Built for busy weeks and big flavour
A chilli is the perfect smart-cook dish – hearty, wholesome, and full of flavour. Cook it once and you’ve got the base for multiple meals for busy weeks.
1. Prep it!
Taking just a little time to prep can save you loads later in the week.
Base ingredients: Start by frying up an onion and garlic, then add your mince (meat, veggie, or lentil-based) and cook until browned. Stir in beans, tinned tomatoes or passata, a spoonful of tomato purée, and your go-to spices.
Supercharge with flavour and goodness:
The average family wastes £84 of food a month – but you can save money and waste less by using up what you already have. Supercharging makes your meal go further, saves food from the bin, and boosts the flavour.
A chilli is perfect for loading up with those extra bits from your fridge or freezer – peppers, carrots, celery courgette, sweetcorn, mushrooms, spinach… it all works!
2. Flex it!
This is the beauty of smart cooking – one base, endless options. Flexing keeps it exciting, saves time, and means you always have a tasty, easy option ready to go.
Your chilli can transform into something new throughout the week:
Classic with rice - Loaded with yoghurt, sour cream, avocado or cheese
Over pasta - Baked with cheese
Rolled into a burrito or wrap - Layered with slaw, beans, rice, avocado or salsa
Piled onto a jacket potato - Layered with yogurt, sour cream, guacamole and cheese
Topped with mash - For a shepherd’s pie twist
3. Recycle it!
Whatever way you serve your chilli, don’t forget the last step: Recycle what can’t be eaten! Those veggie stalks, inedible peelings and avocado skins go straight into your food waste caddy.
In Wales, food waste is turned into renewable energy to power our communities and fertiliser for local farms. Just one caddy full can power a typical home for almost an hour!
And each time you recycle, you’re helping push Wales closer to the No.1 recycling spot!
Haven’t got a caddy? Order one here.