http://www.shawnacoronado.com – - Shawna Coronado and Chef Ryan Hutmacher, “The Centered Chef”, prepare a healthy meal for four with a Awesome Chicken and White Bean Chili for $10 or less. Each meal in the Living Lean & Green cooking series is prepared utilizing fresh, sustainably grown, organic vegetables from Shawna’s front lawn vegetable garden.
In today’s difficult economy, one of the most challenging things to do is to feed our family good, nutritious, chemical-free food for a reasonable price. This need has inspired a video series called “Living Lean & Green; How To Cook Healthy For $10 or Less”.
Chef Ryan Hutmacher, The Centered Chef of Centered Chef Food Studios (http://www.centeredchef.com), cooking with me (Shawna Coronado – http://www.shawnacoronado.com) in my front lawn vegetable garden. Together, we are creating meals which cost a family of four $10 or less to prepare and features organic vegetables I have grown myself.
Our goal is to show the everyday person that it is possible to grow your own vegetables sustainably, then use these vegetables to feed a family of four on the cheap utilizing Chef Ryan’ Hutmacher’s healthy recipes.
Sponsored by Aquascape Inc., this ten recipe video series shows vegetables watered with a rain-water cistern and grown at my home in the front lawn of my Chicagoland suburban community — something any family can do to help feed themselves in this down economic time. To learn more about the rain-water cistern go here – http://thecasualgardener.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-you-should-get-rain-water-cistern.html.
Today’s Awesome Chicken and White Bean Chili recipe features onions, tomatoes, peppers, and fresh herbs I grew myself.
To learn HOW TO PLANT AN ONION – http://thecasualgardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-plant-onion.html. Additional how-to gardening information can be found on my gardening blog — http://thecasualgardener.blogspot.com.
Awesome Chicken and White Bean Chili
1 lb ground chicken
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 large diced onion
1 medium diced zucchini
2 medium diced tomatoes
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp cumin
2 tsp oregano
1 tsp paprika
2 tsp chili powder
2 tsp smashed garlic
1 cup garbanzo beans (substitute any white bean)
2 small fresh hot peppers (if available)
1 diced bell pepper
1/2 bottle beer
4 cups organic chicken broth (more if you prefer a “soupier” chili)
1. Heat olive oil in pan, saute onions until translucent.
2. Add chicken on top of oil and onions – cook until slightly browned.
3. Add all other ingredients, stirring well.
4. Simmer, covered, one to two hours on medium-low.
5. Serve.
Servings: 4 — cost is under $10
To learn more about rain water cisterns and rain exchange systems for your garden and lawn, please go to the sponsor for the “Living Lean & Green; How To Cook Healthy For $10 or Less” video series, Aquascape Inc., at www.aquascapeinc.com. They have an amazing website filled with ideas to help you live more sustainably by collecting and utilizing rain water, particularly to water a garden
Duration : 0:5:34
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