Today for Meatless Monday, I’m passing on one of my favorite
recipes for a cold winter day. February
is an excellent time to make this dish!
Many vegetarians use meat substitute or faux meat products when making
these types of dishes. MorningStar Farms
offers a product called meal
starter crumbles. This is basically
a soy product and you generally add it late in the meal to give the dish, a
meat like texture.
As I've mentioned before I believe that the use of highly
processed foods is just as bad for you as eating meat. Some people are vegetarians simply because
they feel as though it’s wrong to consume something that has a spirit or
soul. Some others are vegetarian for
health reasons; generally speaking meat is not great for your body. The rise of all sorts of diseases including
obesity is directly related to the over-consumption of meat and meat byproducts.
Studies related to eating processed
foods are just as damning. One of
the main reasons I do not eat faux meat products is directly related to the
fact that 99%
of all soy products on the market today contain GMO soy. In my opinion, not enough testing has been
done to insure that the initial claims of GMO being not only unhealthy but directly related to
the rise in autism, diabetes and various other diseases. Until we can be assured of this the best way
to be safe is to avoid consumption of these products. Whenever possible I buy organics to avoid
this. Until companies like MorningStar
Farms start using organic soy to create their meat substitutes I probably will
never buy them.
With that… let’s get on with the recipe.
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Ingredients
2 cups dry pinto beans
2 cups dry black beans
2 cups dry red kidney beans
1 medium onion
2 20 oz. cans of crushed tomatoes (I use Organic with Basil added)
3 14.5 oz cans of vegetarian vegetable broth
3 tbsp. of butter
2 tps. of Chili powder
Salt and Pepper to taste
Sour Cream/Raw Onion/Cheese – optional toppings
*** 2 hours before you get ready to cook add all the dry beans
in a large bowl and cover with water.
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Process
Roughly chop the onion
Melt the butter in a large pot
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Add the onion to the pot and cook until clear
Drain the water from the beans and add them to the pot
Add the broth to the pot
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Add the crushed tomatoes to the pot
Add seasonings to taste
Serve
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I love this recipe. It’s
great to have on a cold day. Just be
careful with the chili powder. I like
using the crushed tomatoes because it thickens the chili up and gives it a meat
like consistency without the need to add any faux products. The beans can be switched out for any other
dry beans you’d like, however I would stay in the kidney bean size and
type. Lentils or Chickpeas probably wouldn't be a great substitute.
Would love to hear your take on GMOs, Processed Foods or how
your Meatless Mondays are going. Leave me
a comment!
Namaste & Blessed Be
Sosanna
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