Super Simple Pumpkin Chili

Ingredients:

• 1 large pumpkin (make sure you can fit it in your oven!)

• 2 large onions

• 1/4 cup olive oil or butter

• 2 carrots diced

• 1 bell pepper

• 3 pounds ground beef or ground turkey

• 1-2 cans kidney beans (or if you are planning ahead, soak raw beans overnight with 1 TBSP apple cider vinegar, cook slightly before putting them in the pumpkin)

• 3 TBSP chili powder

• 1 TBSP cumin

• 1 TBSP oregano

• 3 TSP salt … or more.

• 20 oz tomato sauce or 2 1/2 cups fresh tomato puree

• 2 cups broth (beef or chicken!)

• 3 TBSP apple cider vinegar

Optional Toppers:

• Shredded cheese

• Sour cream

• Green Onion

• Avocado

Lets Make It:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees

• Cut and clean the pumpkin

• Heat olive oil in skillet

• Chop veggies, set aside

• Add onions to olive oil, cook on low for 10 min or so until translucent

• Add carrots and bell pepper, cook until softened

• Raise heat, add beef. Cook until no longer pink.

• Add all other ingredients, mix and simmer

• Add entire mixture to pumpkin

• Bake for 40 minutes at 400 degrees

• Serve in bowls - make sure you scoop the sides as you are serving to get pumpkin in the mix!