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Mild Turkey Chili

Hey folks how are you today? I hoped you enjoyed the chicken salad. My wife enjoyed it as well and I repeated the recipe the subsequent evening with an added ingredient, broccoli. I used the food processor to chop it finely and added it to the original recipe. It was just as quick, nutritious and delicious. In fact the time was reduced to 45 minutes by doing the vegetable prep work while the chicken breast was in the oven. Again my wife really did enjoy the meal and took it for lunch the following day.

Today's recipe is for a vibrant turkey chili without the heat. 

Ingredients Required:

1. 2 lb. lean ground turkey
2. 1 40 oz.can of kidney beans
3. 2 28 oz. cans of diced tomato
4. 1 diced onion
5. 2 diced green peppers
6. 1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin
7. 1/2 teaspoon of ground chili powder
8. 1 teaspoon of diced garlic
9. 1/2 tsp.  of red pepper
10. 1 tbsp. of virgin olive oil

Cooking Instructions:

1.  Place the olive oil in your stock pot and pre heat on stove top. Stir in the turkey meat in the pot once the oil is heated, cover and allow to cook until well done. 15-20 mins.
2. Dice the onions and green peppers and place to the side.
3. Once the meat is done add the onions, green peppers, garlic, cumin, chili powder and ground red pepper. Reduce heat to a simmer and stir for about 3 - 5 minutes. 
4. Add the diced tomatoes  and kidney beans. Increase the heat to a medium simmer (bubbling gently), stir and cover for about 10 - 15 mins
5. Total time 40 mins

Grab a bowl and enjoy this quick, nutritious and delicious meal.

Enhancing your wellness experience: 

This a very healthy meal as it is but if you really want to take it up notch you may want to add a couple of steps to the process.

• Use  6-8 fresh tomatoes locally grown and dice them yourself. 
• Buy packaged dried beans and soak them overnight. Pour the water off . Add fresh water to your stock pot and cook the beans at medium to high heat on your stove top. Make certain it does not boil over. Once done strain the beans and add them at the appropriate time.

Adding these steps will add some time to your preparation process but it also eliminates the chemicals used in most process foods. Two of which are added salt and sugars that help preserve the beans and tomatoes thus expanding their shelf life and your chances to develop a chronic illness.

 Whenever you are shopping remember the game for them is profiteering not your health. Read the packages and do a little research on Google about the ingredients. Most of it can not be classified as food.

Nutritional Value

• High Protein

• High Fiber

• Low Fat

• Complex Carbohydrates