Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Autumn chili takes several minutes to prepare.

Autumn chili takes several minutes to cook.

Autumn chili makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Autumn chili are:

6 plum or 4 regular tomatoes
2 apples, peeled
2 garlic cloves
1 medium red onion
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce
1 lb ground turkey
Vegetable oil
1 tbsp (15 mL) chili powder
1 tsp (5 mL) ground cumin
1/2 tsp (2 mL) each cinnamon and salt
1 small butternut or 2 acorn squash
1 green pepper
2 (19 oz /540 mL) cans red kidney or black beans
1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped cilantro
Sour cream (optional)

Here is how you make Autumn chili:

1. Coarsely chop tomatoes and apples. Mince garlic. Chop onion and mince chipotle, including seeds. 2. Coat a large wide saucepan with oil and set over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook until softened, about 3 min. Add tomatoes, apples, chipotle and seasonings. Stir, then add turkey. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil, stirring often. Then reduce to medium-low. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender, about 1 hour.3. Meanwhile, to easily peel squash, make a large slit through skin with a knife, then microwave on high to soften skin a little, from 5 to 7 min. Remove squash from microwave. Peel, slice in half and discard seeds. Chop into small pieces, about 1-in. (2.5-cm). Chop pepper into similar-size pieces. Drain and rinse beans. Once pork has simmered 1 hour, stir in squash, pepper and beans. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally about 25 more min. Remove from heat. Stir in cilantro. Spoon into bowls and generously dollop with sour cream, if you wish. Number of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SARAHFH.

The nutritional information for Autumn chili is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 149.8

• Total Fat: 5.4 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 313.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 17.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.5 g
• Protein: 9.7 g