It's freezing outside so I decided to make chili yesterday. I used my canned tomatoes and canned tomato juice in my chilli. I still have onions from my garden. So I made regular chili with ground beef for dinner for myself.
When my daughter Little Red and my girlfriend Cheyenne found out I was making chili. They where so happy because I also made vegan chilli Mac.
My Vegan Chilli Mac Recipe
#1 In your largest skillet on medium heat, one diced white or yellow onion.
# 2 One diced bell pepper, add to your skillet optional one small hot pepper diced
#3 Two 16oz can's of black beans drained and smashed add to the skillet
#4 Two 16oz can's of chili beans drained don't smash add to the skillet
#5 Two 16oz can's of crushed tomatoes add to skillet
#6 Half gallon of tomato juice add half to the skillet
#7 Add one 2.25 package of chili seasoning to the skillet I like French's Chili -O seasoning
With all the combined ingredients cook on low heat
#8 Cook 4oz of Elbow Macaroni in 5 quarts of boiling water add a tablespoon of salt. In a uncovered pot for 15mins, drain and add to your Chili stirring everything together and adding the rest of the tomato juice, and your Chili Mac is ready to be served. My little girl ate 2 bowls and my girlfriend ate two bowls and they love it with the macaroni in it.You can add more Chili powder depending on your taste. My girlfriend and daughters like adding banana peppers and sometimes vegan shredded cheese.
This will feed 8 or 10 and I make a large pot of chili. Because my girlfriend takes it to work with her the next day for lunch. And my daughter take it with her for her school lunch.
You can use the following combinations of beans ( I use what ever I have in my cabinets ) Kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans and chili bean's. You can mix them up or use one type of bean. For a large pot I like to use 4 can's.
The same with your tomatoes and tomato juice. Use what you have I use my canned tomatoes and canned tomato juice. You can use crush, diced, whole tomatoes and tomato sauce and tomato paste. Shooting some photos of the bean's and tomatoes I had in my cabinet. Trying to say this is not rocket science we our just making some vegan chili and I came up with this recipe during a snow storm and my daughter's wanted chili. And my little girl said she wanted noodles in her Chili, I said how about some macaroni in your Chili, like Mac N Cheese. She said daddy we can call it Chili Mac. Vegan girls love my chili Mac and say it's the best vegan chili they've ever had.
