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Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili

Happy Meatless Monday, friends! Since soup season seems to be in full swing lately, I thought it would be apropos to kick the week off with

I made this for our street's chili cookoff. One of the guests is Muslim and doesn't eat certain meats (and only halal meats for the ones she does eat) so I decided to make a veggie chili. I have to say -- this came through as really meaty in spite of it not being!

I made it as called for, using quinoa (not farro), except I only used four cups of broth. That was perfect consistency-wise. I also didn't use the cipotles in adobe; I used paprika, which was a substitue I found online after the store didn't have an cans of chipotle in adobo. And really, it was good!

Definitely recommend this as a veggie chili if you want something that doesn't taste too veggie.

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Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas - Simply Happy Foodie

Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas are a delicious, fast cooking bean! Have a fortuitous bowl of good-luck-bringing pressure cooker black-eyed peas

The last recipe I tried in 2023!

I knew I wanted to make black eyed peas for New Year's Day but I also wanted to make them enough in advance that I could take some to my dad on NYE. That was all well and good, but I didn't have time to soak the peas (which are actually beans) overnight. Instant Pot to the rescue!

I made some changes to this recipe: used way more garlic and 3 celery stalks instead of 2, left out the jalapeno and the bacon, used two small ham hock-type things instead, and used kale instead of collard greens. I cooked it for 16 minutes. When it was done, I pulled out the hocks, cut up the meat and discarded the bones, then divided out a portion for my dad and put the rest in the fridge for reheating the next day.

This was extremely flavorful... Way more than traditional black eyed peas. It was so good that I served it over brown rice (not white) and there were no complains. And it was so popular at our new year's brunch today that wo of my guests asked for the recipe, which is always a good sign.

Happy new year!