Vegetarian Chili!

Finally, 

after the business of the first week of Lent,

I was able to look over the weekend at cookbooks

and found that my trusty food for paradise

had a simple recipe for chili!

 

This cookbook has saved the day more than once!

Above is the recipe;

I did make a few small changes to it...

Two large onions chopped... 

One Zucchini 

(which was called green squash at the grocery store,

so funny!)

I used two small celery stalks.

Three cloves garlic.

4 medium carrots, chopped and boiled till

fairly soft; I did not know what parboiled meant

so I cooked them a little longer than I should have.

Now I see that it means to cook a bit but 

not until soft.

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{I was convicted yesterday that I am online too much

so I had made this meal with my computer, tablet and smart phone

either off or for the phone, disabled from data and wifi...

let's just say I could not of made this chili,

and the GF corn bread and rice in time for

lunch before noon so that I could eat it before

tonight's presanctified liturgy if I had

gone online to look up parboiled...

(Orthodox Christians, FYI, if we have Holy Communion either fast from

midnight on for a morning liturgy or from noon on for an 

evening presanctified liturgy).}

Sorry for the non-rotated picture;

I can't get picasa to work for me for

the last months but wanted to show that

I used a can of organic stewed tomatoes... 

2 cans kidney beans, 1 can organic corn

(that I had gotten on sale!)

1 zucchini sliced.

Carrots peeled, sliced and rinsed.

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Soften the onion, celery and garlic in

oil first.

(I used canola, coconut could also be used

I am sure).

Parboil the carrots.

Then add carrots to above mix 

with spices of your choice 

{I used chili powder, lots of cumin, salt, pepper, 

a few red pepper flakes}.

Then add all the other prepared vegetables,

kidney beans and 1 can tomato.

Add 1 tbsp flour; (I used Gluten Free All Purpose flour).

Mix well.

Heat on low for about 20-30 minutes.

It was a very good and colourful chili! 

Mr. Husband and I enjoyed it for lunch today!

I also made GF corn bread that

I hope to blog about this week

and some rice.

We had salad to complete the meal!