A week of easy lunches: Day 4

Live Well for Less

VCC chef Hamid Salimian presents a week of lunches that are easy, tasty and inexpensive. Here is day four in the series of seven, where our chef cooks up some hearty chili.

Ingredients:

• 250 grams ground beef
• 1 onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tsp. chili flakes
• 2 tbsp. chipotle paste
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 tbsp. chili spice mix
• ½ bunch parsley
• ¼ cup of each beans/ kidney/chickpea/black beans
• 2 cups diced tomatoes

  Directions:

• Drizzle pan with olive oil and turn heat to medium. Then caramelize onions and garlic.
• Add beef and cook for five more minutes, allowing meat to brown.
• Add spices and cook for another five minutes.
• Mix in beans and tomatoes.
• Cook for 20-30 minutes on low heat.