What you need
1 1/2 cups dried kidney beans
3 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 medium yellow onions
1 cup carrots, chopped
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
1 small chili pepper (optional)
1 tablespoon dried oregano leaves
1 can (14 1/2 ounces) whole roma (plum) tomatoes
4 cups water
1 1/2 tbsp chili powder
1/3 teaspoon sea salt
Pepper to taste
Method
Beans
1. In a large bowl, cover beans by 3 inches with cold water, cover and set aside at room temperature for 8 hours or overnight.
2. Drain soaked beans and transfer to a large pot. Cover by 2 inches with cold water and bring to a boil (skim off and discard any foam on the surface). Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender, approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Drain beans and set aside.
Chili
1. Cook onions in large saucepan on medium heat until tender, approximately 10 minutes. Add in green pepper and garlic, cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add chili powder and cook 1 minute, stirring.
2. Add in tomatoes, water, oregano leaves and salt and bring to boil.
3. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
4. Add cooked beans and simmer 20-30 minutes longer to blend flavors.
Nutrition
(makes 8 servings)
Calories 190
Total fat 1g, saturated fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 210mg
Carbohydrate 36g
Dietary fiber 12g
Sugar 7g
Protein 10g
Love beans! My body is sensitive to travel changes too, I know what you mean 😉 I use also peas to regulate my fiber intakes and peas contain 20% protein.
Not when they’re cooked, though.
yummy….
thank you Flavia.
waiting for more recipes…:) 😉
Looks Yummy, buti have 2 questions. One can I use canned beans instead of dry and two, you suggested serving over rice, isn’t that alot of carbs.
Yes that is. I would just make sure you eat that around your workout and you will be fine.
Sounds delicious, but my gut is also sensitive, but perhaps not in the way yours is. Beans and brown rice go straight through me and it is not fun.
No that isn’t fun. Stay away from foods you are sensitive too. For me it’s all white flour and table sugar.
Hey Flavia,
looks like a YUMMY recipe, I really like eating beans, I’ll try this recipe soon, thanks! I had a quick question. I want to gain some more muscle so I am currently following Vince’s advice that he shared in the recent live large episode about building muscle. I am eating 1,900 cal and 200 carbs a day. I was wondering if it would be ok to go to a mexican restaurant and order the chicken fajitas (I think thats what its called) So it would be rice, beans, chicken, peppers, tomatoes and onions. I wouldn’t eat any chips or the tortillas, so would this still be a fairly healthy meal? Is there anything I should tell/ask the waitor to or not to do? Thanks so much for your help!
Hey Anna, please let me know how it goes. I am up to 200 g of carbs right now too as I am adding muscle currently. Fajitas are a great choice….The only part I usually opt out of is the shells. These shells are often filled with bleaced flour. I usually just eat the mix with the rice and have them around my workout.
thanks Flavia, I’ll keep you updated. I have been doing Your Six Pack Quest 3 day metabolic boost, for about 4 weeks (before that I did FBL for about 6 months and before that P90X for a year) it’s not quit as challenging any more so I was thinking of starting the 4 day metabolic boost tomorrow. I mainly want to gain muscle in my arms and boost my butt a bit more :D, is this the best program for me to be doing and should I be doing anything extra?
That is a great program, mainly for fat loss though. The program will stimulate muscle growth but if ALL you are interested in is muscle building, you should aim for 6-8 reps (meaning heavy weights). I switch things up from a metabolic boost type workout a few days and usually 1-2 muscle building days are the areas I want to build. Try to use heavy weights on the areas you want to add muscle to and only do 6-8 reps (so these will be quite heavy sets)
Ok, thanks so much, I’ll try to heavy up my weights 🙂
🙂
This looks fantastic! I have a question regarding the skinnylicious receipes….I am looking for the Southwestern Egg receipe but am unable to find it in the book nor on the website…
Michelle
Thanks! Here is the link for the blog. You just need to download the recipies in the PDF https://flaviliciousfitness.com/?s=metabolic+cooking
Hi im doing your recipe at the Moment and i was just wondering where the carrots are? Do I need carrots now? And when? Thx for replying as quickly as possible.
Hi Clara,
I have made this without the carrots and it is very good, I would assume you add the carrots during step 2 of the chili though if you want them. 🙂
All the best!
Anna, CPT, FF Specialist