Posted 2 months ago
Eat Well, Live Well – Pumpkin Vegetarian Chili
Ingredients
– 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
– 1 (14 ounce) can 100% pure pumpkin
– 1 cup vegetable juice
– 1 cup chopped okra
– 1 cup chopped broccoli
– 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
– 1 small zucchini, diced
– 1 small onion, diced
– 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
– 2 tablespoons white sugar
– 2 tablespoons white vinegar
– 1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste
– 1 teaspoon salt
– ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
– 1 (12 ounce) package vegetarian ground beef crumbles
– 1 (19 ounce) can fava beans, drained
– 2 cups chopped spinach
Directions
1. Combine the tomatoes, pumpkin, vegetable juice, okra, broccoli, carrot, zucchini, onion, pumpkin pie spice, sugar, vinegar, chili powder, salt, and pepper in a slow cooker; cook on high until the vegetables are tender, 3 to 4 hours.
2. Stir the vegetarian ground beef crumbles, fava beans, and spinach into the tomato mixture; continue cooking until completely warmed, 20 to 30 minutes more.
Brenda Gridley, CSP, RDN
Brenda is originally from Los Angeles, CA where she attended California State University of Los Angeles for her under graduate degree in Nutritional Science. She began her career with Kaiser Permanente in 2004. Throughout her professional development, she has worked in Cardiology and open heart surgery, Renal/Dialysis, organ transplants and Oncology, including chemotherapy, radiation and head and neck. Brenda has extensive experience with weight management programs, including Bariatric and finally Eating disorders and mindful eating. She went on to specialize in the Pediatric population and has maintained her Certification in Pediatric Nutrition since 2011. Areas she has managed include pediatric and neonatal intensive care units where she was responsible for individualizing therapeutic diets and alternate nutrition support based on specific metabolic needs, medical conditions, and cultural preferences.
Her passion for nutrition was developed at a young age and reared by her grandmother who always instilled the importance of a healthy diet and active lifestyle. When her grandmother became ill, Brenda became aware of the impact nutrition plays in disease prevention and maintaining overall mind and body health. She cared for grandmother until she passed and has made it her goal to help others achieve their full “nutrition potential” with using a culturally sensitive holistic approach.
She is married with two beautiful daughters and in her spare time she enjoys watching movies with her children, experimenting with new recipes, reading mystery novels, running and Yoga.
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