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| Paleo Chocolate Chili |
I’ve
never liked beans — of any kind. Black, pinto, lima, whatever the
hell kind of beans are in baked beans — doesn’t matter I can’t
stand them. I’ve spent the last 3 years trying to teach myself to
like the darn things because they are super healthy, right? Lentils
and I finally reached a level of mutual toleration when I was
introduced to paleo. Imagine my joy to discover that the things were
actually bad for you — Ha! Take that pesky beans!
Of
the foods I’ve never been able to enjoy, chili ranked pretty high
on the list. I could have made a beanless chili before, of course,
but it seemed wrong. I stumbled across a chocolate chili on The
Clothes Make the Girl’s website. Perfect! It contained two of my
favorite things: chocolate and anything other than beans.
To
call it chocolate chili is a bit of a misnomer. Although unsweetened
cocoa powder is a flavoring ingredient, there is no chocolatey taste.
I
pretty much followed her recipe for this as written. The only thing
I did differently was to reduce the amount of chili powder from 2
Tbsp to 1.5 Tbsp. I cannot even imagine eating it with 2 Tbsp. I do
not
have a super high tolerance for spicy hot foods and at 1.5 Tbsp my
mouth was on fire. If you prefer milder chili, start out with 2 tsp
to 1 Tbsp pf chili powder first.
Overall
I give the recipe 2 thumbs up. I’ve eaten it for the last three
days and it is even better on the second and third days. I like to
top it with fresh chopped onion. Today I added a side of oven baked
sweet potato fries. Yummy combo!
