Need to find the most awesome vegan chili recipe EV-uh

Blue-EyedLady · 11-15-2010, 02:41 PM

Are you up for a challenge?

Chili is on the menu plan - vegetarian because I can't afford to buy meat this month.

DH is the type who feels that "real" chili is meat with no beans.

I need to find a totally awesome recipe that tastes/feels like chili, not just tomato-bean soup, iykwim, to convince DH that vegetarian chili isn't all bad.

Who's up for it?

curlymopmom · 11-15-2010, 02:43 PM

BlessedBlue · 11-15-2010, 02:51 PM

Huh. MY DH won't believe it's chili until there are beans of substance in there.

That and the Frito's that get soggy at the bottom of the bowl under all that chili.

Anyway, does he accept lentils as a meat substitute? Because everything else is seasoning, IMO.

My current chili recipe uses a large can of tomato paste (15 oz) and 2 cans of water, sea salt, oil, pepper, chili powder, onion, garlic, cumin, and whatever other seasoning in my cupboard that smells right for what I'm going for.

Honey or some other sweetener helps mellow the tomato acid, too. I put in beans and ground meat, too. But I suppose that those can be interchangeable/optional.

jujubnme · 11-15-2010, 08:12 PM

I love my vegetarian chili recipe. It's hearty and tasty, but it has a lot of vegetables in it that aren't necessarily traditional: butternut squash, zucchini, corn and peas (along with kidney beans). So not sure if that would work for you.

The butternut squash is what makes it awesome IMO.

RiverRock · 11-15-2010, 08:19 PM

I mix up the beans for my chili recipe. All kidney beans is

. I usually use black beans, navy beans and red beans. My recipe is based on a Betty Crocker recipe...as far as seasonings go, a hint of cocoa powder, some cumin and chili powder give the flavour. I'll copy the recipe if you think it is something you might like.

Blue-EyedLady · 11-15-2010, 09:01 PM

We've done the lentil chili thing before. DH is just

about it.

Lentils are on the menu for another meal this week (what can I say - gotta stretch the budget!), so I was thinking a 2-3 bean chili. I have pinto beans, black beans, maybe some navy beans or great northerns or something else. We have some zucchini - DH will usually go for that. He's the season-er in our family. He's awesome at tasting something and saying, "oh, it just needs a little coriander" (or whatever). Maybe I'll hunt up a recipe with cocoa powder in it - that would change it up for him.

I'm not opposed to using some chicken broth in there...

I've got that, just no actual ground meat.

11-15-2010, 02:41 PM	#1
Blue-EyedLady Rose Garden The Lion Cub Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 10,798	Need to find the most awesome vegan chili recipe EV-uh Are you up for a challenge? Chili is on the menu plan - vegetarian because I can't afford to buy meat this month. DH is the type who feels that "real" chili is meat with no beans. I need to find a totally awesome recipe that tastes/feels like chili, not just tomato-bean soup, iykwim, to convince DH that vegetarian chili isn't all bad. Who's up for it? __________________ Mama to The Engineer (7 yo) "When I grow up, I'm going to build Highway 100!" The Imaginative Adventurer (4.5 yo) "I'm going to rescue you!" and The Lion Cub (1 yo)- Smart, cute, strong, and unstoppable! Sister to BlessedBlue forever Co-Founder and Lead Writer at Food Allergies On Ice

11-15-2010, 02:43 PM	#2
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BlessedBlue Rose Garden Have you ever heard a fly roar? Listen carefully! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Walking with broken bootstraps... Posts: 7,152	Re: Need to find the most awesome vegan chili recipe EV-uh Huh. MY DH won't believe it's chili until there are beans of substance in there. That and the Frito's that get soggy at the bottom of the bowl under all that chili. Anyway, does he accept lentils as a meat substitute? Because everything else is seasoning, IMO. My current chili recipe uses a large can of tomato paste (15 oz) and 2 cans of water, sea salt, oil, pepper, chili powder, onion, garlic, cumin, and whatever other seasoning in my cupboard that smells right for what I'm going for. Honey or some other sweetener helps mellow the tomato acid, too. I put in beans and ground meat, too. But I suppose that those can be interchangeable/optional. __________________ sister to Blue-EyedLady since forever wife to Trooper (Wounded Warrior) 3-98 Graphics designing sapphiremama to EBug 2-04, ABoo 2-06, and Goggle 8-09

11-15-2010, 08:12 PM	#4
jujubnme Rose Garden Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. (James 3:18) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,493	Re: Need to find the most awesome vegan chili recipe EV-uh I love my vegetarian chili recipe. It's hearty and tasty, but it has a lot of vegetables in it that aren't necessarily traditional: butternut squash, zucchini, corn and peas (along with kidney beans). So not sure if that would work for you. The butternut squash is what makes it awesome IMO. __________________ ANDREA wife to my awesome dh since 8/2000 - mom to my sweet jujube ds since 9/2001 all INFPs, living in harmonious chaos. GLORY be to God for dappled things--- ... All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him. GERARD MANLY HOPKINS

11-15-2010, 08:19 PM	#5
RiverRock Moderator Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In green pastures Posts: 9,770	Re: Need to find the most awesome vegan chili recipe EV-uh I mix up the beans for my chili recipe. All kidney beans is . I usually use black beans, navy beans and red beans. My recipe is based on a Betty Crocker recipe...as far as seasonings go, a hint of cocoa powder, some cumin and chili powder give the flavour. I'll copy the recipe if you think it is something you might like. __________________ RiverRock, mom to a 24 year old diamond, 22 year old granite, 19 year old pearl, and 16 year old tiger eye. Married for 25 years to a rugged boulder and resting together on the one true Rock.

11-15-2010, 09:01 PM	#6
Blue-EyedLady Rose Garden The Lion Cub Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 10,798	Re: Need to find the most awesome vegan chili recipe EV-uh We've done the lentil chili thing before. DH is just about it. Lentils are on the menu for another meal this week (what can I say - gotta stretch the budget!), so I was thinking a 2-3 bean chili. I have pinto beans, black beans, maybe some navy beans or great northerns or something else. We have some zucchini - DH will usually go for that. He's the season-er in our family. He's awesome at tasting something and saying, "oh, it just needs a little coriander" (or whatever). Maybe I'll hunt up a recipe with cocoa powder in it - that would change it up for him. I'm not opposed to using some chicken broth in there... I've got that, just no actual ground meat. __________________ Mama to The Engineer (7 yo) "When I grow up, I'm going to build Highway 100!" The Imaginative Adventurer (4.5 yo) "I'm going to rescue you!" and The Lion Cub (1 yo)- Smart, cute, strong, and unstoppable! Sister to BlessedBlue forever Co-Founder and Lead Writer at Food Allergies On Ice

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