Nutrition: Veggie Chili

Recipe Two 12oz pack of LightLife Smart Ground Veggie Crumbles Three 28oz can of diced tomatoes 15oz can Kidney beans (drained) 15oz can Black beans (drained) 1 cup diced white onion Three whole peppers, sliced thin (jalapeno or whatever you like) Minced Garlic Your favorite hot sauce (tabasco, sriracha, etc) Chili Powder to taste (I use at least half a bottle) *** This recipe yields a large crockpot of chili. Serves 10-12.

Directions Pan fry the crumbles and season them with hot sauce (or whatever you like). Dump the cooked crumbles and the tomatoes and beans into crock pot. Add at least 3 large splashes of chili powder. Sautee onions & peppers w/ the garlic & add to pot. Start crock pot & stir occasionally. Add more chili powder & maybe salt to taste. Should cook in about 3-4hrs on low & 1-2hrs on high.

Veggie Jambalaya

Nutrition: Veggie Jambalaya

Recipe 12oz pack of LightLife Smart Ground Veggie Crumbles 14oz pack of LightLife Smart Dogs Veggie Links *** NOT RECOMMENDED. I would double up on the Veggie Crumbles above. These dogs taste like sand. Going to find a better tasting veggie dog. 28oz can of diced tomatoes 32oz of Vegetable Broth 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped bell peppers 1 cup diced white onion 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce 2 tbsp Tapatio (Hot Sauce) 2 tbsp Creole Seasoning (or to taste) 2 cups Cooked brown rice *** Instead of the Veggie crumbles & Links, you can use your ground meat & sausage of choice

Directions Cut up hot dog links into chunks, add to pot. Break up crumbles into small chunks, add to pot. Add the celery, bell peppers &onions to the pot. Add the vegetable broth & diced tomatoes (w/ tomato juice) to pot. Mix the pot contents & then add your Worcestershire, Hot Sauce & Creole seasoning. Stir & season to taste. (Be careful if using the vegetarian meat as they are generally already salty). Start crock pot & stir occasionally. Should cook in about 5-7hrs on low & 2-3hrs on high. In the meanwhile, cook the rice however you normally would & set aside. Once the crockpot is done, serve the mixture on a bed of rice. Enjoy.

Review Good substitute recipe for Fat Tuesday. Just add beads & a Zydeco band to complete. I used the Smart Dogs Veggie Links to try and replace the Andouille sausage but I am not a fan of that brand. If I had to make it again now, I would just double or triple the amount of Veggie Crumbles instead. I will update this blog post once I find a Veggie Sausage I like. Also the Veggie version doesnt need to cook as long the regular meat version. You can use ground beef/turkey/chicken or chicken chunks instead of the Veggie crumbles. Also replace the Veggie Links with regular hot links.

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