Garbanzo Chili with ham and Peppers: This is a deliciously hot and very hearty meal, you will love it!

Ingredients:

• ¼ pound of thinly sliced ham
• One can of crushed tomatoes’
• One can of garbanzo beans
• One can of pinto beans, rinsed and then drained
• One large onion (chopped)
• Two green bell peppers
• ½ cup of water
• Two tbsp of chili powder
• One tbsp of cider vinegar
• One tsp cumin seeds
• Six coves of garlic
• One dried cayenne pepper (seeded and the minced)
• One small avocado (diced)

Preparation:

This will make about 8 servings

Take the ham, the tomatoes, the pinto beans, the garbanzo beans, the onion, the chili powder, the bell peppers, the vinegar, the garlic, the cumin seeds, the cayenne pepper, and the water and add into the crock-pot. Then cover it and let it cook at a low until the vegetables are nice and tender and the flavors have become nicely blended. This will take about four to six hours on low, but you may cook it at a high for three to four hours.

This recipe has 268 calories per serving and has 6.4 grams of fat.

** make sure to wear some gloves when you are chopping/ seeding the chilies, or else the compound within the chili will sting and burn your fingers. **