[CH] Tonights Dinner

RST G (synapse7@home.com)
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:03:31 -0500

This was tonights dinner. A very basic, low fat, vegetable chili. Of
course, the heat can be upped considerably. Since it was from a low fat
cookbook and not a chile-related cookbook, she only uses what can be
found in the supermarket. I used homemade chili seasoning (not
McCormick's) and added some crushed pequins at the table. Boy was that
good. Made me warm all over and my tongue was on fire for a while after.

                     *  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                          Quick Vegetable Chili

Recipe By     : So Fat, Low Fat, No Fat by Betty Rohde, p. 130
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Chiles                           Low Fat
                Vegetarian Days

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      cup           onion -- chopped
   1      cup           celery -- chopped
   1      cup           green pepper -- chopped
   1      clove         garlic -- minced (or more)
   1 1/2  cups          zucchini -- chopped
   1      14 oz can     low-sodium stewed tomatoes
   1      14 oz can     tomato sauce
   1      pkg           chili seasoning -- such as McCormick*
   2      15 oz cans    kidney beans -- or favorite beans

Cover the bottom of a large saucepan with 3-4 tbsp of water. Add the
onion, celery, greenpepper, and garlic. Saute until wilted, 3-4 minutes.
Add the zucchini and cook until tender, 5-10 minutes.

Add the tomatoes, juice and all, the tomato sauce, chili seasoning, and
beans. Simmer for about 1 hour, just as you would any chili.

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NOTES : * I used my homemade chili seasoning. It is not hot. I added
some crushed pequins at the table for myself. If you like it hot, add
hot chili seasoning. If mild, then packaged variety is fine.

Original recipe called just Vegetable Chili. Since there was already a
Vegetable Chili in Mastercook, I changed the name.

RisaG