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I had a vegan friend come over for dinner last night - so I cooked up something low starh and vegan... chile verde with cornbread.

Fishstique's Chili Verde

2 small onions
4 cloves garlic
3 large jalapenos, seeded and chopped
2 zucchinis, quartered lengthwise and sliced
1 green pepper, chopped
one red pepper, chopped
a dozen okra (optional)
small bunch of cilantro
1 large red tomato
large can of tomatillos
3 stalks of celery
4 tablespoons good quality chili powder
2 tablespoons cumin

chuck it in a pot or slow cooker and simmer simmer simmer!

The cornbread I had to make 2 batches - One low starch, and one vegan - because I tried to make a vegan almond flour one without eggs and it flopped, so I had to add eggs so as to not to waste all my expensive almond flour - then ran out to the store to get the corn meal and soy milk to make a separate vegan one, ending up with 2 versions. Heres the one for us low starchies:

Cornbread (from the vegetarian low carb diet cookbook by Rose elliott)
2 oz butter, melted
4 eggs
200g (7oz) ground almonds
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
preheat to 350. Line 8 inch tin with parchment. Bake for 20 min.

I've got a vegan family member coming to visit, and I am going to make this for sure. Thanks!
Jan

My mexican chili powder is quite hot and I do like spice - so you might have to put less chili depending on peoples taste or the kind of chili powder you buy. I find that my organic New Mexico chile powder in a packet packs waaaaaaaay more heat than the kind I buy in bulk at the spice shop.

Oh and when I say chili powder in the recipe, I mean mexican chile powder, not the HOT CHILI powder like you find in asian supermarkets.

Heh...

I make a mean Chili Verde myself, although I add ground chicken or turkey. It's actually pretty similar to fishstique's, but I add finely chopped spinach, white kidney beans and lime juice. I also add chicken broth to make it more of a soup.

I make a big pot every Sunday, and that's my thermos staple for work all week. It's got pretty much my nutritional requirements all in one bowl.

I am also actively flaring with Crohn's Disease, but small amounts of beans and reasonable amounts of chile spice doesn't seem to be a problem.

oh, that sounds good! we make a chicken, black bean, spinach, mushroom chili, but i never thought of putting lime juice in it. i bet that's the secret ingredient! just might give it a try.

sue