This One-Pot Quinoa Black Bean Chili is the perfect warm, cozy, and hearty meal for the holiday season! It is so easy to make - one pot and 30 minutes is all you need! This recipe is also ultra healthy and packed with nutrition - it’s vegan, gluten-free, oil-free, and absolutely delicious.
This post is sponsored by Watkins. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The holidays are such a magical time, filled with love, friends, family, laughter, and FOOD!
I always go back home to Scottsdale, AZ for the holidays to spend it with my parents and family - grandparents, brothers, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews - it’s a full house (that grows by at least one every year!).
When I first became vegan in college and came home for the holidays, my mother was pretty unsure what to do with me and how to feed me!
In the few months preceding my visit, she would ask me every time we spoke on the phone, “are you still vegan?!!”
Yes, mom… still vegan…. ?
She headed straight to her recipe box (filled with handwritten recipes from the past 45 years or so!!) to figure out what she could possibly feed me when I came home.
She found her mother’s One-Pot Quinoa Black Bean Chili recipe, and instantly knew that was the one for me.
She had a huge batch waiting for me when I arrived, and it was absolutely divine - the whole family loved it, not just the vegan in the bunch!! There is something very special about enjoying delicious, cozy meals like this together, knowing that all of your loved ones, sitting in one place, are nourishing themselves with the most nutritious, healthiest ingredients possible.
This chili recipe quickly became a staple in my life, and my mom STILL makes it for us all every time we go home for the holidays.
This One-Pot Quinoa Black Bean Chili features the ' organic line of spices including their Organic Onion Powder and Organic Chili Powder. Watkins is one of the leading brands in natural and gourmet flavoring products, and has been a part of family traditions in American kitchens for more than 150 years! All of their products are gluten-free and non-GMO and contain only the highest-quality ingredients - no artificial flavors or colors, no dyes, no MSG, and no high-fructose corn syrup.
I love the brand because whenever I make a recipe, it is of utmost importance to me to know that I am nourishing myself and my loved ones with the most high-quality ingredients I possibly can.
I will certainly pass down this One-Pot Quinoa Black Bean Chili recipe to my own family when that time comes, and emphasize the importance of using natural, high-quality products like Watkins every time!
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What you’ll need to make this One-Pot Quinoa Black Bean Chili:
- Quinoa
- Black beans
- Corn
- Tomato sauce
- Diced tomatoes
- Onion
- Green bell pepper
- Watkins Organic Garlic Powder
- Watkins Organic Chili Powder
- Watkins Organic Paprika
- Salt
- Watkins Organic Ground Black Pepper (optional)
How to make this One-Pot Quinoa Black Bean Chili:
- Dump all ingredients in a large pot.
- Stir.
- Boil.
- Simmer for 30 minutes.
Other cozy recipes you may like:
- One-Pot Mixed Bean Chili
- Hearty Beet Chili
- Simple Vegetarian Chili
- Combine all ingredients in large pot, and stir.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce to simmer, and let simmer for 30 minutes.
One-Pot Quinoa Black Bean Chili
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 1.5 cups uncooked quinoa
- 1 can 15 oz. black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 can 15 oz. corn
- 1 can 15 oz. tomato sauce
- 1 can 15 oz. diced tomatoes
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 2 tsp Watkins Organic Garlic Powder
- 3 Tbsp Watkins Organic Chili Powder
- 1 Tbsp Watkins Organic Paprika
- 1.5 tsp salt
- Watkins Organic Ground Black Pepper and additional spices to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in large pot, and stir.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce to simmer, and let simmer for 30 minutes.
