The Vegetarian Tree: The Fruit is Good!: Beans, Beans, The Magical Fruit! Week 4

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Beans, Beans, The Magical Fruit! Week 4

Beans, Beans, The Magical Fruit! Mini Series, Week 4: Half-Hour Chili

My favorite quick cooking chili is from the Dean Ornish Cookbook. Dr. Dean Ornish is president and founder of the non profit Preventative Medicine Research Instititue in Saucilito, California, as well as clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. His reasearch has shown the ability to reverse coronary artery disease with a low fat vegan diet. It really is half an hour to make! The recipe calls for wheat bulgur. It has a unique texture that resembles finely ground beef. This chili is great all on its own and is also fabulous served over a baked potato with a nice side salad.

Dean Ornish' Half Hour Chili
4 TBS vegetable stock
3 onions, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 TBS jalapeno pepper, chopped (fresh or canned)
2 cloves garlic, minced
3-4 tsp chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
42 oz of canned chopped tomatoes with juice (1 28 oz can and 1 14 oz can)
1 tsp brown sugar
2 15 oz cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed well (you can also use left over salty beans here)
1/3 cup fine or medium grain bulgur

For Garnish
1/2 cup non-fat plain yogurt
1/3 cup chopped scallions
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley

1. In large pot heat vegetable stock over medium heat. Add onions, carrot, jalapeno peppers, garlic, chili powder and cumin and cook covered for 5-7 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
2. Add tomatoes with their juice and the sugar. Cook for 5 minutes at high heat.
3. Stir in beans and bulgur and reduce heat to low. Simmer chili uncovered for 15 minutes or until thickened. Serve with yogurt, scallions and herbs on top.

(Served on top of a baked potato)

*Amy's notes: I used triple the carrots and not quite as much onion but everything else I kept the same. This chili is great after just 30 minutes but it was TO DIE FOR after we accidentally left it in the crock pot while it was turned on for HOURS. The chili cooked down really good and was charred on the sides of the crock pot but oh.my.gosh. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!! I recommend doing this in the crock pot and let it simmer down really nicely! Check back for another great bean recipe in our Beans, Beans, The Magical Fruit! Mini Series

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Doctrine and Covenants 89:10-16

"I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man—Every herb (plant) in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving. Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly; And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine. All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth. And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger. All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground." (emphasis added)

John A. Widstoe

"It was shown in the history of plant science that plants contain all the necessary food substances: proteins, fats, starches and the carbohydrates, minerals...water {and} vitamins. The Great builder of the earth provided well for the physical needs of His children. Countless varieties of edible plants, vegetables, cereals, fruits and nuts are yielded by Mother Nature for man's daily food. If one uses meat it must be used sparingly and in winter or famine only...They who wish to be well and gain the promised reward stated in the Word of Wisdom must obey all of the law, not just part of it as suits their whim or their appetite, or their notion of its meaning." (The Word of Wisdom, a Modern Interpretation, 1950)

Doctrine and Covenants 59:16-21

"...the fulness of the earth is yours, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that which climbeth upon the trees and walketh upon the earth; Yea, and the herb, and the good things which come of the earth, whether for food or for rainment, or for houses, or for barns, or for orchards, or for gardens, or for vineyards; Yea, all things which come of the earth, in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart; Yea, for food and for raiment, for taste and for smell, to strengthen the body and to enliven the soul. And it pleaseth God that he hath given all these things unto man; for unto this end were they made to be used, with judgment, not to excess, neither by extortion. And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments." (emphasis added)

Ezra Taft Benson

"There is no question that the health of the body affects the spirit, or the Lord would never have revealed the Word of Wisdom...Disease, fever and unexpected deaths are some of the consequences directly related to disobedience...To a great extent, we are physically what we eat. Most of us are acquainted with some of the prohibitions of the Word of Wisdom...but what need additional emphasis are the positive aspects - the need for vegetables, fruits, and grain, particularly wheat. We need a generation of people who eat in a healthier manner." (Ensign, September 1988, p. 5)

Ezra Taft Benson