Easy Weeknight Chili + Cashew Sour Cream, Vegan + Gluten-Free
This time of the year, I absolutely love chili. It’s such a warming winter food. I like to make a big batch at the beginning of the week and have a bowl with rice for lunch or a cup with dinner each tonight.
Today I’m sharing my Vegan, Gluten-Free Easy Weeknight Chili. The actual cooking time is a little longer than the average weeknight meal but all you really have to do is throw everything in the pot and let it simmer- I figured that qualifies for a weeknight dish! You can feel free to get creative with what vegetables you want to add. I used purple sweet potatoes in the photos which is why you might notice a slightly purple hue.
The perfect accompaniment to chili is sour cream. For store-bought I recommend Follow Your Heart vegan sour cream but it’s also super easy to make your own.
To prepare Cashew Sour Cream, simply blend the following ingredients together until smooth:
- 1 cup raw cashews, soaked at least 4 h0urs
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- juice of 1/2- 1 lemon
- 1 tsp agave
- salt and pepper to taste
- unsweetened almond milk, added as need to blend
- 1 tbs coconut oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 1-2 cups vegetable broth, added to desired thickness.
- 4 medium carrots, chopped
- 4 stalks of celery, chopped
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, chopped into 1" pieces
- 1.5 cups cooked kidney beans
- 2 tbs tamari
- 1-3 tbs chili powder, added to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- Heat oil in large pot on stove at medium-high. Add onion and garlic and sauté until lightly browned (7-10 minutes).
- Add crushed tomatoes and 1 cup vegetable broth (add more broth later on if desired) and bring to a boil.
- Add carrots, celery and sweet potato. Simmer for 30-40 minutes, until everything is tender and sweet potatoes start to break apart.
- Stir in beans, tamari, chili powder, salt and pepper.
- Enjoy warm and reheat the next day!
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I love your recipes! 🙂 I´ve just got one question: Why do you make the pictures so big? They´re always about 4 times as big as my screen will show unless I zoom out. Is that how its supposed to be?