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Chili is the perfect cold-weather treat: It\u2019s warm, takes only a stitch of effort (Crock Pot, anyone?) and fills you up, fast. But if the recent red meat warnings<\/a> (not to mention the saturated fat) have got you spooked, we found seven healthy chili recipe ideas that are still mouth-wateringly great. So skip the high-fat ground beef<\/a> at the grocery store and stock up on ingredients for these healthy chili recipes, featuring lean animal protein sources like chicken or heartier plant-based ones like lentils instead. No matter which you choose, get ready to hunker down with a bowl of goodness \u2014 and lot of leftovers that will make great lunches for the rest of your week. (Another great idea: one of these quinoa bowls<\/a>, TBH.)<\/p>\n RELATED:<\/strong> 9 Kitchen Tools Every Home Cook Needs<\/a><\/p>\n 1. Turkey Chili With White Beans 2. Lentil Chili 3. 5-Ingredient Easy White Chicken Chili RELATED: <\/strong>13 Ways to Pimp Your Scrambled Eggs<\/a><\/p>\n 4. Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili 5. Slow Cooker Verde Chicken Chili 6. Quinoa Vegetarian Chili RELATED:<\/strong> Are You a Protein-aholic? How Much Meat Is Too Much<\/a><\/p>\n 7. Lentil, Tempeh and Sweet Potato Chili Chili is the perfect one-pot meal when the temperatures drop. Lighten things up with these healthy chili recipes that taste amazing \u2014 and are totally guilt-free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,27,9],"tags":[162,155,126,81,345,356],"class_list":["post-44952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dinner","category-healthy","category-recipes","tag-chicken","tag-dinner","tag-fiber","tag-quinoa","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2cholesterol"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Healthy](\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/healthy-turkey-chili.jpg\")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>This white-bean and turkey blend, which takes on its hue from peppers and tomatoes, is perfect for those looking to up the nutrition factor of traditional chili without sacrificing any flavor. Northern white beans are full of resistant starch, which takes far longer to digest, thus keeping you fuller, longer. Photo and Recipe: Perry Santanatoche \/ Life by DailyBurn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"Lentil](\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Lentil-Chili.jpg\" "\\"Lentil")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>Taking the main ingredient out of a dish \u2014 in this case, any kind of meat \u2014 can be a bit daunting if you\u2019re serving dinner to a bunch of meat-loving carnivores. But in this case, lentils work as a substitute for the chunky, delicious texture chili usually has while also adding a ton of lean protein, fiber, folate and iron, too. Photo and Recipe: Katya \/ Little Broken<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"5](\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/5-ingredient-white-chicken-chili.jpg\")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>In our book, the less ingredients, the better. Especially <\/em>when the recipe doesn\u2019t short you on flavor. Enter this chili, which uses salsa verde to give it some color (and of course, major heat). Photo and Recipe: Ali \/ Gimme Some Oven<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"Sweet](\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Black-Bean-and-Sweet-Potato-Chili-Vertical.jpg\")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>Sweet potatoes are one of our favorite fall foods: Not only are they healthy and chockfull of vitamins, but they\u2019re also especially yummy and versatile, working just as well with turkey as they do with chili or For a healthy topper, try some fresh cilantro, a bit of queso fresco or avocado slices, as shown. Photo and Recipe: Gaby \/ What’s Gaby Cooking<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"Slow](\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/slow-cooker-chicken-chili-verde.jpg\" "\\"Slow")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>Make this in the a.m. and come home to a perfect dinner after work. Frozen corn contributes a bit of flavor and lot of texture, while the hot sauce, salsa, chili powder and diced jalape\u00f1os give it a real kick. But play with the amount of spice you want here: No one will miss that extra dash of hot sauce. (And if they do, hand them the bottle, right?) Photo and Recipe: Stacie \/ Simply Stacie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"Vegetarian](\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/vegetarian-quinoa-chili.jpg\" "\\"Vegetarian")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>Quinoa\u2019s one of our favorite grains because it\u2019s so versatile: You can literally eat it for breakfast, lunch and dessert. Surprisingly, it also adds a great texture to chili. With two types of beans and quinoa\u2019s own protein-packed punch, your belly will never notice the missing meat \u2014 same for your brain. Photo and Recipe: Emily Miller \/ Life by DailyBurn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"Tempeh](\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tempeh-lentil-chili.jpg\" "\\"Tempeh")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>Milder than most traditional recipes, this chili is full of goodness and flavor without the tongue-stinging kick. Tempeh, which crumbles like ground meat, is an ideal vegetarian substitute that takes on the other flavors beautifully. Photo and Recipe: Kathleen Henry \/ Produce on Parade<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"