Hi, You could try it. I don’t find pumpkin itself offers all that much flavor. Let me know what you think!

Hi Anita glad you gave it another go and that you think it tastes good!

On my second time making this I added 1/2 tsp salt at the start when frying the onions peppers and sweet potato, instead of adding salt at the end, and it was perfect for me. Can’t wait to cook it for friends.

Thank you for sharing! I’m happy that you found a reader comment helpful to make this suit what you were looking for. I think if you liked the end result, that’s what matters!

HI Martha (and Kate…pls comment)
Thanks for that suggestion of salt. As a result of your email Martha, I decided to try making it again. The weather is suppose to be crappy for the next few days, so I will be in the mood for chilli. The chilli is in it’s last hour of simmering now. Hopefully it will taste good because as it turned out, I tinkered with the amount of garlic, chilli powder and smoked paprika because of what I had. I used sweet potatoes instead of butternut squash which I read in the comments that should be ok.

Kate – I decided to follow your instructions of how to make black beans from scratch and add them to the chilli. I wondered since I added onions, garlic, cumin etc while cooking the black beans, and these are also ingredients for the chilli, then I wondered if that was right, as I am doubling up on these ingredients. Was I suppose to do that? When it came time to add the cooked beans to the chilli, I drained them as best as I could. Well, I am happy to report I think it tastes quite good!

I bought your book and it came a couple of days ago. So excited to try more recipes :-) I already made the risotto with cherry tomatoes

Best ever, that’s awesome! Thank you for your review, Michel.

Hi Anita, I also used smoked paprika instead of the chipotle sauce and found something was lacking at the end and turned out it was salt it needed not spice. I added two pinches of salt at the end and that really elevated all the flavours. I used only 1/4 tsp chilli powder as my husband also doesn’t like things too hot, plus the 1+1/2 tsp smoked paprika Kate recommends. My guess is the chipotle sauce she used already had salt in it, hence if you’re omitting that you might need a dose of salt.

I give this 5 stars – it was delicious and my husband said he likes it even more than the other chilli I make! Which is great as this was way easier to make than the other one! Thanks Kate!

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