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Alternate Chili

My cholesterol has gotten out of hand, so I have to make some drastic changes to my diet, which includes no more beef or pork at all, and eating vegan at least three days a week. I don't mind, although my guy won't eat that way, so I'll have to make separate meals for us most of the time now.

I love chili, but I don't care for it made with ground chicken or turkey, so I'd mostly given it up (I've been cheating and having a little when I make the regular kind for my guy.) I need to find healthier alternatives, so I tried a recipe for a roasted sweet potato chili from a vegan cookbook Maria gave me that sounded interesting with some corn muffins for my dinner the other night.

There's a lot to love about this recipe -- it tastes a little smoky, like something you've made over a campfire. It's rich and filling, and the flavors are wonderful. I've never tried cooking with poblano peppers before, and I have to say, they're delicious. So are the sweet potatoes when cooked this way, which I didn't expect to work quite so well (I may never go back to eating non-vegan chili.) It does require a few steps to make this, but I think the results are definitely worth the labor.

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Maria Zannini said…
Can I use canned sweet potato? I need to find new recipes for Greg. The doc put him on a new drug for cholesterol since none of the old ones were helping him. His doc said it was probably genetic for him.
A very dear friend of mine had high cholesterol and diabetes. She was a little bitty thing, 90 lbs soaking wet, but she fought a lifetime of cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Sometimes DNA is going to have its way no matter what you do.
June 2, 2022 at 7:52 AM
the author said…
I think canned sweet potatoes would work if you add them in at the end of the preparation, since they're already cooked.

I'm trying not to be upset about yet another dietary change, but oy, making two different meals for two people is a pain.
June 2, 2022 at 8:00 AM
nightsmusic said…
I'm doomed to an injectable for my cholesterol. I'm genetically predisposed to hover around 375 no matter my diet, weight or exercise and I can't do statins. They drain my muscles of any proteins and I have days where I can't open a bottle of water anymore. I wish I'd known then. But the injectables get me down around 250 and the 'spread' is right so I'll take what I can get. *sigh*
June 2, 2022 at 12:50 PM
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