A friend of mine tagged me to post a healthy recipe to give her some ideas for her family. Our family for the most part eats pretty healthy. We try not to eat super fatty foods, our problem is portion control... but that is a subject for another day. I have found that if I just substitute fat free or low fat items for the regular thing, that most of our foods become a little bit healthier to eat.
Our staple foods at our house are spaghetti (with whole wheat noodles) and chili because they have lots of tomatoes in them which my family loves. We also have grown accustomed to eating more beans which I find to be a healthier alternative dinner to meat every night. I have a true "meat-and-potatoes" man at my house. He thinks that we have to have meat for dinner every night. So I am grateful we have learned to eat more beans. And they are really easy to pressure can in mason jars so you always have cooked beans on hand in a pinch!
So on to my healthy recipe. This is a recipe that I am actually making for dinner tonight and I really like it!
Cole Slaw Chili
Makes 12 cups
1 WW Point per cup
1 lb ground beef or turkey (we use turkey because we like the flavor better)
1 onion
2 cans diced tomatoes with green chile's
2 cans diced tomatoes with garlic
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can kidney beans undrained
1 can pinto beans undrained
1 can black beans undrained
1 1lb bag cole slaw mix
To taste: chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper
Brown beef or turkey. Dice onion and add to browned meat. Add tomatoes, beans and spices. Stir in cole slaw and simmer until ready to serve.
Even for those of you who don't like cabbage (like me) you will still love it. You can't even taste the cabbage and it just adds more fiber to the mix. I have also added quinoia if I had some left over in the fridge. Hope you enjoy it.
Our staple foods at our house are spaghetti (with whole wheat noodles) and chili because they have lots of tomatoes in them which my family loves. We also have grown accustomed to eating more beans which I find to be a healthier alternative dinner to meat every night. I have a true "meat-and-potatoes" man at my house. He thinks that we have to have meat for dinner every night. So I am grateful we have learned to eat more beans. And they are really easy to pressure can in mason jars so you always have cooked beans on hand in a pinch!
So on to my healthy recipe. This is a recipe that I am actually making for dinner tonight and I really like it!
Cole Slaw Chili
Makes 12 cups
1 WW Point per cup
1 lb ground beef or turkey (we use turkey because we like the flavor better)
1 onion
2 cans diced tomatoes with green chile's
2 cans diced tomatoes with garlic
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can kidney beans undrained
1 can pinto beans undrained
1 can black beans undrained
1 1lb bag cole slaw mix
To taste: chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper
Brown beef or turkey. Dice onion and add to browned meat. Add tomatoes, beans and spices. Stir in cole slaw and simmer until ready to serve.
Even for those of you who don't like cabbage (like me) you will still love it. You can't even taste the cabbage and it just adds more fiber to the mix. I have also added quinoia if I had some left over in the fridge. Hope you enjoy it.
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Thanks so much for posting this! I will be linking it in my blog for others to read.
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