Recipe of The Week

It's that time of year and I can't help but put up another chilli recipe. This is most definitely Essential Fitness approved seeing as it has tons of veggies in it, but can certainly be spiced up with some meat or would be fine just the way it is.

Rainbow Veggie Chilli

Ingredients

* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 zucchini, sliced
* 1 yellow squash, sliced
* 1 red bell pepper, diced
* 1 green bell pepper, diced
* 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, diced
* 4 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 onion, chopped
* 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes, with liquid
* 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
* 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
* 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
* 1 (15 ounce) can chili beans in spicy sauce, undrained
* 1 tablespoon chili powder
* 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
* 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Stir in zucchini, yellow squash, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, jalapeno, garlic, and onion. Cook 5 minutes, just until tender.

2. Mix tomatoes with liquid, tomato paste, black beans, corn, and chili beans in spicy sauce into the pot. Season with chili powder, oregano, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Recipe from allrecipes.com