21 Day Fix Simple Chili

Weeknights can be HECTIC!! Who wants to cook all night after coming home from work or having a busy day.  This recipe is perfect because you can prep all of the ingredients ahead of time by chopping up your veggies, or you can also buy pre-cut vegetables in your grocers produce section.  This also doesn't have a million ingredients, which makes it a lot easier to deal with.

I love serving this with a dollop of our Soy Cream for Anything and some Daiya shredded cheese (or nutritional yeast) on top, but feel free to garnish with whatever you like on your chili.

21 Day Fix Simple Chili

Makes 6 servings (2 Cups = 1 serving)

Fix Portions: Vegan Plan: 1 Green 1.25 Red  || 
Vegetarian or Regular Plan: 1 Green .5 Red 1 Yellow

Ingredients: 
3 Tblsp water or Aquafaba*
1 medium yellow onion, diced
1 large red bell pepper, diced (same size as onion)
1 28-oz can diced tomatoes, undrained
3 cups low sodium veggie broth
1 6oz can tomato paste
5 Tablespoons Chili powder
Salt and Pepper to taste
2 cups vegetarian burger crumbles (I use TVP or TSP for this)**
2 15oz cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed

Directions:
1. Heat water over medium heat in large pot
2. Add onions and bell peppers. Sautee until soft (about 5 minutes)
3. Add diced tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, chili powder, salt, pepper and veggie broth. Bring to a boil, then lower heat.  Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Add burger crumbles (if using TVP or TSP, add dry), cover and simmer covered for an additional 15 minutes.  If the chili looks dry during any point of the process, just add more water or veggie broth to get it to your desired consistency.

****Recipe Notes****

* Aquafaba is the water from the can of chickpeas. I no added salt chickpeas and save the water from the can for all of my sauteeing.  It works wonders and allows you to brown your veggies. You to need to use more of this than oil, but it’s great for those who want to cook oil free

** Check your local health food store for this as well. I have found this at Whole Foods. You can also use Beyond Meat Beef Crumbles, which can be found more widely but is a little more expensive.
Alternate Options: You can also use lentils instead of vegetarian beef crumbles, however it would change the Non-Vegan Fix Plan portions to be as follows: 1 Green, 1.5 Yellow.  Vegan portions would be the same.