The Best White Bean Chili

Vegetarian White Bean Chili

We love chili in our house.  We make your regular run of the mill version of chili (beef, tomato, beans,) and a delicious black-eyed pea chili variation.  We have tried multiple white bean chili recipes over the years and just never found one we liked. 

Until now. 

This is the best one, BY FAR.  Even though the recipe is labeled vegetarian it is 100% vegan with no adaptations needed.  I think the marketing department just knows people flip out when they see the word vegan so they wisely held off on the label. 

We didn't make any changes to the recipe, except to add more spices as the recipe only calls for oregano.  *eye brown raise*  I definitely used cumin and chili powder, as well as some dried cilantro. 

I had a terrible migraine this night, and Two had to finish making it as I could no longer be upright and had to be at work later that night (where I cried because I was in a tremendous amount of pain, super fun times.)  I didn't get to eat any of it the first day, but she reported that both her and her brothers liked it a lot.  I got to have the leftovers the following day for lunch and they weren't wrong.  Yum! 

Lazy Housewife: Italian Meatball Soup

Italian Meatball Soup

This recipe uses frozen ready to use meatballs, and I feel that.  Of course, we used Meatless Meatballs by Gardein (which is our favorite vegan brand.) We also used vegetable broth instead of beef broth, and Two didn't add any parm to hers.  We had it with garlic butter (actually plant-based butter of course) crescent rolls.  We also took one of the suggestions and added pasta.  We used ditalini because that's my favorite for soups because of its small size.  I put in a lot of seasoning:  Italian seasoning, extra rosemary and oregano, and a whole lot of red pepper flakes since the boys aren't home!

Two and I both LOVED this one.  Can't wait to have the boys try it out.  My very carnivorous boyfriend also had a bowl after making this face:

He also thought it was really good, after his initial protest.  So good in fact that he talked about it the following day with his coworkers.  I don't know why everyone is so shocked that vegan food can be delish!

I don't know what day it is...

But I'm not sure if this is a COVID problem or a 3rd shift problem.  Let me check my phone. 

Hey!  Welcome to Monday! 

I'm going to share a recipe with you guys, as I've been cooking more during quarantine because for the first 3 weeks my boys were with me 24/7 so I had to cook literally every day.  I know a lot of you do this all the time...but I normally only have my boys half the time and Two cooks for herself (or both of us) a lot so I really only am required to cook a few times a week.  It has given us the opportunity to try new recipes though, and like the Vegan Stuffed Pepper Soup I shared last, this one is a keeper for us! 

Simple Vegan Taco Pasta

Here's what I changed, per usual. 

Better Than Bullion No Beef Base, Soyrizo and Vegan Cream Cheese are not things I can get in this little town I live in, so I just omitted the cream cheese and soyrizo and just used veggie broth in place of the bullion.  We put in "beefless ground" in place of the soyrizo.  Also, on my plate, I added cheese (because I"m not entirely vegan.)

I'd really like to try this with soyrizo, for the record.  I imagine it would be even better!  But with these changes, we all still REALLY liked this dish.  Highly recommend.  After quarantine, I can find all the necessary ingredients and will try it as recommended and report back! 

Skinny Housewife: Vegan Stuffed Pepper Soup

Vegetarian Stuffed Pepper Soup

This recipe was liked by everyone, which in my house is impressive!  What she has to say about it being better the 2nd day is SPOT ON, we had it for dinner two nights in a row and YUMMMM.   Usually, I make alterations to recipes, but I didn't change anything this time! 

I used to hate stuffed peppers as a kid...and my grandmother made them pretty often.  I've been saying for years that I need to try them again as an adult, and this was my first step in that direction.  I loved the soup, and will definitely be giving actual stuffed peppers a go again in the near future, so stay tuned.

Skinny Housewife: Chili Sin Carne

Seriously this is the best chili I've made in a WHILE.  I know I know you probably have a chili recipe, but I'm gonna share it anyway.

1 red pepper
1 onion
2 stalks of celery
3 carrots
Kidney beans/Black beans/Lentils (I used one can each of kidney and black)
Frozen corn
Optional: meat substitute (I used Gardein brand beefless ground, we have enjoyed everything by this brand, although we don't use meat substitute often)
Worcestershire sauce (vegan/vegetarian you'll need to make sure it doesn't have anchovies!)
Chili powder
Cumin
Smoked Paprika
Pepper
Salt
Red Pepper flakes
Vegetable broth

Chop.  Sautee.  Combine.  Stir.  Simmer. 

That's all.  I don't measure spices, so you'll have to taste test it.  I used PROBABLY 24 ounces of broth.  I didn't measure, but it feels like there is probably 8 oz still in the carton.  LOL

Skinny Housewife: Chunky Portabella Veggie Burger

Chunky Portabella Veggie Burger


Guys.  THIS.  This recipe is a HUGE HUGE favorite in my house.  When I know I'm going to make these for dinner I seriously look forward to them ALL DAY.  Two had a veggie burger at Buffalo Wild Wings not that long ago and reported: "it was good but not as good as the ones you make."  They are so good. 

If you've been coming to this blog for awhile, you know that I almost always make changes to recipes.  I don't know what to tell you...I bend things.  So, I can tell you that this recipe is REALLY hard to screw up.  Really.  I have made it without the steak seasoning, and Worcestershire sauce (just totally forgot to put them in) and they were STILL delicious.  The most recent time I totally forgot the beans.  I'm not even kidding.  And guess what?  Still delicious.  I only ever use 2 eggs.  And I make them with Flipz crackers (these are pretzel crackers, and they are bomb.)  I've also made them with cheezits once.  You know, I just roll with the punches.  Honestly, we've never had a batch that wasn't amazing. 

Then you just add all the things you would add to a "regular" burger.  The steak seasoning and Worcestershire sauce really give them a BEEF taste.  If you don't look at them (so that you wouldn't see the broccoli) you could be fooled.

This is at the top of the list of recipes we've tried since becoming vegetarian, so it's the first recipe I wanted to share with you all.  Enjoy!