{Recipe} Crock Pot Vegetarian Chili & Cheesy Cauliflower Bread Sticks

We wanted to have a healthy Superbowl Sunday this year and it started with this spicy chili.  Mr Click found this recipe and we adapted it for our tastes.  I have a few veggie chilies in my arsenal but not one that uses a crock pot and this one used veggie sausage and sounded really good.  

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Start by adding 4 cups of water to your crock pot. Then add 2 cans of beans of your choice (drained and rinsed) to the crock pot. I used black beans and pinto beans.  Add 3 bay leaves, 3 cups of crushed tomatoes, spices*(1 TBS basil, 1 tsp oregano,1 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 2 tsp sea salt, 2 tsp cocoa & 2 tsp cinnamon) and 3 TBS agave nectar.  Put the lid on the crock pot and set to low heat. Don't forget to plug it in like I did on 4th of July with my beans!

 Now it's time for the veggies! You'll need 1 cup each: red and green pepper, carrots & onion, diced.  Add them all to the pan. (The original recipe called for cremini mushrooms but I left them out).  

 It's nice to have a helper for all of the dicing and chopping.  

Add 1 bag of crumbled veggie sausage. I used Wegman's brand  If you can't find crumbed veggie sausage, you can use veggie breakfast sausage patties (defrosted).  

Add 2 fresh jalapenos chopped (use as much or as little as you like). This makes it quite spicy (and we de-seeded ours first.)  Add 3TBS of coconut oil.  

Saute on medium heat for about 10 minutes.

*{in the original recipe it says to split the spice mixture in half and use half in the crock pot, half in the veggies but I missed that part and added them all at the crock pot stage--it still turned out great!}

 Add the sauteed veggies to the crock pot and cook on low for 2 hours.

 In the mean time, make some of these Cheesy Cauliflower Bread Sticks.

After 2 hours (or longer) the chili will be done. This recipe makes a lot so it would be good for a crowd. The veggie sausage gives it a nice kick (along with the jalapenos!).

 Serve with avocado slices, grated cheese, tortilla chips and any other toppings that you like.

Other Yummy Chili Recipes
"Beefy" Vegetarian Chili

White Bean Vegetarian Chili
Miraval Spa's Chili 

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{Link Party} Friday Favorites #97 & Features

It's that time again!

Friday Favorites is back and I'm so glad it's Friday.

I hope you're staying warm, I'm trying to!

My features from last week's party are:

Roxanne from The Honeycomb Home shares her styling tips and ideas with the 5 Most Versatile Decorating Accessories.  I have some of the items that she lists but now I want to add some mini boxwood wreaths to the mix!  This list is also great to keep in mind when I'm out thrifting--look for large baskets and serving trays!

Doesn't this Chicken Tortilla Soup from Joy at Yesterfood look delicious?  I can't get enough soup this time of year and this one is so easy--made from things you probably already have in your pantry!

I love how Sarah from Sadie Seasongoods upcycled an old stool into this Clever Wrapping Cart. Genius!!

Now onto this week's party.

Rules:

LINK & LINGER WITH A NEW BLOG

Link 1-3 of your projects- older projects work too!

Link back to www.ourlifeinaclick.blogspot.com 

Social media shout outs for the party are encouraged!
Please add our button to your post!

I'm going to be co-hosting this link up with these lovely ladies!

Laura from I'm Not a Trophy Wife

Emily from Our House, Now a Home

Morgan from Finding Morgan

They'd love it if you'd follow them and link up a project!!

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{Travel} European Vacation:Wrapping up London

Our last full day in London happened to be New Year's Eve.  

 We had breakfast in the hotel's executive lounge (love that perk!) and took the tube to the Tower of London.

 Tower of London family selfie!

 This place was truly impressive!

We even got to see more sunshine!

 There was a lot to see as you toured the different parts of the tower.

We definitely wanted to get a look at the Crown Jewels!

The line wasn't too bad since we were there fairly early.  They don't allow you to take photos once you enter the building.  Inside is room after room of priceless artifacts until you get to the very last room where the sparkly of the sparkliest reside. 

 The security was tight.

 We toured the grounds and structures...

and read about lots of torture that went on there.

 It's pretty neat because the tower is right in the center of the modern city.

 The Tower Bridge can be seen from the grounds and we walked over to get a better look.

 It looks closer than it was.

 We had lunch at The Liberty Bounds which had it's own interesting history.

More fish & chips (the real kind this time!)

 All Hallows By The Tower church (the oldest church in the city of London) was right across the street from the pub.

A quick stop at Starbucks and a photo op!

We went back to the hotel to relax and pack. We had an early-ish flight home the next day.We also wanted to experience Happy Hour in the executive lounge for once (always missed it).  

By the time we did that, we were all too tired to go out to dinner so room service it was!  The big fireworks show by the London Eye was a ticketed event and they strongly discouraged you from even getting close to the action.  We could actually see some of those fireworks from our room at midnight.

 There were plenty of other fireworks going off from the street below us. We had a great view of them!

Flying home the next day! 

I couldn't wait to get home. I loved our trip so much but I was ready to be home and celebrate the holidays with friends and family.

I hope you've enjoyed the recaps as much as I have.

I'm also ready to get back to regular blogging so there should be some fun, non travel related posts coming soon!

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{Travel} European Vacation - Night 9 London

After spending the gorgeous (sunny!) day sightseeing some of London's most famous landmarks, we had evening plans to do more of the same.

 We purchased tickets for The London Eye on line and printed them out at the hotel.  

 I wasn't sure how I'd feel once we entered our glass capsule with about twenty other people.  There was plenty of room to walk around and see the views from every side.

The wheel moves so slowly that you barely feel it moving (no motion sickness for me!)

Pretty soon you forget that you're suspended in the air in a glass capsule and you just enjoy the views.

 It was truly spectacular to get an overhead night time view of the city (I'm sure daytime is lovely too).

 There were interactive maps in the capsule and you could click on a building to see what it was.

Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.

Family selfie!

 The ride was over way too quickly (it's about 35 minutes long).

We had dinner reservations in Soho and some time to kill so we walked (about 15-20 minutes away on foot).

College Girl had found a vegetarian pub in London that served vegan "to-fush and chips and we had to try it! Coach & Horses looks like a traditional pub when you step inside and you have to go through the kitchen to get upstairs to the restaurant. By day it's a tea house and at night it serves vegetarian pub fare.

 Here's her vegan fish chips, complete with peas and tartar sauce.

 We also ordered a veggie burger with these amazing onion rings...

 and the 'rude' pie....all of it was delicious including the hot coconut rice pudding that was split for dessert.  This place was a great find and so worth it!

We took a taxi back to our hotel and Mr. Click and I shared a glass of wine at the hotel bar and watched a little football on the telly.

to be continued....

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