Turkey Pumpkin Chili Recipe
Nothing says Fall like a big pot of chili. Especially when you add pumpkin to it! We enjoy chili quite often this time of year, a few favorites are Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili, this No-Bean Turkey Chili and this White Bean Pumpkin Turkey Chili, which is similar to this recipe, only without the tomatoes and spinach.
This version, is from Joy Bauer’s new cookbook Joy’s Simple Food Remedies; Tasty Cures For Whatever’s Ailing You. I love reading books that teach you how to use food as medicine. Her book tackles 20 of the most common everyday ailments and provides 60 recipes. To tackle them such as how to increase energy, ease aches and pains, boost brain power, reduce anxiety and stress, and more. If you’re like me and love reading about the benefits of foods for your diet, this is a great book! This chili recipe is from her lower high blood pressure chapter. Within that chapter she creates recipe using those ingredients. Joy says, while high blood pressure can’t be cured, it can be managed with exercise and eating well, including these five tasty foods.
5 Foods To Lower High Blood Pressure
Cocoa Powder contains flavanols, plant based nutrients that reduce blood pressure Pumpkin is loaded with potassium, which helps the body become more efficient at getting rid of excess sodium Spinach is loaded with three blood-pressure lowering ingredients; potassium, folate and magnesium Garlic contains allicin and gluteamylcysteine which offers blood pressure lowering benefits White Beans which has fiber, protein, and iron, nutrients that work to keep your heart healthy because they control weight, lower your cholesterol, provide magnesium, potassium and calcium.
This recipe is tasty and makes plenty so there’s enough for leftovers to pack for lunch. You can also freeze it, or make half if you’re cooking for two.
