Chilli con Carne

I've made my own and I've worked it out to 12PP, which seems an awful lot
Would somebody mind casting their eye over my recipe and pointing, please?

500g lean minced beef - 24PP
two tins of tomatoes with chilli - 0PP
onion - 0PP
mushrooms - 0PP
peppers - 0PP
spices - 0PP
oxo beef cubes - 0PP
400g tin red kidney beans - 11PP (the book says 35g is 1PP so I've worked out the can to 11PP

This recipe serves 6, so equates to 6PP each

60g dried rice - 6PP

On my esource recipe builder it comes out as 11pp:

Chilli con carne


ProPoints® Value: 11
Servings: 6

Preparation Time: 0 min
Cooking Time: 0 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy


Ingredients
1 pack(s) The Co-Operative Lean Minced Beef, Reduced Fat, frozen 22pp
2 can(s) Tomatoes, Whole or Chopped, Canned (large) 0pp
1 medium Onion, All Types 0pp
1 medium Pepper, All Types 0pp
1 teaspoons Mixed Spice 0pp
2 cube(s) Oxo Beef Cubes 0pp
1 tin(s) Epicure Chilli Beans Red Kidney Beans in Chilli Sauce 10pp
360g Rice, White, Arborio, Dried 33pp

so yes, it's a bit high in points... although if instead than having 60g of rice per person you had 50g of rice per person (which is still a nice bowl of rice!) it would cut another point and get to 10, as it would be 28 propoints for 300g of rice. 10 propoints is a good size dinner which can fit easily in your 29 daily allowance!

kagome75 said:

On my esource recipe builder it comes out as 11pp:

Chilli con carne


ProPoints® Value: 11
Servings: 6

Preparation Time: 0 min
Cooking Time: 0 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy


Ingredients
1 pack(s) The Co-Operative Lean Minced Beef, Reduced Fat, frozen 22pp
2 can(s) Tomatoes, Whole or Chopped, Canned (large) 0pp
1 medium Onion, All Types 0pp
1 medium Pepper, All Types 0pp
1 teaspoons Mixed Spice 0pp
2 cube(s) Oxo Beef Cubes 0pp
1 tin(s) Epicure Chilli Beans Red Kidney Beans in Chilli Sauce 10pp
360g Rice, White, Arborio, Dried 33pp

so yes, it's a bit high in points... although if instead than having 60g of rice per person you had 50g of rice per person (which is still a nice bowl of rice!) it would cut another point and get to 10, as it would be 28 propoints for 300g of rice. 10 propoints is a good size dinner which can fit easily in your 29 daily allowance!

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Thanks for that x

I made a chilli tonight too, my chilli was 7 pp and rice was 6pp too - but no way could I eat all the rice (60g), so I'll definitely be using 30 or 40g in future I think - looking at my plate I reckon that's probably what I ate tonight anyway!