 Hey guys today it's freezing cold outside it's frigid so I thought it'd be a good day to make some one pot chili well one pot one blend chili okay quick prep we're gonna chop up one whole onion and one whole red bell pepper and then we'll take our one pot and put it on medium heat we're gonna add two tablespoons of oil this is olive oil if your whole food plant base just use water we'll add three cloves of garlic minced I forgot to tell you to mince the garlic mince up a hand or just use some pre-minced garlic we'll add the onions the peppers we're gonna saute for about five minutes till the onions are kind of translucent sticking with one pot we're gonna add some vegetable broth this is kind of one standard box it's about four cups add some diced tomatoes we'll use two 15 ounce cans chili powder one tablespoon we'll add a half a teaspoon of cinnamon this is what gives it a really special flavor guys secret ingredient to all really good chilies cinnamon half a teaspoon of salt and then what's going to make this chili nice and hearty full of protein one half cup of quinoa rinsed and then one cup of lentils rinsed we rinse this one on our own because we got the lentils in bulk we'll put the top on and simmer for about 30 minutes so that's like not boiling not super low simmer after 30 minutes check the consistency you want your lentils to be kind of al dente you want them a little bit chewy not mushy but not crunchy either now it's technically ready to eat but we're gonna make it a little more sophisticated we're gonna create some varying textures so we're gonna take about three cups of our chili and blend it up we'll go high speed for about 30 seconds we're using our Vitamix like we do for everything around here but this is one of those if you don't have a Vitamix all good really any blender will do we'll add this puree chili back into the pot stir it around and then get it back up to temperature for five minutes if it feels like it's too thick you can always just add a little bit of water same thing's true when you're reheating it and then it's ready to go guys I mean this is so easy we have a sour cream recipe we didn't make it this time we're using some store bought get that hot cold varying temperature thing going is really nice a little cilantro if you're into it you know sometimes boring is good this isn't one of our recipes that's going to go viral but this is one of our recipes that may be a staple in your kind of weekly rotation something you can make on Sunday night and have for the week reheat it and guys subscribe to our channel if you haven't already hit that bell to get notified thanks so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one