VEGETARIAN CHILI

Sometimes just deciding what to make for dinner is the problem! If someone could just tell me, that would be great!! But most of the time I am deciding myself. Usually I look around instagram and Facebook for inspiration, or ask my friends.

Tonight i decided to make a vegatarian chilli

This is what I did:

The ingredients I used were as follows

2 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, diced

1 clove of garlic, crushed

1 stalk of celery, diced

1 yellow pepper, diced

3/4 cup frozen corn kernels

i zucchini, diced

1 can red kidney beans, rinsed

1 can black beans, rinsed

1 28 oz can of diced tomatoes and the juice

1/2 cup of water

1 can of condensed tomato soup

1 tbsp chili powder ( or as much as you like)

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp salt

In a medium sized saucepan:

I sautéed the onion & garlic in the 2 tbs of olive oil until translucent- of course it started to brown...which is ok!!

Then added the celery and continued to sauté until the celery started to cook and becomes translucent

Next I added the diced yellow pepper and the zucchini and mix well with the onion mixture. I cooked this for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally

Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well

Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat so that the chili is simmering with a medium bubble, cover but stir often so it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot! I simmered this for about an hour.

**** you can always add some ground beef, chicken or turkey , just sauté the meat with the onions!!

I served this with some corn tortillas that I warmed up in an ungreased frying pan and some mashed up avocado that I added cilantro and lemon juice to and a pinch of salt.