Chili

[Barch]

I was wondering what you all thought of this... Like so many people out there, I'm crazy busy and sometimes it's hard for me to feed myself properly. So, I've gotten into the habit of making big pots of chili every week or so. I end up eating chili as the basis of my diet and I'm wondering how bad (or possibly okay) this might be.

I change the ingredients a little every time, but essentially, it's a few pounds of ground beef (sometimes ground pork, too), 3-4 Bell peppers, 2 onions, a lot of chopped celery, 2 cans of kidney beans, a can of Chic peas, and the usual seasonings (garlic, paprika, tumeric, etc). I think it's packed full of more meat and veggies than most chilis.

My big question is do you guys think that it's okay to eat chili as a large part of one's diet? I do try to eat fresh veggies daily, have some brown rice and real meals when I can. I also have a few protein shakes with oatmeal everyday, too. So, what do you guys think?

 

[letsrun4it]

eating donuts would b alright if they were made from brown rice and chicken. my point is that its all about the ingredients and yours sound great. i think its an awesome base to any diet bulk or cut. if you're cutting id just eat some additional fresh meat and EFA and if you're bulking add some oatmeal or other low GI carb. you're on the right track

 

[Barch]

Thanks, that's what I was thinking...

 

[Lean and Mean]

Personally I would ditch the ground beef/pork and go with 99% lean ground turkey breast for the meat. That or make sure the ground beef is the extra lean kind.

 

[Barch]

Personally I would ditch the ground beef/pork and go with 99% lean ground turkey breast for the meat. That or make sure the ground beef is the extra lean kind.

I wish! Coming by turkey is hard where I live... I still haven't found a place that has fat content of the beef available, so I just have to wing it and try to get the leaner cuts of beef ground up.

 

[joe d]

I wish! Coming by turkey is hard where I live... I still haven't found a place that has fat content of the beef available, so I just have to wing it and try to get the leaner cuts of beef ground up.

beef is by far better than turkey. beef is the king of all protein sources. eat lots of it. your chille is good. figure out the actual macros per serving and add what you need. take some raw broccoli with you and some whole grain bread to eat with it.

 

[needtogetaas]

beef is by far better than turkey. beef is the king of all protein sources. eat lots of it. your chille is good. figure out the actual macros per serving and add what you need. take some raw broccoli with you and some whole grain bread to eat with it.

the eating champ ^^^^^

 

[iggy]

red meat is awesome. never get sick of it either.

 

[HenryBlake]

I was wondering what you all thought of this... Like so many people out there, I'm crazy busy and sometimes it's hard for me to feed myself properly. So, I've gotten into the habit of making big pots of chili every week or so. I end up eating chili as the basis of my diet and I'm wondering how bad (or possibly okay) this might be.

I change the ingredients a little every time, but essentially, it's a few pounds of ground beef (sometimes ground pork, too), 3-4 Bell peppers, 2 onions, a lot of chopped celery, 2 cans of kidney beans, a can of Chic peas, and the usual seasonings (garlic, paprika, tumeric, etc). I think it's packed full of more meat and veggies than most chilis.

My big question is do you guys think that it's okay to eat chili as a large part of one's diet? I do try to eat fresh veggies daily, have some brown rice and real meals when I can. I also have a few protein shakes with oatmeal everyday, too. So, what do you guys think?

Sounds like a delicious receipe, Going to try this one tonight.

I have a great stew mix that I would like to share with everyone. First I will need to calculate all the nutritional fact's, then I'll post it.

 

[Barch]

^^The exact (or close to exact) nutritional facts always seem to elude me, since I change the recipe a little bit each time. I think I'm close to getting it down, though, so hopefully I can nail down some accurate numbers, too! Thanks again to everyone for the input!