I tried a new chili recipe last night because a certain person, not naming any names, Chris, doesn’t like beans and I tend to like chili with some sort of something other than meat and spices.
So I found a substitute.
Gird your loins.
It’s pumpkin. One 15 oz can for a recipe with a little over a pound of meat. I used hot sausage because I was a little afraid the pumpkin taste needed covered up, but I think it would work with ground beef.
So, your normal chili recipe plus a can of pumpkin (my god, don’t buy the pumpkin pie filling) or your normal recipe less beans plus pumpkin. Don’t tell Chris, but it’s even healthy!
I’m sure Chris has no problem eating healthy food, so long as it doesn’t TASTE anything like healthy food. It’s all about the disguise.
It’s odd how off-putting the word healthy can be to some people. I don’t suppose that chili is all that healthy, even with pumpkin. I mean, think of all that red meat.