One Chilli, Five Incredible Low-Calorie Recipes

A great mother recipe that gives you loads of
Lo-Dough-based recipe options

Having a simple chilli recipe up your sleeve unlocks all manner of associated Lo-Dough recipes. We all love this spicy comfort food.. its hearty, warming, healthy and delicious.

By switching the usual mound of white (or even brown) rice for Lo-Dough, you are dramatically reducing the carbs of the meal and thus the calories too. We've served the recipe above with Lo-Dough garlic bread, but it's great for burritos, chilli bowls, chilli dogs and as a quirky pizza sauce topping and is absolutely brilliant for topping nachos. It's a great high-fibre and high-protein meal and homemade will be far tastier than any shop-bought version. Make plenty and portion up - it freezes perfectly.

The linked recipe is as simple as it can get, but there are a few flavour and diet hacks you can apply.

Making a veggie chilli is just as easy. Swap the mince for quorn or another substitute, or just used mixed vegetables of your choice. Diced mushrooms, extra beans and peppers, sweetcorn, more beans. It can be as simple or as complicated as you like.
Obviously, the heat level is totally up to you. Mix and match fresh chillis with the chilli powder and use the strength of chilli powder that best suits you.
If you are looking to lower the carbs in the dish, half the amount of kidney beans in the whole recipe to reduce 4g of carbs per serving (it would drop by 8g carbs per portion if you left them out entirely). You may want to use a mixture of higher fat mince and possibly some minced pork too.
If you want to make it richer and a little more special, use a glass of red wine in the sauce. Another classic addition is a couple of blocks of dark, bitter chocolate.

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