Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili

Cooler days call for chili and cornbread.

Cooler FALL days call for this Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili!

Am I right or am I right? πŸ˜‰

Birds eye view of a large pot of fall chili, pumpkin cornbread, and a bowl of warm chili topped with shredded cheese sour cream, and green onions.

If Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili is just a little too far out there for you, even though you love fall flavors, let me ease your mind. You actually can’t taste the pumpkin. To be honest, you won’t even know it’s there.

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The BEST Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili | Fall begs for healthy and easy stove top recipes like this main dish. Use ground beef, turkey, buffalo, or venison in this crockpot friendly dinner. Gluten free soups and low carb stews are always my go-tos when it gets cold and this spicy chili is no exception. Adding a little fresh produce like bell pepper, onion, and canned or fresh pumpkin bumps up the nutritional content too! Kids and adults alike will love this chili!

Why add it if you can’t actually taste it?

#1 – It’s fall and pumpkin needs to be added to EVERYTHING. (It’s a rule.)
#2 – Pumpkin is SUPER healthy.

 – 1 cup of cooked pumpkin contains more than 200% recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.
– Cooked pumpkin is a fiber rich food that helps keep you full.
– Pumpkin can help boost your immunity with it’s high Vitamin C content.

#3 – It thickens the chili to a lovely consistency.
#4 – It’s fall and pumpkin needs to be added to EVERYTHING. Whoopsies, it seems I have already stated that… πŸ˜‰

The BEST Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili | Fall begs for healthy and easy stove top recipes like this main dish. Use ground beef, turkey, buffalo, or venison in this crockpot friendly dinner. Gluten free soups and low carb stews are always my go-tos when it gets cold and this spicy chili is no exception. Adding a little fresh produce like bell pepper, onion, and canned or fresh pumpkin bumps up the nutritional content too! Kids and adults alike will love this chili!

With the addition of fall spices like allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon this meal tastes like autumn.

The subtleness of the honey takes this typically spicy dish to the next level! Don’t worry though, the chili isn’t actually sweet. Because like gross me out!

Up close view of an autumn chili that is gluten free and dairy free.

The slightly sweet and very savory marry perfectly. And if you are thinking that you should substitute pumpkin pie spice for the other warm spices in this meal let me know how it goes.

I was hesitant to do it because my homemade pumpkin pie spice contains ginger, but not allspice. Maybe the addition of the ginger would be yummy, but I was skeptical.

Like I said, PLEASE let me know if you make your Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili with that substitution.  πŸ™‚

The BEST Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili | Fall begs for healthy and easy stove top recipes like this main dish. Use ground beef, turkey, buffalo, or venison in this crockpot friendly dinner. Gluten free soups and low carb stews are always my go-tos when it gets cold and this spicy chili is no exception. Adding a little fresh produce like bell pepper, onion, and canned or fresh pumpkin bumps up the nutritional content too! Kids and adults alike will love this chili!

Oh, I almost forgot. Did you spy that delicious bread in the background? Well do I have a treat for you.

PUMPKIN. CORNBREAD. 

Yep, pumpkin chili and pumpkin cornbread.

Seriously, could fall be any more delicious? 

Please enjoy both of these delightful recipes and all.the.pumpkin. this time of year!

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5 from 1 vote

Clean Eating Pumpkin Chili

Fall begs for healthy and easy stove top recipes like this main dish. Use ground beef, turkey, buffalo, or venison in this crockpot friendly dinner. Gluten free soups and low carb stews are always my go-tos when it gets cold and this spicy chili is no exception. Adding a little fresh produce like bell pepper, onion, and canned or fresh pumpkin bumps up the nutritional content too! Kids and adults alike will love this chili! For more recipes like this check out GroundedandSurrounded.com.
Course: Main Dish, Soup/Stew
Cuisine: Gluten Free
Servings: 8 people
Calories:

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground meat (turkey, beef, venison, buffalo)
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 orange bell pepper, diced
  • 15 oz can pumpkin puree
  • 15 oz petite diced tomatoes
  • 15 oz tomato sauce
  • 15 oz chili beans, undrained
  • 15 oz kidney beans, undrained
  • 2 cups water
  • 4 tsp chili powder
  • 1 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

  • In a large soup pot, brown ground meat.
  • Add in remaining ingredients and bring to a simmer. Simmer for at least 30 minutes.
  • Let rest for 15 minutes and serve in a bowl with tortilla chips, shredded cheese, sour cream (plain Greek yogurt), or sliced avocado. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Notes

This can be made in the crock pot. Brown ground meat and add to crock pot along with remaining ingredients Cook on LOW for 6 hours. 

4 Comments

  1. Esther Aguilar

    5 stars
    Thank you Sammi! I will get the ingredients I need to make this delicious recipe. Looks so tasty !

  2. Clarice Griffith

    This sounds so good. Can you give me an idea of the calories per serving?

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