Wise Guy Chili - Christina Cooks

Ingredients

• Extra virgin olive oil
• 3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
• 1 red onion, diced
• Sea salt
• 3–4 teaspoons chili powder (or to your taste)
• Scant pinch smoked paprika
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 small can chopped green chilies
• 1 (32-ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 squares non-dairy, dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
• ½ cup quinoa, rinsed well
• 1 cup dried pinto or borlotti beans, rinsed well
• 1 bay leaf
• Spring or filtered water
• Cracked black pepper
• 2–3 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped