Hi friends, who's got a good vegetarian/vegan chili recipe? After eating mostly @strawberry 's veggie soup for days and enjoying myself I'm trying significantly cut down on meat. That being said, how do you make a good meatless chili? I've tried meat substitutes like beyond beef but those were super dry, and one squash based recipe was extremely bland and not really chili. I currently only own some pans, one small pot (like 4 inches tall) and a crock pot.
I already don't like cheese or sour cream and don't really use butter so that makes the vegan part easier.
I'd suggest black or small red (ie not kidney) beans.
Other than that I usually keep it pretty simple: onions, celery, habanero and garlic fried up with bay leaves, add some tomatoes but not too much then blend it all (take out the bay leaves and replace them after), then add beans, thick carrots and corn with your spices, heavy on paprika, chili powder and white pepper. Chocolate is a nice add if you have some. I usually add some veggie ground round at the end.