So Ryan LOVES chili. For me…well it depends on the chili.

Anyway, chili is an easy Primal meal to make and you can make a huge pot of it and have leftovers for days, which is a real plus!

But honestly, I get bored with chili. It is just meat with tomato sauce to me after a while (since we don’t use beans and only use rice on high carb days).

So how did we make it more interesting? Add some more texture and even more vegetables?

We added CAULIFLOWER!

This might sound a bit strange, but when you either “rice” or put cauliflower in a food processor, you get what looks a lot like rice or couscous.

It adds a nice texture to the chili, hides another vegetable in the chili for those who don’t like veggies and it makes the chili even more filling without adding more calories (actually it may even make the portion you take less calorically dense!). More bang for your buck!

So here it is…Cauliflower Chili

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef (grass-fed)
1 onion
15 oz can of Tomato sauce
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp Garlic salt
1 tbsp Cumin
1 tbsp Frank’s Hot sauce
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 cup Couscous-ified cauliflower (Yea…I made the word up)

Heat a skillet on medium and add onions and half the cumin.

When those are translucent, add ground beef.

When ground beef is almost cooked add tomato sauce and spices and let simmer on low.

You can let the chili simmer on low heat for awhile. If you can let it simmer for about 20 minutes it will be more flavorful.

While chili is simmering, add cauliflower to a mixer and dice/chop/couscous-ify. Once it is all like couscous, and once chili is about a minute away from serving, add couscous cauliflower.

Serve and top with either just a tiny sprinkling of grass-fed cheese or some guacamole!

I haven’t yet taken a picture of the meal, but it has become a regular in our diet! Enjoy!

Also, do you ever add random vegetables to dishes where they aren’t supposed to be and found the new recipe to be delicious!?! If so, let me know!