Healthy Eats

We're always trying new things in our house and the latest healthy lifestyle choice we've decided to try is a vegetarian dish 2 days per week. My first day wasn't that bad and as always I'm here to share my experiences and fill you all in.

For dinner, I made this healthy vegetarian chili. It wasn't half bad but in my opinion it takes some getting use to. I followed the recipe and added a few tweaks of my own.

                                     

Recipe and more...

Vegetarian Chilli -Taste of Home Original

YIELD:16 servings

Ingredients

• 4 medium zucchini, chopped
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, chopped
• 1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cans (28 ounces each) Italian stewed tomatoes, cut up
• 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
• 1 can (15 ounces) pinto beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1/4 cup each minced fresh cilantro and parsley
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

Directions

Saute the vegetebles together in olive oil (I prefer EVOO) and  added corn and a can of  RoTel Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilies. I also added garlic and onion powder.

And one of my favorite blogs to check out low fat and vegetarian recipes is Skinny Taste .