Chia Chilli & Guacamole
This has proved to be a total winner on the Winter Reboot. Don’t be put off by the name or the ingredients list. Give it a go, you might be pleasantly surprised. Just tell your husband he’s having chilli and he probably won’t realise that it doesn’t contain meat. LOL
Ingredients
• 2 red onions
• 3 plump garlic cloves
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 250ml Marigold Bouillon stock
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• 4 tbsp chia seeds
• 250g sweet potato
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 2 fresh chillies or 1-2 tsp hot chilli powder (to taste)
• 1 can (400g) of chopped tomatoes
• 1 x 400g can of mixed beans
• 1 tbsp tamari
• 100g mushrooms, chopped
• 2 tbsp chopped almonds
• 1 lemon, juiced
• A handful of fresh coriander, chopped
• A handful of fresh parsley, chopped
• Nutritional yeast, to taste
• Salt and pepper
For the guacamole
• 1 large ripe avocado, roughly mashed
• Juice of ½ lime
• 1 large ripe vine tomato, seeded and finely diced
• ¼ red onion, finely chopped
• A small handful of fresh coriander, finely chopped
• ¼ fresh red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
• Salt and pepper
Method
1. Peel the red onion and sweet potato and roughly cut into chunks. Place in a blender
along with 3 peeled cloves of garlic. Whizz to coarsely chop. (This gives great texture
to the chilli).
2. Melt coconut oil in a deep pan. Gently brown the chopped onion, garlic and sweet
potato mixture for about 3-4 mins.
3. Add the spices and chilli and stir for a 2 mins but be careful not to burn them.
4. Add the red pepper, tomatoes, stock, beans, tomato purée, tamari and mushrooms.
5. Cook for about 15-20 mins until the sauce thickens. Meanwhile prepare the
guacamole and place all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
6. Add the chia seeds to the chilli, mix well and leave on a low heat for 10 minutes
7. Just before serving, add squeezed lemon juice and fresh herbs.
8. Serve with sprinkling of nutritional yeast and chopped almonds (optional) plus a large
spoonful of guacamole. Enjoy!
