I have a fascination with numbers. Always have. Anything mathematical has always been my favorite subject. Even in college - I had way more math credits than I needed for my degree lol!!
A great kitchen tool is a food scale. Not only does it help you measure ingredients for cooking, it keeps your portion sizes right on! We've been wanting one for a while, and finally got one yesterday!!! My inner number fanatic showed herself and I was weighing everything.
In honor of my new pretty kitchen scale, I want to share my favorite healthy chili recipe!!
It's Jamie Eason's 3-Bean Turkey Chili and it's AWESOME!!!! (click the link for the full recipe)
Seriously. There are not enough exclamation points in the world to show how much I love this chili.
Mine is technically only 2 - bean, but other than that I don't make any radical changes to her recipe. I do add low-sodium chicken broth and leave out the adobo sauce (because I haven't found it yet!)
After browning your lean ground turkey with onions and garlic, add diced chilies, kidney beans (drained), black beans (drained), and diced tomatoes (do not drain).
Stir in the rest of the spices (save the cilantro for right before serving)
Simmer, and you're done! Don't forget to add the cilantro about 5 minutes before serving. I like to add some low-sodium chicken broth to thin it out a little and make it more like the chili I grew up with (1/2 to 1 cup, depending on how it looks).
You can get creative with sides - whole wheat toast, veggies, sweet potato... you name it! We usually mix in a cup of brown rice for our pre-workout meal, and have a side of veggies if it's a post-workout meal!
Best. Chili. Ever.
For the full recipe, click the link above! You can also watch Jamie Eason's video :)
Let me know if you try it, and what you thought!!
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