Beans and Grain Recipes

In this recipe, we use both salsa and tomato sauce to make this quick and delicious chili. We like serve this warm chili over a toasted hamburger bun, but just having it directly from the pot is absolutely divine.

This delicious Mexican pot pie is made with all kinds of fresh vegetables, tomato sauce and beans, and topped with cornbread. Serve it with some yogurt and freshly chopped tomatoes, yum.

This delicious chili is full of all kinds of yummy goodness, it fills you up and well satisfies your palate as well.

Make your own bean burgers with TVP, pinto beans, bread crumbs, and other spicies. They taste a lot more flavorful than the store-bought frozen ones.

A bowl of warm chili is made of quinoa, black beans, spices and lots of tomatoes. Serve it over a bed of rice or with some good crusty bread.

Craig Claiborne's salt-free chili con carne with coarse-ground beef, hot and mild dried chiles, cumin, oregano, and red wine vinegar. Bold flavor without a grain of salt.

Thick, warming butternut squash chili with kidney beans, plum tomatoes, red wine, and a hint of orange zest. Seasoned with cumin, chili powder, and allspice. A cozy vegetarian chili for fall and winter.

Delicious chili made with succulent beef, sausage, tomatoes and kidney beans. Great served by itself or with a bread bowl!

Garden zucchini chili simmers cubed zucchini, bell pepper, and beans with garlic, cumin, and chili powder for a quick vegan chili. A summer-garden bean stew that's ready in 50 minutes.

A hearty vegetarian version of my favorite soup. It's easy to make it vegetarian by using roasted vegetable stock instead of beef stock. By adding a leftover parmesan rind (I save them in the freezer for this soup) it adds extra flavor. (optional)

A lighter twist on classic chili using ground veal simmered with tomatoes, kidney beans, jalapeno, and a blend of chili powder, basil, and oregano. This easy ground veal chili recipe is ready in 45 minutes and finishes with white wine and fresh lemon juice.

Country chili with TVP is a hearty vegan chili where textured vegetable protein soaks up smoky chili spices like ground meat, simmered with kidney beans, corn, peppers and tomatoes. High-protein and meat-free.

Hearty Mexican-style vegetarian chili with corn, kidney beans, tomatoes, and warm cumin-chili spice. Chili con elote is thick, smoky, and bean-loaded, ready in under an hour with zero meat required.

Tex-Mex baked beans with a trio of navy, kidney, and pinto beans, bell peppers, stewed tomatoes, and a warm kick of cumin and cayenne. Vegetarian, high-fiber, and built for a backyard barbecue.

Quick chicken and kidney bean skillet simmered with chili spices in V8 juice, ready in under an hour for an easy weeknight dinner over rice.

Hearty ground beef chili built on tomato juice, two cans of kidney beans, and a generous five tablespoons of chili powder. A weeknight one-pot dinner with serious depth from a long simmer.