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A while back the Paleo way of life found me. When I decided to change my lifestyle and found out gluten was causing me so many problems whenever I was looking for gluten free, grain free recipes I found Paleo friendly recipes. I got curious what the Paleo Diet was all about and I wanted to find out more. Since then I’ve added quite a few Paleo friendly recipes to my recipe box.
I’m trying to get my husband on board with the lifestyle too. One of his favorite dishes is chili, but he’s never been crazy about the beans. I decided to give my favorite chili recipe a try bean free. It turned out fabulous, so I thought I’d share.
Paleo Friendly Bean Free Crock Pot Chili
Ingredients:
- 1 lb lean ground turkey or hamburger
- 1 jar of tomato juice (I use homemade sauce)
- 1 can or jar of stewed tomatoes
- 1 jar Paleo friendly salsa
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 container mini portabello mushroom or button mushrooms sliced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1-2 teaspoons cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste)
Directions:
1. Brown the ground turkey and saute it with the chopped onion and minced garlic.
2. Pour the tomato juice, stewed tomatoes, and salsa into the crock pot. I canned some of my own tomatoes and juice this year, so I used those. If you use make own you may want to add a little salt. If you use canned try to find BPA free or glass jars.
3. Add the cooked ground turkey with the onions and garlic, then the sliced mushrooms.
4. Add the cumin, chili powder, and cayenne pepper to taste.
5. Let it simmer on low for a couple hours to blend the flavors.
This recipe got two thumbs up from my husband, and definitely two thumbs up from me. I thought chili had to have beans in it to be good, this definitely proved me wrong! I’ll definitely be making it again.
If you don’t want to brown your meat ahead of time, just add it to the crock pot along with the onion and garlic and let it cook in the chili.
Sounds really tasty! I’ve been thinking I should try out some Paleo recipes and this might just be the ticket with our bitter cold weather right now.
Sounds so good! I will have to try it out soon! We love chili!
This looks very yummy! I am not on Paleo but I have a friend who is and I am sure she will love it. I am definitely going to pass it on to her.
This sounds delicious! We are trying to eat more whole, unprocessed foods this year, so this looks great!
This sounds great…I love chili
The Chili looks so good. Prefect for a cold winter night and healthy too.
I love chili and am always looking for a healthy recipe that’s hearty–I want to feel fed. I love that it’s Paleo-friendly even though I am not committed to this lifestyle diet change. I think I need to see more recipes like this to convince me that I’m not giving up too much.
This sounds like a great recipe. I’ll have to give it a try once I find the Paleo friendly salsa.
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I am always looking for recipes to make in the crock pot.