NEW RECIPE ALERT!!!! CROCKPOT - Quinoa Black Bean Chili

 

 

 

This was dinner last night!! Who seriously doesn't love this time of year?!? I do!! Not because of the cold but because I love cooking with the crockpot and getting creative! Last night I made a quinoa black bean crockpot chili! It's vegan, gluten free, and vegetarian. However if  you like meat you could easily add some ground beef, turkey, or chicken to this recipe! This is hubby approved even without the meat. He came home from football practice starving and devoured the chili! He said it was amazing and he wants it again very soon! Haha! I love when he likes my new creations. I also tried out some Vegan Sour Cream made from cashews! It was great! Very light and honestly didn't really taste like anything because it was mixed in with the chili!

Vegan Crockpot Quinoa and Black Bean Chili

Cook time 3 hours

Serves: 4-5 servings

Ingredients

•2¼ cups vegetable broth

•½ cup uncooked quinoa

•15 oz can black beans

•2 10 oz cans of diced tomatoes with Green Chilies 

•¼ cup chopped red bell pepper

•¼ cup chopped yellow bell pepper

•1 shredded carrot

•1 teaspoon of garlic

•2 teaspoons chili powder

•¼ teaspoon coriander

•1 teaspoon ground cumin

•1 teaspoon oregano

•1 can of corn

Toppings

•chopped avocado chunks

•Nutritional Yeast

 

 

 

 

Vegan Cashew Sour Cream

•½ cup soaked cashews (cashews soaked in water overnight)

•3-4 tablespoons water

•splash apple cider vinegar

•½ teaspoon fine sea salt

•1 teaspoon lime juice

 

Instructions

1.Add the broth, quinoa, black beans and tomatoes to the slow cooker. Stir to combine.

 

2.Next add the peppers, carrot, onion and garlic, and stir, then add the rest of the seasonings and stir a few times to combine.

3.Set the slow cooker (Crock-Pot) to high for 2 ½ to 3 hours or on low for 5-6 hours (for high, monitor the last 30 minutes and for low, monitor the last hour).

Vegan Cashew Sour Cream

1.Blend all the ingredients for cashew sour cream in a high speed blender (I use a NutriBullet) until smooth, for about 30 seconds, scraping blender once halfway in between.

2.Serve on chili with your favourite toppings (avocado, nutritional yeast).