Crockpot Veggie Packed Turkey Chili

When I was younger, one weekend day in October consisted of family time, pumpkins, and eating delicious chili made by my mama. We would make a trip to the pumpkin patch as a big ol’ group. Then return to my parents home. Dad, sisters, nieces, nephews, all spread out across our living room floor, sitting upon either a tarp or newspaper. Each of us carving our little or BIG (mostly me) pumpkins we got from the patch. Following carving would come a yummy bowl of the big batch of chili my mom had made. Topped w/ Fritos, shredded cheese & sour cream! 

So every year as the season begins to change from Summer to Fall, this memory comes about, and I get so excited at the thought of pumpkin carving, and a yummy bowl of chili. Because to me, a bowl of warm chili, brings back the happiness I felt at that moment when I was younger. 

I love this recipe, because it still allows me to be nostalgic, but also is a little more nutrient packed due to all the added veggies & toppings like fresh cilantro, green onion, crunched up tortilla chips & even some avocado! 

Crockpot Veggie Packed Turkey Chili

Makes : 6-8 servings

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 6 hours

Ingredients:  

• 1-2 pounds ground turkey, cooked (depends on how much meat you’d like)

• 2 yellow squash,chopped

• 1 red pepper, chopped

• 3 stalks celery, chopped

• 2 carrots, chopped

• 2 parsnips, chopped

• 3 tbsp tomato paste

• 2 cans diced tomatoes

• 2 cans kidney beans

• 1 medium onion, fined diced

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 5.5 cups chicken or vegetable broth

• 3 tbsp chili powder

• 3 tsp cumin

• Salt & pep to taste

Optional toppings:

• cilantro

• green onion

• avocado

• shredded cheese

• toetilla chips or strips

• sourcream

Instructions:

1. Heat a pan on the stove to medium heat, drizzle with oil, and cook ground turkey until brown, drain any liquid released from turkey, set aside.

2. Place all prepared ingredients into a crockpot, stir, cover and cook on low for 6 hours.

NOTE: feel free to add whatever veggies you love, and add more seasoning as desired! That’s the best part of cooking, you really can customize to your preferred taste!! 

If you give this recipe a try I'd love to see, take a pic, tag me @Fare_Toned and use the hashtag #Faretoned on Instagram! :)