Happy Halloween! Halloween is an exciting day because we get to eat so many sweet treats, but we rarely speak of Halloween "meals." I believe this day has the potential to be a wonderful family fun day because of the dressing up and trick-or-treating together. So, why not enjoy a great family meal together, too? This is one (of many) of my ideas on how to change the culture for this festive day. From this point forward, we're going to enjoy a great family meal together on Halloween.
I suspect these meals that I'll be making on Halloween each year will have a Halloween theme. They should. I associate pumpkins with Halloween more than anything else, so it's fitting that I would make something with pumpkin. Being that it's also Sunday Soup Day, how about pumpkin turkey chili?
I think chili is very straight forward and fairly easy to make. It's not sophisticated, that's for sure. Meat, tomatoes and beans is all that's required and people add seasoning to make it distinctive. I added onion, green pepper, red pepper, ground turkey (healthy alternative to ground beef) and threw in some white beans alongside the kidney beans. For this particular chili, the pumpkin was the special ingredient.
The taste was spectacular. I'll be honest, though, I didn't taste the pumpkin as much as I was hoping. It's probably better that way since that pumpkin flavor isn't for everyone. It had just a "hint" of pumpkin that gave it a very curious taste. I was very pleased with how it turned out. Try it.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 chopped onion
1 chopped green bell pepper
1 chopped red bell pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pound ground turkey
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 can pumpkin puree
1 can Cannelinni beans
1 can kidney beans
1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 dash salt
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