Beans & Chili
Thick, Hearty Chili With Optional Ground Turkey
An easy chili recipe that can be meatless or not. It's delicious either way.
My Mom's Favorite Turkey Chili con Carne
Winter time or anytime, a steamy hot bowl of chili con carne is one of those iconic comfort foods that elicits nostalgia across the country. One of the original one-pot meals, this chili was usually made with beef when my mom made it. This version is made with turkey and tastes just as good.
Chili con Carne Recipe (Also Makes a Great Pasta Sauce!)
The savoury aroma of chili conjures images of warm sweaters, autumn leaves, and fireside reading. Meaty, spicy, tomatoey! It doesn’t get better than that. Enjoy this whole food recipe for nutritious, delicious chili.
Best Vegetarian Chili: Sweet Potato and Black Bean
Warm up with a bowl of sweet potato and black bean chili, the perfect fall comfort food.
Yummiest and Chunkiest Vegan Chili (Oil Free)
When it's chilly outside, warm your body and your soul with a hearty pot of vegan oil-free chili.
Exploring Edamame: History, Health Benefits, and Recipes
Edamame is much more than a green soybean. Learn all about its origins, how it grows, health benefits, and fun recipes.
10 Different Chickpea Recipes and Serving Suggestions
Chickpeas are delicious, nutritious and readily available either dried or in cans. These 10 chickpea recipes celebrate their versatility and see them prepared in a wide variety of different tasty ways.
Spanish-Style Butter Beans With Orange Recipe
This sophisticated, quick and easy vegan butter beans recipe uses store cupboard ingredients and is ready in just 25 minutes.
The Real MVP: The Only Superbowl Chili Recipe You Need
Not all chili recipes are created equal. Here’s a quick, easy recipe that can incorporate any meat you choose (I prefer ground beef), the right blend of spices and is made in the Crock-Pot for easy preparation, serving and cleanup. Enjoy!
Mom's Incredible Hearty Vegetable Chili
This powerhouse, one-pot meal has it all: protein, fiber, antioxidants, minerals, and, most of all, flavor out the wazoo! Easy to customize with your preferences or whatever you have on hand.
Exploring Chickpeas: History, Nutrition, and Recipes
What the Middle East has known for centuries is now mainstream. Chickpeas are amazingly flavorful and healthful. Let's look at their history, nutritional benefits, and use them in fun vegan recipes.
Semi-Homemade Easy Vegetarian Chili
A semi-homemade quick and easy chili recipe, perfect for busy evenings!
Exploring Boston Baked Beans
Baked beans have been a favorite New England dish for hundreds of years. Look here for facts, folklore, and fun recipes.
Black Bean Cocoa Chili
This is a delicious, smoky-sweet version of chili, full of sweet red peppers, and flavored with cayenne, dark chocolate and bourbon. It is quick and easy to prepare, and it is a very forgiving recipe if you are new to cooking.
Chili Cook-Off! 12 Chili Recipes, Including Classic and the Unexpected
In preparing for an annual chili cook-off, I tested many chili recipes and have included 12 here. The chilis range from the classic to the unexpected (with ingredients like cherries, pineapple, and butternut squash) to the vegetarian.
Crock-Pot Fall Harvest Chicken Chili
This crock-pot fall harvest chicken chili is packed full of nutritious fall veggies, like pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and carrots. You'll certainly want seconds after a delicious bowl of this chili.
"Clean Eating" Instant Pot Hamburger Chili
This clean eating hamburger chili is so delicious, and it's packed full of wonderful nutrition for your whole family, too. Serve it alongside some cornbread, corn casserole, or even some homemade chips for the best pairing.
Perfect Cincinnati Chili
Cincinnati chili—a regional classic copied (but never duplicated) outside of Ohio, until now. Here's the history of this classic dish, an explanation of the components, and how to make it perfect.
Cannellini Beans With Seafood
This recipe is a healthy and inexpensive way to stretch your seafood budget. It's easy to make with a few simple ingredients. Use either scallops or shrimp.
Easy Chili Recipe in Slow Cooker
No-fuss, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for making chili in a slow cooker. A healthy slow cooker recipe ideal for brunch, lunch, dinner or for a snack.
Chili Buffet Party: 3 Chili Recipes and Tips
Plan a chili buffet party for the next big game day or large family gathering! Try some of my chili recipes or use your own! A delicious and fun party!
Exploring Chili: Facts, Folklore, and Fun Recipes
Mexican chili? There’s no such thing. Chili con carne as we know it is an American invention. Let’s learn how it all began and explore some recipes.
A Simply Delicious Crock-Pot Chili Recipe
Chili is a classic dish. This simple, delicious recipe is perfect for wintertime!
How to Cook Black-Eyed Peas
A traditional Southern favorite, black-eyed peas are a rich, delicious comfort food. They take only a few ingredients and simmer in about an hour. Check out how easy and delicious this recipe is!
Spiced Chickpea Vegetable Cutlets (Patties) Recipe
Spiced chickpea vegetable cutlets (patties) are scrumptious, filling, and nutritious. Chickpeas are packed with protein, vitamins, and minerals that help maintain good health.
Albuquerque Pinto Beans
Cowboy-style pintos cooked tender with just a hint of spicy heat. Serve them with everything, just like they do in the Duke City!
Triple-Meat Beer Chili
Don't limit yourself to ground beef in your chili recipes. I combine beef, lamb, and pork chorizo in this meat lover's chili. The lamb adds richness and the chorizo adds spicy depth.
Three Bean and Beef Chili Recipe
Rich, hearty, filling and super nutritious, this easy three bean and beef chili is simple to throw together. The pot of chili simmers for half an hour for incredibly flavorful results!
White Chili Chowder
Fuse Chili and Chowder with a recipe that uses both beans and potatoes. Creaminess envelopes sauteed chicken thighs in traditional chili seasoning.
Roasted Cherry Tomato Chili Soup
This easy and delicious recipe is a fresh take on a classic chili soup with roasted cherry tomatoes and jalapeños.
How to Make Spicy Fried Chickpeas (Garbanzo Bean Snacks)
Chickpeas or garbanzo beans are packed with nutrients. They are a rich source of iron, fiber, protein, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Fried chickpeas are crunchy and super delicious.
Easy One Pot Chili
This hearty and delicious chili is a year-round favorite in our home. You can use either ground beef or chicken as your base, and the cleanup is a breeze since everything stays in one pot.
Baked Beans Done in the Slow Cooker
Beautiful baked beans and bacon. Full of flavor with little effort.
Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans) in Spicy Tomato Sauce: A Quick, Cheap and Healthy Supper Recipe
Chickpeas, commonly known as garbanzo beans, are a nutrient-dense, low-fat food—a healthy, budget-friendly substitute for expensive meat. This is a quick, cheap, and tasty recipe for chickpeas in a sauce made from onions, peppers, garlic, tomatoes, paprika, and a little (optional) meat.
XXX Extra Hot Texas Chili
This is my variation of a Texas-style chili that has a huge kick! I will inform you of how to make it mild if needed.
Everything but the Kitchen Sink Chili
Based on chili con carne, this is not five-alarm spicy, but it does have a pleasant kick to it. You can also make it in a slow cooker/crockpot.
Chipotle Turkey Chili
Check out this smokey, spicy turkey chili. Perfect for a cold day!
Walt Disney's Chili
I'm on a mission to make every recipe I can in my Disney cookbooks. This is one of Walt's personal recipes and I feel that I learned a lot while making it.
More Butter Beans Please!
If you like butter beans, this maple bacon recipe idea will have you (and your kids) begging for seconds. This dish, filled with nutrition, is good for the body and soul!
My Favorite White Bean Chili Recipe
Technically, chili is a combination of beans, meat, and spices. Here is my favorite recipe for chili—oops, I mean, white bean chili.
Easy Crock-Pot Chili
A family favorite, this is an easy three-ingredient chili with hamburger, kidney beans, and stewed tomatoes. Oh, don't forget the spicy goodness.
Family Bean Bake With Cornmeal Dumplings (Adapted From a Pillsbury's Prize-Winning Recipe)
This baked bean casserole recipe is adapted from the 3rd-place winning entry to the 1955 Pillsbury's 6th Grand National competition. Originally called "Teen Bean Bake," I have adapted the recipe and renamed it "Family Bean Bake."
Fast and Easy Weeknight Chili: Dinner Under $10
This chili is quick and easy—and it costs less than $10 to make. With this recipe, you can have dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less with ingredients you may already have in your kitchen.
6 Ways to Use Leftover Baked Beans
Check out these simple and delicious ways to use leftover baked beans. These recipes and ideas are so tasty, you'll be looking forward to future leftovers!
Exploring Lentils: One of the World's Healthiest Foods (With Recipes)
Lentils—squishy, bland, and boring, or tender, tasty, and versatile? If you are not a lentil lover, give me just five minutes to change your mind with these recipes from around the world.
Pumpkin Three Bean Chili Recipe
Warm up this season with this healthy and hearty meatless chili recipe. Your family and friends will love it! The pumpkin adds rich color, flavor and nutrition to this tasty meal.
Savory Lentils With Heirloom Tomatoes and Veggies
A 30-minute, low-fat, fabulously succulent, one-dish meal. This hearty lentil and heirloom tomatoes dish happened almost by accident. Here's the story.
Vegetarian Guernsey Bean Jar Recipe
Guernsey Bean Jar is a traditional dish that originated in the British Channel Island of Guernsey. Whilst Guernsey Bean Jar normally contains beef and pork, this recipe is a vegetarian version.
How to Prepare Any Type of Dried Beans for a Recipe
Dried beans are a healthy, inexpensive food. Read how to prepare and cook them properly. This recipe works for just about any type of dried bean.