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Vegetarian Chili

 

Vegetarian Chili

Chili is an easy meal to make and freezes well for future quick meals. Just serve with some fresh bread – or even better, garlic bread. The base is tomatoes, beans, vegetables and some spices but you can choose varying amounts and different beans and vegetables to make it your own!

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 4 cloves of garlic finely minced or ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1-3 tablespoons chili powder more will be spicier
  • 2 tablespoons of cumin
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/4 – 2 teaspoons of chili flakes the more chili flakes the spicier it will be
  • 2 bell peppers diced
  • 2 medium carrots diced
  • 3 celery stalks diced
  • 2 – 28oz cans of whole tomatoes crushed by you or diced tomatoes and their juice
  • 2 – 15-ounce cans of beans drained and rinsed: kidney and black beans work great!
  • 2 cup of frozen or fresh corn you could use fresh but frozen is easy and works great
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté for about 3 minutes. Add spices and sauté for 1 minute more.
  2. Add the peppers, carrots, and celery and cook for about 5 minutes, or until they just start to soften. Add tomatoes and their juice and bring to a simmer. Once the chili begins to simmer, reduce the heat to medium-low with the lid off.
  3. Continue to cook the chili, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Add beans and corn and let the chili return to a simmer. Cook for 5 more minutes or until the corn and beans have heated through.
  4. Generously salt to taste.
  5. Serve on its own or with brown rice or whole grain pasta.

Recipe Notes

*If you have a slow cooker or crock pot, this is even easier! Just toss everything in the slow cooker, stir, and cook on high for 4 hours or 6 – 8 on low heat!

tuna casserole with pasta and vegetables newmarket food pantry

Tuna Casserole with Whole Grain Pasta and Vegetables

 

Tuna Casserole with Whole Grain Pasta and Vegetables

Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword casserole, pasta casserole, tuna casserole, tuna pasta bake

Ingredients

  • 2.5 cups whole grain pasta
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 2 cans tuna
  • 1 cup peas
  • 1 cup carrots diced
  • ½ onion diced
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 2 tbsp oregano or dill
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp butter or margarine
  • 1 cup whole grain bread – dried and crumbled into breadcrumbs*
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Boil whole grain pasta to desired texture and drain
  3. Stir in: mushroom soup, tuna, peas, carrots, onion, celery, oregano or dill, garlic and black pepper
  4. Mix in: ½ cup breadcrumbs and butter or margarine
  5. Pour mixture into casserole dish
  6. Top mixture with remaining breadcrumbs
  7. Cook until topping starts to brown – about 10 minutes
  8. Let sit for 5 – 10 minutes
  9. Salt to taste
  10. Serve!

Recipe Notes

*To make your own breadcrumbs, just allow 2 – slices of whole grain bread to sit at room temperature without covering at all for 1 – 2 days and cut into chunks. Alternately, place 2 – 3 slices of this bread into an oven at 300 degrees and allow to toast for 5 minutes. Remove and break into chunks

**Also note that you can use any vegetables you’d like – some other great options include: peppers, green or yellow beans, cauliflower, broccoli, or corn!