Healthy Old Broad

Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Chicken Chorizo Sausage and Black Bean Chili

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It’s almost time for Super Bowl – the teams are getting ready to score big and you are now planning the Super Bowl Party Menu and you can also score big with this Chicken Chorizo and Black Been Chili as it is a huge winner.

Chicken Chorizo Sausage and Black Bean Chili

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lb (5 sausages) Chicken chorizo sausages (I found that Whole Foods makes chicken chorizo sausages but if you want you could use pork) – meat removed from casings
  • 1 large white onion – diced
  • 1 large shallot – diced
  • 1 red pepper – diced
  • 1 orange pepper – diced
  • 2 jalapenos – seeded and deveined – finely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves – finely chopped
  • 1 dried chili ancho – stem removed and finely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon chipotle pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon coriander
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 28 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
  • 1 14.5 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
  • 2 – 15 oz cans black beans – rinsed and drained
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  1. Heat olive oil in a cast iron dutch oven, add the chorizo, crumble and cook about 3/4 the way thru. Add the onion, shallot, peppers to pot, lightly salt and pepper, saute for about 5 minutes, then add the garlic, saute for another 3minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients, stir to combine and simmer on low for 1 hour. Taste then salt and pepper to taste, remove bay leave and you are ready to serve.
  2. Don’t forget the garnishes: which could be cheese, avocado, cilantro, jalapenos, sour cream, tortilla chips.

Roasted Carrot, Ginger & Sweet Potato Soup

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It’s cold and rainy so why not make a warming and very healthy soup.

Roasted Carrot, Ginger & Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs carrots – chopped into 1 inch piece (not peeled)
  • 1 head of garlic
  • 1 1/2 white onions – halved
  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 3″ fresh ginger, grated
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 1/2 quart vegetable broth (if you want a thinner soup you can add additional broth
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. On a baking sheet put the chopped carrots, onions, sprinkle with 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper; and the sweet potatoes that have been slit with a knife. Cut the top off the head of garlic, place on piece of aluminum foil with 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt and pepper – wrap up bulb and place on baking sheet. Bake at 400 for 45 minutes. Remove the carrots, onions and garlic and continue to cook the sweet potatoes for another 15 minutes.
  3. While the sweet potatoes continue cooking put the roasted carrots, onions and garlic into a blender with 1/2 quart of vegetable broth to puree. Add the puree to a dutch oven, smash the cooked sweet potatoes and add to pot along with the remaining quart of vegetable stock, grated ginger, basil, & paprika. Stir well to combine and simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste.

Chicken, Lentil & Greens Soup

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This soup is healthy, nutritious, filling and just so very flavorful.

Chicken, Lentil & Greens Soup

Ingredients

  • 6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs – cut into bite size pieces
  • 1 sweet yellow onion – diced
  • 2 medium shallots – diced
  • 2 garlic cloves – finely minced
  • 2 quarts low sodium vegetable stock
  • 1 1lb bag mixed greens: mustard / turnip / collards / spinach mix
  • 1 9oz bag snow peas – stings removed and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1/2 cup green lentils
  • 1 15oz can garbanzo beans – drained and rinsed
  • salt and pepper
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
  1. In a dutch oven heat the olive oil. Salt and pepper the chicken pieces, add to hot oil, sauté for 10 to 15 minutes (so chicken get color but it is not cooked completely).
  2. Remove chicken from pot, add onions and shallots, salt and pepper and cook for 3 minutes.
  3. Add the minced garlic and cook for 1 additional minute. Add 1/2 cup of the vegetable broth to deglaze the pot.
  4. Add the balance of 1 of the quarts of vegetable broth and sautéed chicken and simmer for 30 minutes.
  5. Add the 2nd quart of vegetable broth, garbanzo beans and greens. Stir the mixture to combine and simmer for about 15 minutes to wilt the greens.
  6. Taste the soup to see if you need to add salt and pepper.

Chicken Red Beans Slow Cooker Meal

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The holidays are over and you are looking for an easy meal that you can put together in the slow cooker and then relax for the rest of the day – well here you go.

Chicken Red Beans Slow Cooker Meal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried Kidney beans – soaked in water over night
  • 2 chicken leg quarters
  • 1 large onion – diced
  • 2 large shallots – diced
  • 12 oz Applewood Smoked Bacon cut into lardons
  • 6 garlic cloves – minced
  • 10 oz crimini mushrooms – sliced
  • 12 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 bay leafs
  • 1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 quart vegetable stock
  • salt and pepper
  • bag Tuscan Kale
  1. Drain beans from water and place in slow cooker pot.
  2. Place bacon in a cold cast iron skillet, set heat to high and render the fat out of the lardons. Remove cooked lardons from pan and drain on a paper towel.
  3. In the bacon grease cook the onion and shallots – about 3 to 5 minutes.
  4. Place the cooked bacon, onions and shallots into the slow cooker pot. Add the mushrooms, spices, herbs and garlic to the pot.
  5. Salt and Pepper the chicken and brown in the cast iron skillet on both side. Add the browned chicken to the pot. Add the vegetable broth to the pot.
  6. Cover and cook on high for about 5 hours. Remove thyme sprigs, add in kale to wilt.

Franks & Beans 2.0 aka Kielbasa and Beans

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Tasty, easy, under 15 minutes One Pan Meal.

Franks & Beans 2.0 aka Kielbasa and Beans

Ingredients

  • 1 Pederson’s Uncured No Sugar Added Kielbasa – sliced into pieces
  • 1/2 cup chopped finely diced red onion
  • 2 – 15oz cans White Kidney Beans – drained and rinsed
  • 6 oz baby spinach
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon dried cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  1. Heat large skillet with 1 tablespoon of olive oil – add chopped onion and saute for 3 to 5 minutes (until translucent). Add the kielbasa slices to pan with cooking onions and continue to saute until the kielbasa pieces get some color (brown color equals good taste). At this time add the drained beans with the spices and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the spinach to the mixture with a pinch of salt and pepper and continue to cook until wilted. To this mixture add the Dijon mustard – mix together and you are ready for dinner