Recommendations Wanted!: How to dress-up leftover chili

thedreamhazer
thedreamhazer Posts: 1,156 Member
edited September 28 in Recipes
So, this past weekend I made some really delicious Turkey, Barley and Black Bean chili. Yum! But I made WAY too much. Now I'm trying to find ways to re-serve this chili that's going to be interesting.
It was initial served over a baked potato, with a little low fat cheese and fat free sour cream. What else can I do to keep this from getting boring?
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  • DawnLosing
    DawnLosing Posts: 87
    Stir into come whole wheat pasta :)
  • SenoraMacias
    SenoraMacias Posts: 305 Member
    Baked potato was my suggestion! But what about rice? Or mashed potatoes made with skim milk and lite sour cream?
  • momma3sweetgirls
    momma3sweetgirls Posts: 743 Member
    On a hotdog, over tortilla chips. Oh, wait - did you want healthy options? :blushing:
  • ladybug1620
    ladybug1620 Posts: 1,136 Member
    Serve over rice, serve with tortilla chips, or just freeze it for the next time you get a craving for chili
  • FabCheeky
    FabCheeky Posts: 311
    I'm just thinking while I type BUT: Slice zucchinis lengthwise, and pour it over them. Stack it like you would lasagna. Bake at 350 until it's bubbly. Add a teeny cheese if it makes you feel fancy.
  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
    Yummy over salad greens.. no dressing needed. Or put into a whole wheat tortilla with tomatoes and avocado and greek yogurt for sour cream = burritos!
  • dcornwe
    dcornwe Posts: 73
    In a pita with a turkey dog? or you could freeze it for later
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    In a cup with soda crackers for nice lunch! But I really like it in burritos or on salad too.
  • beccala18
    beccala18 Posts: 293 Member
    You could always freeze it in smaller portions so that you have something ready to eat when you want it in the future. Keep enough out to eat now over potatoes, rice, pasta, spinach, broccoli, etc and then you'll have something great to eat in a few weeks when it sounds good again.
  • MuchMovement
    MuchMovement Posts: 100
    Chili tacos
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
    Yummy over salad greens.. no dressing needed. Or put into a whole wheat tortilla with tomatoes and avocado and greek yogurt for sour cream = burritos!

    yumo!
  • dcornwe
    dcornwe Posts: 73
    I'm just thinking while I type BUT: Slice zucchinis lengthwise, and pour it over them. Stack it like you would lasagna. Bake at 350 until it's bubbly. Add a teeny cheese if it makes you feel fancy.

    Thats creative! I love it!
  • thedreamhazer
    thedreamhazer Posts: 1,156 Member
    Oo, these all sound pretty good! Keep them coming, I'm taking notes!
    @ladybug1620 -- I have half of the leftovers frozen! This is what happens when you go from cooking for 8+ to cooking for 2! :blushing:
  • TromaRon
    TromaRon Posts: 228 Member
    Try some over an omelette.
  • tn2010
    tn2010 Posts: 228 Member
    In a taco-like salad (I'm imagining some cilantro sprinkled over the top). Over a lean turkey, veggie, or beef burger. Wrapped in tortillas. Mixed w/ lowfat cream cheese for a yummy dip (if you have a party to go to)!
  • annacataldo
    annacataldo Posts: 872 Member
    over corn bread, over turkey dogs, stirred in pasta (my roommates use to do mac & cheese with chili mixed in), just a plain bowl of chili. you could even stick with potatoes, and do a different kind--like roasted potatoes (in the oven, 350degrees, 20-30minutes, slices potatoes, sprayed with olive oil pam, seasoned with garlic, pepper, and italian seasonings---home fries), over rice.....
  • kimmerroze
    kimmerroze Posts: 1,330 Member
    I say freeze it for later... and then you don't have to figure out ways to re serve it, and you don't have to worry about it going bad.

    If you want another option... I like crumbling a layer of corn bread over the top. YUMMMMM!
  • ilovecreg120809
    ilovecreg120809 Posts: 516 Member
    i was thinking with rice or over mashed potatoes. maybe make some kind of shepards pie with it? put onto a tortilla shell and make like a chili burrito?
  • PlanetVelma
    PlanetVelma Posts: 1,223 Member
    You could cut up a turkey hot dog and add to your chili, my fiancee does that for a quick lunch.

    We do baked pototo & chili @ my house, that's a great filling lunch as well!

    What about putting some on a low-cal bun? Or you could just use half the bun and have an open face chili sandwich....just a different version of sloppy joes. :)
  • becksini
    becksini Posts: 17 Member
    You could cube up some hard-ish bread and put that in there or croutons! YUMMO!
  • PlanetVelma
    PlanetVelma Posts: 1,223 Member
    Oo, these all sound pretty good! Keep them coming, I'm taking notes!
    @ladybug1620 -- I have half of the leftovers frozen! This is what happens when you go from cooking for 8+ to cooking for 2! :blushing:

    I always make sure there are lots of leftovers when I cook, I have a meaning to my madness!!! LOL

    I like to freeze my own "TV Dinners" for those nights I don't feel like cooking (sick, tired, etc...) It's also nice when we forget to make lunches the night before, than we can just grap one of my homemade TV Dinners and I'm all set!
  • jhoney8
    jhoney8 Posts: 43 Member
    What about adding some fat free cream cheese to change up the flavor/consistency? I like the other suggestions too, add veggies or add to a dog or burger to make it a topping. Yum, chili!
  • Soziberry
    Soziberry Posts: 115
    I make a big batch of chilli for only me and divide it into portions through the week. Have it with rice or pasta, in wholewheat lasagne sheets with some Quark, throw in some cooked potatoes and a can of beans to make a cowboy stew and my fave fill canneloni tubes with and pour can of toms over and top with cheese. Not all low in calories but some variation on look.
  • deb1130
    deb1130 Posts: 38 Member
    I like chili over baked acorn squash or sweet potatoes, too.
  • g_coady
    g_coady Posts: 6 Member
    I serve Chili with a dollop of plain 0% yogourt, and multigrain tostitos around the edge of the bowl, very yummy.
  • freakaleek1
    freakaleek1 Posts: 58 Member
    Add some brown rice and and fill the chilli in to cabbage and make cabbage rolls
  • TacoGibbons
    TacoGibbons Posts: 136 Member
    (This would be a big dinner-salad) Bed of salad greens topped with 1/4 cup brown rice or quinoa and chili. I add the following toppings: cheese, diced tomatoes, black olives, red cabbage, shredded carrots, avocado, yogurt and pepitas! Nom! Nom! Nom!
  • Curvy1taliana
    Curvy1taliana Posts: 371 Member
    Sorry if this was already mentioned but I would eat it with a corn Vitatop muffin (yum) or you could have it with a couple fat free hot dogs (50 cal each) and fat free or low fat cheddar and have chili cheese dogs!
  • thedreamhazer
    thedreamhazer Posts: 1,156 Member
    Here's what I'm doing, thanks to you awesome recs!

    Yesterday: Served over mashed potatoes. Surprinsgly (to me) my boyfriend got positively giddy over this. Apparently it's one of his favorite meals (He never told me!)
    Tonight: Chili cabbage rolls. Yum! These will almost for sure be my favorite. I LOVE cabbage!
    Tomorrow: Cook up a little ground turkey to fill it out (I barely used any meat for the initial recipe) and make some homemade tortillas to fill for chilli burritos!
    Thursday: Might take a day off of chili! Lol.
    Friday: I am DEFINITELY going to give the zucchini chili lasagna a shot. I'll report on how it is!


    Thanks for the help, everyone! These ideas rock!
  • FabCheeky
    FabCheeky Posts: 311
    Here's what I'm doing, thanks to you awesome recs!

    Yesterday: Served over mashed potatoes. Surprinsgly (to me) my boyfriend got positively giddy over this. Apparently it's one of his favorite meals (He never told me!)
    Tonight: Chili cabbage rolls. Yum! These will almost for sure be my favorite. I LOVE cabbage!
    Tomorrow: Cook up a little ground turkey to fill it out (I barely used any meat for the initial recipe) and make some homemade tortillas to fill for chilli burritos!
    Thursday: Might take a day off of chili! Lol.
    Friday: I am DEFINITELY going to give the zucchini chili lasagna a shot. I'll report on how it is!


    Thanks for the help, everyone! These ideas rock!

    Awesome! Keep me posted! :)
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