Hearty Vegetarian Chili

Instrumental Jazz Music I definitely cook a few pots of chili throughout the winter season, and especially during football games. I've got a little bit different
twist of vegetarian chili that's loaded with
lentils, butternut squash, and zucchini. The first thing we're
going to do it knock out some prep and get to cooking. So I'll dice up a large yellow onion, some bell peppers, two
jalapenos, some garlic, and then a large pot on high heat with a little bit of olive oil, we want to caramelize up these vegetables.

While these vegetables are
browning this is perfect timing, because what we can do is peel and dice up our butternut squash and our zucchini and then we're going to start
putting a lot more stuff into our chili. We're finally done
prepping our vegetables. And the onions and peppers
are done caramelizing in our pot. What we want to do now is
add everything in there.

So go ahead and add in the
butternut squash and zucchini, our lentils, we've got
some garbanzo beans, a delicious three-bean blend from Heinen's we're going to put in there, our tomatoes, our herbs-- oregano,
chili powder, and cumin. And next if we need to thin
it out we're going to add some vegetable stock. What we want to do now is
simmer this on low heat for about 30 to 45 minutes. We want to get the lentils tender and the butternut squash tender.

Then at that point we're
going to come back, adjust any seasonings,
and possibly thicken it with some tomato paste. So while this is simmering
for about 30 to 45 minutes, you have to keep in mind
that the lentils are going to suck up some of that moisture. So you may need to come
back within 15 to 20 minutes and add a little bit more vegetable stock. This vegetarian chili is amazing.

So loaded with vegetables
you won't even miss your old chili recipe. We've also got a ton of great
toppings we can put on here. To me, it's all about the toppings. We've got some diced avocado,
some Chihuahua cheese, a little bit of lime juice
in case you want to take away some of that heat, some sour cream, some sliced Swiss chard.

This is fantastic. More greens into that vegetarian chili, some fresh cilantro,
green onions, and cheddar. Feel free to have a field
day with whatever toppings you want to put on here. Get all these amazing ingredients from your favorite Heinen's grocery stores and be sure to visit
heinens.Com to see all of our great recipe videos.

We've got a ton of chili to
eat, we'll catch you next time. (Instrumental jazz music).