I've been reading which is a bad thing.  Reading puts ideas in my head such as carbs are bad and olive oil creates toxins when heated.  The end result is a chili which has no beans and is cooked in coconut oil.

I'm not ready to have a full-on discussion about either of those topics so let's move on to the important part -- you can use olive in instead of coconut oil, and no, you can't taste the coconut.  It did make the house smell nice but it dissipates quickly and my wife didn't mention anything about it when she walked into the house.

There's been an increased amount of talk regarding the paleo diet lately which has me looking into the amount of carbohydrates in my meals.  I am obsessive-compulsive by nature so what I really need is something else to obsess about.

While this recipe contains dairy in the form of cheese, I think it would be considered a much better meal than if I had a little bit of pasta or rice to go along with it.  Feel free to add it; you're probably much more of a normal person than I am. :)  Regardless of what you add, this dish was very tasty on its own.