If I can be honest, I hate going to blogs for a recipe and then having to scroll for 10 years until I can find the recipe to quickly print to make for dinner in 10 minutes. So, I’m going to skip the intro, post the recipe below, and just make a few important notes:
- This is also awesome with lentils, both in addition to or in place of the quinoa. I didn’t have lentils today (Aldi was out – wah!), so this one is just quinoa chili. But, say yes to lentils! Like quinoa, they’re yummy, healthy and are sources of protein and fiber and more feel-good body ingredients.
- Use whatever spices you like in your chili – I’ve given you my suggestions.
- Use whatever toppings you like in your chili – feel free to take my suggestions or not!
- Keep the ground turkey out to make this an awesome Vegetarian Chili recipe!
Enjoy this family favorite fall recipe!
Healthy Turkey Quinoa Chili Recipe
Serves | 12 |
Prep time | 15 minutes |
Cook time | 45 minutes |
Total time | 1 hour |
Meal type | Appetizer, Soup, Starter |
Misc | Child Friendly, Pre-preparable, Serve Hot |
This healthy turkey quinoa chili recipe is a favorite family recipe that lets me sneak healthy protein and vegetables into a favorite kid dish!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 Medium yellow onion (diced)
- 3 Medium bell peppers (diced)
- 6 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 can 28 oz crushed tomatoes
- 1 can diced tomatos and green chilis
- 2 cans tomato sauce
- 1 cup quinoa ((I also like to use lentils, but didn't have those for this go-round!))
- 2 cups water
- 1 can 14 oz vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup hot sauce (more or less to taste)
- 1 heaped teaspoon each of your favorite chili spices. I used: (bay leaves, cumin, red chili powder, a few chili flakes, cayenne pepper, paprika, garlic powder, sea salt, pepper (and maybe a few more things))
- 2 cans red kidney beans (dark)
- 1 can black beans
- 1 can Great Northern or Garbanzo beans
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (for topping)
- 2 Medium avocados (diced, for topping)
- other toppings (i.e. sour cream, salsa, )