Simple & Quick Chili

This recipe is super simple and super healthy. Sometimes making chili can seem pretty intimidating because there are those recipes out there that have around 72 ingredients or they require hours and hours of  prep and cook time. This recipe, however, is a no-brainer and so adaptable. It's a great foundation recipe to creating your own unique chili recipe, after all chili should taste good to you not just some food critique from a magazine!

Serves 2

Materials:
1/4 lb. ground beef
1/4 of an onion, diced
2 tbs water
1/2 can of tomatoes
1/2 tbs chili powder
1/4 tbs cumin
1- 2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt and pepper to taste

First heat a pot with a fitted lid at MED heat. Add the meat and onion. Brown evenly stirring occasionally, making sure to break up the meat as you go. Add the salt and pepper to taste. With the extra spices in this dish not much salt or pepper should be needed.

Once you've done this, add the chili powder, cumin and garlic and cook about 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

At this point add your beans, tomatoes and water. I like to rinse the beans in cool water before adding them so that they don't have too much of the slimy canning liquid on them.

Now lower your heat to LOW and simmer COVERED for about 15 minutes. This helps tenderize the meat and cook the tinny flavor out of the canned tomatoes. After it has simmered for the time, remove the lid and simmer for another 5 minutes. You should remember to taste for seasoning. It's best to alter seasoning as you are cooking so that the end result is what you like.

Fini! :) Now you can top the chili over some healthy brown rice, mashed potatoes or it's good just by itself! I like to top it of with some low-fat cheese and sliced green onions. You can also try Greek yogurt, sour cream or tortilla chips. It's all up to you!

When choosing your ingredients have fun with it! You can use ground turkey or stew meat instead of the beef and whatever kind of bean you'd like. So versatile and so healthy!