Lighter Chili Mac

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Lighter Chili Mac a try. This recipe serves 6. For $1.56 per serving, this recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 26g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 282 calories. This recipe from Taste and Tell Blog requires canned black beans, short pasta, green chiles, and onion. It is perfect for The Super Bowl. A couple people made this recipe, and 45 would say it hit the spot. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 74%. This score is good. Try Lighter Baked Mac & Cheese aka Hidden Veggie Mac & Cheese, Lighter Creamy Mac & Cheese, and Lighter Stove-top Mac and Cheese #SundaySupper #FamilyDinnerTable for similar recipes.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 20 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 (8 oz) can of tomato sauce

1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes

2 teaspoons chili powder

½ teaspoon garlic salt

1 (4 oz) can diced green chiles, drained

1 pound lean ground beef

½ cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

¾ cup chopped onion

½ cup short cut pasta

Equipment:

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

In a large skillet, cook the ground beef and the onion until the beef is no longer pink. Drain off any excess grease. Add the beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, pasta, green chiles, chili powder and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and then cover the pan. Cook an additional 20 minutes, or until the pasta is tender, stirring often.Top with the Monterey Jack cheese and let sit until the cheese has melted.

 

Step by step:


1. In a large skillet, cook the ground beef and the onion until the beef is no longer pink.

2. Drain off any excess grease.

3. Add the beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, pasta, green chiles, chili powder and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and then cover the pan. Cook an additional 20 minutes, or until the pasta is tender, stirring often.Top with the Monterey Jack cheese and let sit until the cheese has melted.


Nutrition Information:

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281k Calories
25g Protein
7g Total Fat
28g Carbs
16% Health Score
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Calories
281k
14%

Fat
7g
11%

  Saturated Fat
3g
23%

Carbohydrates
28g
10%

  Sugar
6g
7%

Cholesterol
55mg
18%

Sodium
930mg
40%

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Protein
25g
52%

Zinc
4mg
33%

Fiber
8g
33%

Phosphorus
324mg
32%

Selenium
21µg
31%

Vitamin B3
6mg
30%

Vitamin B12
1µg
30%

Vitamin B6
0.53mg
27%

Iron
4mg
26%

Potassium
875mg
25%

Manganese
0.46mg
23%

Copper
0.41mg
20%

Vitamin B2
0.32mg
19%

Magnesium
71mg
18%

Vitamin C
14mg
18%

Folate
67µg
17%

Vitamin B1
0.21mg
14%

Calcium
138mg
14%

Vitamin E
1mg
13%

Vitamin A
584IU
12%

Vitamin B5
1mg
10%

Vitamin K
5µg
6%

covered percent of daily need
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Food Trivia

Perhaps as a relic of an ancient Roman custom of planting parsley on graves, a sprig of parsley was either associated with the devil or as an antidote for poison. Adding a sprig to a plate of food may have originated as a gesture of good faith and as way to safeguard the meal from evil.

Food Joke

A lawyer, a fervent Democrat dressed in casual clothes, sits down to have his lunch in a park across from his office. The he notices a very distinguished and dignified man sit down a few feet away on the grass; he extremely well dressed in a tailored Hickey Freeman pinstriped suit, silk tie, starched white shirt, cuff links, tiepin, Rolex, highly polished black wingtips and silk socks. He places his expensive briefcase next to him and prepares for lunch. "One of those Republicans, I’ll bet" thought the lawyer, and after introducing himself, he found out he is right – not only a Republican, but an investment banker. The lawyer glances at the banker’s shoes, glistening in the sunlight. Lawyer: You have those polished every day, don’t you. Investment Banker: Just about. I have to look good for the clients. Lawyer: What about the poor? A few shoeshine would pay for a lot food. Investment Banker: I help them through taxes, but we all have personal responsibility. Lawyer: I'm telling you, the poor only need a chance! We should be GIVING them money; they haven't had our advantages! Investment Banker: We all have to work for what we have. Lawyer: Look, poverty can happen to anyone! There's no way you can know that from where you sit! "Keep talking if you want to. When I sleep, nothing wakes me…and I mean NOTHING. "The investment banker sighs, then takes off his suit jacket, places it on the grass and falls deeply asleep. Then a barefoot homeless man appears, and asks the lawyer for change. The lawyer apologizes, and says he has nothing, but then he sees the investment banker's wallet in his suit pocket. He slips it out, and hands it to the homeless man; then he notices that the homeless man needs shoes. The he has an idea…he looks over at the feet of the sleeping investment banker… "Wait!" cries the lawyer. "I'm sure you need these more than he does." He then starts to untie the investment banker's polished wingtips and carefully pulls them off. Even more carefully, he pulls off his black dress socks and hands both shoes and socks to the astonished homeless man. "With my compliments!" Then the lawyer sees a sad woman with a baby walking by. "Can I help you?" he asks her. When he finds out that she needs money for her rent, the lawyer again approaches the snoring – and now barefoot - investment banker and removes his cuff links; then he slips the tiepin out of the silk tie and the Rolex off his wrist. He hands them all to the delighted woman. "Sell these!" the lawyer cries. "Oh, thank you sir" says the delighted woman, and runs off. Next, a man in a janitor's uniform walks by, looking dejected. "What's the matter, my friend?" says the lawyer sympathetically. "I..lost my job. I have a chance for a better one, but I don't have the clothes! This is all I have!" and he holds up a pair of old polyester pants. The lawyer sighs, and then sees the businessman's pinstriped suit jacket. "Would this help?" he asks the man. "Sure!" cries the man. "You could use a briefcase, too!" says the lawyer and opens up the investment banker's briefcase. He removes the contents and hands it to the joyful man. Then he looks at the investment banker's silk tie and white shirt. Can he manage it? He has to move the investment banker a few times, but he only snores and sleeps. Then he undoes the banker's belt and pulls it off. Triumphantly he hands the shirt, belt and tie to the man. "Wait" the lawyer cries. "You really need a full suit. Give me a hand and I’ll need those polyester pants. I’m getting good at this" and with great care and trouble, set to work. Ten minutes later, the sleeping investment banker was wearing the polyester pants and the man was staring happily at his tailored suit. He thanks the lawyer profusely and runs off. "How good it is to help people!" he says to himself. Twenty minutes later, a policeman walks up to the investment banker, and snaps: "Hey buddy, wake up, no loitering! We don't allow bums to sleep here" Finally the investment banker wakes up with a start and looks down at him.

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