3 bean & mushroom chili- vegan

3 Bean & Mushroom Chili- vegan

Football, no matter what the temperature is, marks the start of chili season.  Each week we peruse our Slow Cooker cookbooks and pick one to prep early Sunday morning so we can enjoy a bowl of chili during the game.  While our slow cooker books have many options, we just hadn’t found one that met our requirements for the Opening Day of Football Season!  

So we created our own, a flavorful 3 Bean & Mushroom Chili- vegan.  The rich, meaty flavor of the mushrooms paired with just the right amount of chili powder made this a home run, er, should I say Touchdown! 🙂
We paired it with a vegan sour cream (or this) and a VegInspired version of Dana Sly’s Vegan Cornbread – modified to be oil-free but not flavor-free! (recipe modification below)

3 Bean & Mushroom Chili- vegan

3 Bean & Mushroom Chili- vegan

3 Bean & Mushroom Chili- vegan

Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 1 minute

Grab your slow cooker and get ready to enjoy this savory and delicious 3 Bean & Mushroom Chili

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound of navy beans, 2 1/2 C, picked through and rinsed
  • 1/2 pound of black beans, 2 1/2 C, picked through and rinsed
  • 1 pound of mushrooms, chopped
  • 1/2 pound of pinto beans, 2 1/2 C, picked through and rinsed
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 1 red pepper, diced
  • 1 green pepper, diced
  • 6 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1/4 C chili powder
  • 1 T ground cumin
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda, this helps the beans keep their color
  • 7 1/2 C water
  • 28 oz can Crushed Tomatoes

Instructions

  1. Place beans and mushrooms in slow cooker
  2. Microwave onions, peppers, garlic, and spices for 5 minutes - add to slow cooker
  3. Stir in water, bay leaves, salt, and baking soda
  4. Cook on low for 10-11 hours; stirring in crushed tomatoes at hour 9
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Oil-Free Plant-Based Cornbread

Oil-Free Plant-Based Cornbread

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
  • 6 tablespoons water
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour (or spelt flour)
  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon table salt
  • 1 cup unsweetened oat milk (or another unsweetened non-dairy milk)
  • *1 cup of corn (blended in blender or with an immersion blender until chunky puree ( add small amount of water as needed to mix))

Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 425°F
    2. Place 9" cast iron skillet in the oven to preheat (or you can bake in 8" square baking dish - sprayed or lined to avoid sticking. Don't preheat the baking dish)
    3. Bring the water and flax to a simmer in a small saucepan.
    4. Simmer the ground flax seed in the water for 3 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Set aside
    5. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt until well combined.
    6. Add non-dairy milk to the corn purée to measure 1 1/4 C total.
    7. Whisk the ground flaxseed mixture into the soy milk and corn puree.
    8. Take the cast iron skillet from the oven and wipe with oil to season and prevent sticking - wipe away excess. (or use fitted piece of parchment paper or enameled dutch oven with parchment)
    9. Fold liquid ingredients into dry, just until smooth (do not overbeat.)
    10. Turn into the prepared skillet (or baking dish). Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
    11. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes; invert cornbread onto wire rack, then turn right side up and continue to cool until warm, about 10 minutes longer.
 

The cornbread turned out moist and flavorful without the added fat that the canola oil in the original recipe would have yielded.
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XO,

Kathy