add chopped green peppers, some stray carrots, some purple or white onion and then let it simmer for 6 to 8 hours. Every now and I again, I'll progressively add amounts of cumin, chili powder, and various types of paprika (hungarian is a personal favourite).

I've also got some whole wheat dough rising right now so that I can make some foccacia bread with pesto sauce. add some chopped veggies over the top and bake and instant dipping material for the chili. I can't describe how stoked I am for dinner tonight!

[Tigerlily]

I want to come over tonight!

[KrissStress]

here are some of the results...



Chili over white rice w/a slice of foccacia


it took three people to eat this...


foccacia!

[Darky_]

MMMMM Chilli with looooads of Kidney beans (at least for me). Do you think baby sweetcorn would go well with that at all?? hehehe

That food I am sure, tastes awesome, it looks a little.....weird, I guess! LOL

[Noogle]

I had chilli tonight too! Although we decided to cook a chilli-risotto, which I thought would be too odd, but was actually really filling.

[cedarblue]

looks yum!

[vegan_quilter]

Oh I'm silly, I just posted a chili recipe and overlooked this one. I like that we make ours differently though and it's interesting to see how you like to make yours. Looks delicious!

[cedarblue]

mmmmm, i'm making chilli tonight! yum yum

[Tigerlily]

I'm making chili today too. Sweet potato and lentil chili from the Eat Drink and Be Vegan cookbook.

[cedarblue]

i have my own recipe;

veggie mince
onion & courgette from the garden
pepper
mushroom
garlic
kidney beans
sweetcorn
canned tomatoes
passata
bit of sugar
some balsamic vinigar
dried chilli flakes


...with taco shells & brown rice

yum

[fondducoeur]

I made VWAV's chili mole with seitan last night. I as a little unsure about it last night, but today it tastes excellent. Its a little different with the cocoa powder, and if i make it again i might add some more vegetables, but its delicious. I made some fresh beer bread that went with it nicely.

[cedarblue]

if i have it, i often add some grated dark choc into my chilli - it adds a real depth and richness to it - tastes smoooooooth.

[sandra]

I made chilli last night and since it all got eaten I've just made another lot!
My recipe calls for a glass of red wine.............plus it tells me to pour one for myself while I'm cooking.........so of course I always do what I'm told!

[BlackCats]

I just had chilli again today. This forum is such an influence. I used veggie mince, kidney beans, red and green pepper, mushrooms, tomatoes and three whole green chilli peppers and I had it with rice and flour tortillas. I would normally have had grated soya cheese and salsa with it also.

[Sarah_]

I want to make some chii!
Lord, I cannot cook for real so I've always loved packaged easy vegan meals but lately I've been wanting SOOO bad to cook something. I think chili might be the first thing!

[Mahk]

veggie mince...passata

What are these? In the US we have something called TVP, texturized vegetable (soy) protein. I wonder if they are the same? It is a dry gritty material one can often buy in a health food store bulk department which you reconstitute by boiling in water. It would then have a consistency similar to ground beef such as in chili.

Is passata what we call in the US tomato paste?

[Tigerlily]

Mahk, I think veggie mince is what call "ground round" over here. The fake "ground beef" stuff that's moist, refrigerated, and often already seasoned.

[fiamma]

Is passata what we call in the US tomato paste?

No, passata is like pulped tinned tomatoes. Just use tinned tomatoes or chopped tinned tomatoes and you'll be fine.

[Rakey]

No, passata is like pulped tinned tomatoes. Just use tinned tomatoes or chopped tinned tomatoes and you'll be fine.

We describe them passata as sieved tomatoes here in the UK, I love them as you don't need to add any tomato puree (tomato paste in US). They make a fab base for pasta sauce.

[Mahk]

Thanks everyone.

I was in the super market today and saw stewed, boiled, crushed, pureed, sliced, sauce, paste, concentrate, pasta sauce, pizza sauce, Italian sauce, low sodium, w/ added green peppers, w/ Italian herbs and spices, organic, plum, sun dried, sun dried paste, cherry, and w/ garlic tomato products all next to each other, but none of them were in "tins", they all were in cans, so I walked home empty handed and confused.

Just kidding'

[bryzee86]

Thanks everyone.

I was in the super market today and saw stewed, boiled, crushed, pureed, sliced, sauce, paste, concentrate, pasta sauce, pizza sauce, Italian sauce, low sodium, w/ added green peppers, w/ Italian herbs and spices, organic, plum, sun dried, sun dried paste, cherry, and w/ garlic tomato products all next to each other, but none of them were in "tins", they all were in cans, so I walked home empty handed and confused.

Just kidding'

bloody yanks...

[flying plum]

oh chilli! what a great idea. pretty much the main (only) affordable form of protein i can get here is beans and i was starting to feel a bit at a loss for new things to do with them. i normally put lentils in my chilli as well as beans and thus in absence of lentils in the shops (so far as i can see...they must be somewhere. i know the WORD in croatian, dammit!) i hadn't thought to make it. bonza!

amanda

[flying plum]

so happy. chilli made, tummy full, felt like i ate real food that wasn't fattening. yay!

amanda

[beanstew]

Big ol' pot of chili simmering away on the hob here today. It has:

• Veggie mince
• Kidney beans (dried, soaked over night)
• Black beans (dried, soaked over night)
• Onion
• Celery
• Green sweet pepper
• Tomato
• Chestnut mushrooms
• Courgette
• A foolish quantity of birds eye chili peppers

My eyes are streaming from stirring it so it should be a good 'un.