Hi,

I am new to the site and haven't introduced myself nor have I participated in any discussions but I thought it would be nice to share my recipe seeing as chili is recommended as a food which helps you lose weight and that this particular recipe is rated as 179 calories per 1 cup according to the recommended recipes.sparkpeople.com. The nutritional information has been added to the database.

Nikky's Mexican Chili
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approx., servings: 32 cups

5 cups - Lean Ground Beef
2 cups - chopped onion
2 cups - celery
2 cups - green pepper
2.5 cups - Kidney beans
2.5 cups - Mixed beans (a.k.a Bean Medley)
2 - 28 fl oz - Canned diced tomatoes
2 - 28 fl oz - canned crushed tomatoes
1/3 cup - chili powder (or to taste)
5 tbsp - Cayenne (or to taste)

Cook meat and onions until semi-brown, add half the chili powder and cayenne, stir thoroughly and cook until meat is brown. This will add flavour directly to the meat. Then add remaining ingredients, stir thoroughly and simmer for at least 30 min (the longer you simmer the more flavoured your chili will be therefore at least an hour is preferred). Remember to stir it often throughout the simmering period.

*Note: I do not use cooking oils to cook the meat and onions. I start the meat off and when its juices start to flow I add the onion and then cook until semi brown and add spices.

Hope you enjoy it as much as we do! I freeze it in serving size containers and it microwaves beautifully.

Nikkytoo

Sounds DELICIOUS!! Thanks for sharing and Welcome to the MFP family

No problem. Thanks for the welcome. I started this journey some time ago and needed a little extra help going the distance. The site was suggested to me by a member and it has been very helpful so far. I figured it was time I gave back.

Yum, sounds tasty!

can't wait to make this!! Thanks

Cool... I'm really happy to see people are appreciative. Thanks. We like this chili a lot. In fact, so much so that this past winter I had it for lunch almost every other day. No Joke. It's comfort food to me. That said, I think it was a contributing factor to maintaining a 22 lbs loss throughout winter, combined with a Yoplait Source No FAT Yogourt (35 cal) and an All Bran Bar (4g Fibre) for breakfast. So, when I read the 'Foods that help you lose weight' thread, it started to make sense to me why I kept the lbs off. The yogurt and high fibre granola bar trick I found in a similar report. Oh and I switched out flavored cream in my coffee to cinnamon (which was in both reports). These were the only things I did all winter. I really slacked off on the exercise part. Bad Girl! So I blame the maintenance on these foods.

Wow... I just spotted that you, likes2bwet, have only 3lbs to go.... Congratulations!!

It CAN be done !!!

Having chili again today... yummy yummy! Thought I'd bump up the thread.

I'm making another batch today and so thought I'd bump up the thread.


ATTENTION Shoe Divas!! This is a great low cal recipe that actually helps you lose weight by eating. Yummy if I do say so myself.

where can I find mixed beans? or what kinds of beans are in it that I can use? Just to make it easier for me to make today can I use just kidney beans or add some black beans?

Sorry for all the questions lol

I buy them just at the regular grocery store. There are chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans, navy beans and a few others I can think of. Absolutely, the grocery store I went to yesterday didn't have the mixed beans so I picked up an additional can of red kidney beans and also bought white kidney beans instead. The nutritional information would change only slightly I expect.

Hope that helps.

Oooo chili! I <3 chili! ^^ And this recipe looks super easy too. Going to ask my dad to make me this haha.

Sounds good.

Thanks... I think so.

I love chili. This sounds similar to what we make, only I add jalapenos and stuff to make it hot. I wonder how that would change the nutritional value.

I used to use tomato sauce, but dh doesn't like it too thick. He says it gives him heartburn. So, I've started using diced or stewed tomatoes and adding more water.

I'm thinking I need to buy stuff for chili next week now.

Thanks for the recipe and the calorie content!

I just made this for dinner tonight, I no longer have taste buds but my boyfriend is in heaven!! WOW that was crazy spicey!!!!! But on the brightside my boyfriend has offered to do dishes for life if I make this for him again! It made a ton though, I'll be pulling it out of the freezer for months.

Yep it makes approximately 32 cups. Glad you enjoyed it or rather, your b/f enjoyed it. I love chili and I love it hot. This is how my husband likes it so I actually cut down on the hot spices when I posted this. I have made it hotter. It freezes beautifully so you can keep it stored for quite some time. I eat it almost every other day for weeks after I make a batch.

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This looks fantastic!!! Thanks! :)

You're very welcome!! Made another batch last night... guess what I'm having for lunch?? Again.

One piece of advice my mom gave me is that with any recipe that requires beef, substitute 3/4th of the beef required with ground turkey (and leave the other 1/4th as beef). When you brown the two together, the turkey will take on the flavor of the beef and it tastes great.

Great idea! I've actually used ground turkey as well. The version posted here is what I used to calculate nutritional value for this recipe so any variation will affect its values of course. I think its at 179 cals per cup if I remember correctly. Just need to keep that in mind. Also important to note that ground turkey is far more expensive (at least it is here in Canada) than lean ground beef which could be a factor for some people. The batch I made last night was made with extra lean ground beef because it was on sale and I'm almost at my maintance intake so I don't really care about the difference in calories.

I'm new, too!

I didn't read everything so I'm not sure if someone already said this, but I almost always subsitute lean ground turkey (white when it's just me because I like it, dark if I'm eating with my fiance) in place of lean ground beef. Less fat and just as good!