With the winter chill and Super Bowl this weekend, it’s a great time to make a hot pot of healthy chili. With more time spent eating at home these days, several weeks ago I scoured the internet for healthy versions of a meat based chili recipe. I took the best of several recipes to make my own recipe, flavorful and spicy. I waited with anticipation for responses to the first bites and they were positive! Touchdown! I’m actually not personally a big football fan, but I do enjoy eating and now cooking my own favorite chili during the cooler months.
My recipe follows:
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds pastured organic ground beef
- 2 organic onions or 1 cup organic onion chopped
- 1 large organic bell pepper ( red, yellow or orange) chopped or cut in small pieces
- 2 large organic garlic cloves minced
- 28 ounce can organic crushed or diced tomatoes
- 4 ounce can diced green chilis
- 1 can organic white northern or cannelloni beans
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon cayeenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon oregano leaves
- 1-2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon Annie’s organic Wocestershire sauce (optional)
- 1 bayleaf
- 1 tablespoon Braggs apple cider vinegar (optional)
Directions:
- Cook ground beef on stove top with onions, pepper and garlic
- Drain fat
- Add spices ( as many organic as possible ) and other ingredients and heat for half to one hour
- You may also heat in crockpot
- Serve plain, with guacamole or broken up organic tortilla chips
- Enjoy!
Michelle is a mental health therapist who incorporates holistic principles into her full time counseling practice. She is passionate about holistic nutrition, natural healing and food/ medical health freedoms. After immersing herself into alternative medicine, seeking answers to a family health crisis, she discovered that conventional healthcare recommendations often contribute to illness. She has written for Natural News, Vac Truth and other health news sites, beginning in February 2013. All of her articles and recipes to date can be found at her site Holistic Health to Go, http://holistichealthtogo.com/.
