Vegetable Turkey Chili

One of my all-time favorite meals is chili. It’s the perfect bowl of comfort, spice and hearty goodness to curl up with on a fall, winter or rainy night. Even better than regular chili is vegetable turkey chili. And even better than that? Leftover chili!

Vegetable Turkey Chili — A Nutritious One Pot Wonder!

Vegetable turkey chili is high in protein, high in fiber and packs plenty of vitamins. It’s also gluten-free and dairy-free. Most important, it’s simply delicious. It’s also easy to make, can be whipped up pretty quickly and requires only one pot!

One pot meals were one of my mom’s specialties, and most of my childhood favorites could be ladled out of large pot (or container of leftovers)! Some things never change … and my kids grew up with plenty of one pot wonders too.

Chili and Cornbread

Depending on my mood, I like to eat this vegetable turkey chili with some corn tortilla chips or my popular dairy-free cornbread.

Leftover Vegetable Turkey Chili

This recipe makes a large pot of chili … providing plenty for leftovers! Three cheers for leftovers!!! (and three exclamation points too, if you didn’t notice). LOL.

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE leftover chili! Unless I’m feeding a large crowd, I typically freeze half of each batch. During a busy week when I don’t have a lot of time to cook, it’s so nice to be able to pull an already-made meal out of the freezer. It’s easy on the ‘ol budget too.

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Vegetable Turkey Chili

Nothing beats a good pot of chili on a fall, winter or rainy day! This Vegetable Turkey Chili is high in protein, fiber and vitamins. Most important, it's simply delicious!

Course

Main Dish, Soup

Cuisine

Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free

Servings

Ingredients

• 3 lbs ground turkey
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cans organic tomato sauce
• 2 cans Ro-tel
• 4 16 oz. cans chili beans
• 2 zucchinis, cubed
• 2 cups frozen corn
• 1 Tbsp chili powder (adjust based on level of spice you prefer)
• 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/4 tsp ground pepper
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/4 tsp sea salt

Course Main Dish, Soup Cuisine Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Servings Ingredients 3 lbs ground turkey 1 onion, chopped 2 cans organic tomato sauce 2 cans Ro-tel 4 16 oz. cans chili beans 2 zucchinis, cubed 2 cups frozen corn 1 Tbsp chili powder (adjust based on level of spice you prefer) 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1 1/4 tsp ground pepper 1 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp cumin 1/4 tsp sea salt

Instructions

1. Brown the ground turkey with the chopped onions in a large pot.
2. While on medium heat, add the beans, tomato sauce and spices (suggestion: start with 1/2 Tbsp of the chili powder and add all or a portion of the remaining 1/2 Tbsp chili powder later, depending on how spicy you prefer your chili).
3. Add the zucchini and corn and simmer for an hour.
4. Taste and add any additional spices to your taste (note: most chili powder has salt in it, so don't add any salt if you're adding chili powder until you have tasted it with the additional chili powder).

Recipe Notes

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