RECIPE: Vegan Bean Chili

It's a New Year and I could not be more excited! I know I'm about a week late with this post, but the past few days have been so life changing! For Christmas I was given Melisser Elliott's book, The Vegan Girl's Guide to Life. I have been a vegetarian for about nine months now and haven't looked back. I love how much I have learned in the kitchen, cooking vegetarian has been a blast! and I never though I would love it so much. Aside from the health aspect, reading Elliott's book I learned about the cruelties behind the food industry, and that even includes the dairy industry (eggs and cheese). She goes on to explain the horrors of these farms and in details describes the disgusting conditions these poor animals are forced to live in; to then meet a horrible fate.


Reading the first chapter was heart wrenching and infuriating. I though that by being a vegetarian I was doing all good for the animals. For about four days now, I have not been able to put this book down! and I have been sharing every bit of information that I have learned with my family. I have now been making day to day changes in my life, making vegan choices with my foods. I read about people who transition from vegetarianism to veganism, their advice is to take it one day at a time. I want to make this New Year about a transition to becoming vegan, however long it takes I will be sure to make the best choices I can.


So I would like to re-introduce my blog, as I will be cooking a lot more vegan meals that I will be sharing here. My sister and I have been excited about starting our vegan baking too! and I am even more excited to be sharing that with you guys. To expand a little bit more, I want to start writing about earth friendly and green products that serve for your home as well as body and mind. 

If anybody has any suggestions and/or would like to share anything of this topic in particular PLEASE feel free to contact me at thehealthyhippie1@gmail.com --I am looking forward to meeting new people in the Vegan community and am excited and eager to learn new things and recipes!

Now here is my very first Vegan Recipe! 

VEGAN BEAN CHILI

Method: Crock Pot

INGREDIENTS:

• 1.5 cups Adzuki beans, cooked
• 1.5 cups Pinto beans, cooked
• 1.5 cups Red Kidney beans, cooked
• 1 medium/large onion
• 1 medium bell pepper (color of choice)
• 4 celery sticks, finely chopped
• 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
• paprika, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper
• hot chili sauce
• 4 tomatoes diced, save the juices
• 1 can tomato paste
• 5 teaspoons whole wheat flour
• 2 cups corn
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup veggie broth

DIRECTIONS (IN ORDER YOU NEED TO PUT IT IN)

• celery, onion, garlic
• beans
• tomato and corn
• water and broth

Let it cook on HIGH for about 2 hours. 

Then add in spices to taste, mix and let cook for another hour.

Add your flour, mix well and cook for another 30 minutes or until it is Chili consistency. 

Eat with a slice of sour dough bread with some Earth Balance spread. DELICIOUSLY VEGAN!