Low calorie vegetarian chili
By maezee
@maezee (41988)
United States
January 20, 2021 7:53pm CST
I haven’t ever made vegetarian chili with counting calories in mind, normally I load it up with beans and all kinds of veggies and then of course topped with cheese, sour cream, corn bread or some kind of “dipping bread”. But I’m trying! So without all the add ons, I made the lowest calorie vegetarian chili I could come up with.
What you get is 90 calories per Cup, and this recipe makes 16 cups.
2 onions
2 red peppers
4 zucchini
Minced garlic
1 15oz of diced tomatoes
2 15oz black beans
1 can corn
Cayenne pepper, cumin, chilli powder to taste
1/2 large bottle of spicy tomato juice
1 32oz vegetable broth
I used 2 tbs of low fat sour cream to top with to add some creaminess.
I was happy to eat about 3 cups with sour cream and not have to feel guilty about it. Awesome!
Anyone else try any healthy or low cal recipes that worked lately?
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6 responses
@RasmaSandra (80847)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jan 21
That sounds very delicious. I just have to say we cannot post recipes here but you can rewrite and just tell about what you include in the chilli I am making a flounder fish fillet tomorrow with some rice, ,
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
23 Jan 21
Sure we can. This is my recipe, I am posting it as part of a discussion. I am not breaking any rules, and since I created it, there is no one to give credit to, but myself. I enjoy chili, although mine is more soupy than anything.
Enjoy your flounder fish! I can't say that I have ever had that.
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@RasmaSandra (80847)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jan 21
@maezee OK I might be wrong, Your chilli does sound very good and I will probably try making it, when I can get the ingredients
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
23 Jan 21
@RasmaSandra I post these frequently, lol, but maybe they just haven't busted me yet. You read post after post about dinner plans and food, I can't see why this would be any different. So, I wouldn't worry about it as long as you're not plagarizing / stealing someone else's work.
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@Fleura (30541)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 21
In the photo it looks more like a soup! Was it nice?
For dinner yesterday I made tamarind chickpeas. Main ingredients were one onion, a can of chickpeas and a can of tomatoes, plus spices and a few spinach leaves. The recipe said it serves two and contained 334 kcal per portion, but in fact we only ate half of it between two of us (so that would be 167 kcal each), with some cous cous (don't know how many calories in that). So that was a pretty low-calorie meal. It was tasty too, and cheap!
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
23 Jan 21
Wow, that sounds awesome! I am going to look this up. Low calorie and vegetarian! I definitely need something that is filling and I bet the chickpeas in your recipe would do it. My chili is always kind of soupy, not thick, especially this low calorie version. But, still pretty good.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
23 Jan 21
I never did. I do appreciate that you have come up with this recipe.
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