Vegetarian Chilli

Throw in the slow cooker…

Ingredients

2 onions
3 cloves garlic
2 red chillis
1 green pepper
200g mushrooms
1 cup dry green lentils
300g chickpeas
1 tin red kidney beans
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp coriander
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp chilli powder or flakes
4 tbsp tinned spinach

After three hours…

1.5 tins worth of cold water
2 tsps cornflour, slaked with water
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

• Chop your onions, garlic, chillis, mushrooms and green pepper.
• Put all the ingredients except the cornflour in your slow cooker.
• Cook on high for five hours.
• One hour before the end, taste for seasoning and add the cornflour to thicken.
• Serve with rice, cheese on top, sour cream, some wraps or pitta, some shredded lettuce, perhaps some tomato – whatever you fancy really!

Simple as that!

The finished product, with four portions taken out!

The nutritional value per serving (assuming this recipe serves 6, but it could quite easily stretch to 8 with accompaniments) is as follows:

209 calories
1.3g fat
0.2g sat fat
39g carbohydrate
11.8g fibre
3.2g sugar
11.9g protein
38% RDA Vitamin A
55% RDA Vitamin C
10% RDA Calcium
23% Iron

Low calorie, low fat and delicious. Maybe add some wine during the cooking process and a lot of sour cream and cheese to make it more decadent!!