Mexican Chili and Cornbread

Tonight I tackled chili again! I decided to go with more of a Mexican theme, and I even created the recipe kind of on my own (using the Mexican Lasagna recipe as a guide). I also found a "healthier" cornbread recipe on-line, so I wanted to try that, too. I LOVE cornbread. I actually wanted to make the cornbread first, and then had to decide what I could eat with the cornbread.

I diced the red onion and green pepper first. Then, I tossed those veggies into the soup pot with some evoo. I added ground turkey, chili powder, and cumin. I let the turkey brown for a bit. Then, I added a can of drained and rinsed black beans, a can of diced tomatoes, some corn, and 2 cans of low-sodium V8 juice. Then, I just let that simmer while I moved on to bake the cornbread. I also added some shredded cheese to the top of my bowl. It was pretty tasty. Next time though, I think I will add something to make it a bit spicer. Maybe some hot sauce, or some jalapeno pepper? It was tasty, I just could have used a bit more heat I think.

The cornbread was super easy to make. I will definitely use this recipe again. Each piece only has about 120 calories and 1g of fat. The "healthy" part of the recipe is that there is no oil in it...I used 1 C. of non-fat plain yogurt. It was nice and crumbly and fairly moist. I almost burned it, but grabbed it out just in time. Whew! I took a bite off the corner and then remembered I needed to take a picture still! Next time, I will spray some butter on the top right away...I forgot this time. Oh well.

So, I have LOTS of leftovers. Josh didn't want to eat with me. Remember the corn incident from the Mexican Lasagna...yeah...I didn't even go there with him this time. He ate cereal for dinner instead. So, I'll freeze two of these and I plan to eat two of them this week. It's nice to have some meals already planned for the week though I suppose. I also cut the cornbread into individual pieces and wrapped them up and froze all but two slices. We'll see how well they keep and taste in the coming weeks. I'm trying my best not to waste food. So, I actually had fun cooking tonight...but now I have a dirty kitchen and a lot of dishes to do...boo for that.

Update: So, while I was taking Josh to the airport tonight it dawned on me for some reason...I never even added the sugar that the recipe called for in the cornbread recipe!!! So, my cornbread is super healthy I guess! Oops! Oh well. Makes me want to bake another batch to see the difference the sugar makes...