Valentines chili

Okay this will be my last beet post for a while. My husband has started questioning me about my obsession recently. And found I am the only one in the house that has the dire love for them. I still had 3/4 of a jar full of my beet-iful hummus, and I couldn't let it go to waste. What was I going to make for dinner. 

Mr. King mentioned chili, but I don't think this was the chili he had in mind. :) 

So I'm right about to go grocery shopping again, which means I'm at the end of all produce and such. But what I do have is, ground turkey.

This was the prettiest chili I have ever made. And tasted amazing too. H loved it, we dubbed it valentines chili. Speaking of, I asked if she wanted to be mine. She denied very quickly and told me 'I'm gonna ask daddy be my valentine'

Well then.

I started this delicious chili by roasting cubed butternut squash and sweet potatoes. Melt oil in a pan and add cumin, cinnamon, sage, paprika, garlic, onion, 21 seasoning salute, nutmeg, and cloves let the spices come alive in the butter/oil- it will start to bubble. Dump over cubed squash and toss with the flavored oil. Shake in a large pan so all the potatoes and squash are in a single layer

Bake 375 for 40 minutes 

While the sqush is roasting grab a giant pot- add a little butter and coconut oil next add chopped onions, celery, carrots (purple and orange), and apples. Shake a little of the same spice mix from the squash in the chili. Cook down. Push all the veggies to the side and add ground turkey. Brown the meat. Once the meat is cooked, add red & black beans, and a can of crushed tomatoes.

Once the potatoes and squash are roasted, add them to the chili pot. Cook down and enjoy! Top with goat cheese. 

Try some valentines chili!

-k