Most Sincerely,

Wanting something autumny and yummy for Mabon I came up with this pot o' something I'm going to name Great White Chili. I had a big bag of Great Northern beans in the cabinet, they were my starting point. Before I became vegetarian I enjoyed white chili a lot, so I thought it would be nice to come up with a veggie friendly pot. Here's how it went:

• About 4 cups of soaked Great Northern beans. I'm not sure how much this would be dry. I just soaked the whole bag and froze what I didn't use for this chili.
• 3 green bell peppers chopped into smallish pieces
• 1 medium onion cut into fourths. 3/4 chopped for the chili pot, 1/4 chopped for garnish.
• 4 cloves of garlic minced
  
• 1 medium yellow tomato cut into fourths
• 1/2 small jalapeno pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
• dash cayenne
  
• 4 cups vegetable broth. I used low sodium vegetable bouillon 
• 1 cup water
• 2 teaspoon olive oil (or enough to coat the bottom of your cooking pot
• salt to taste
  

I like to be able to cook in one pot and this recipe does just that. Start with a large cooking pot. Coat the bottom with olive oil and allow to warm over medium-high heat. Once warm add the onions and saute for approximately 5 minutes, or until onions turn transparent and edges brown slightly. Add garlic and saute about 2 more minutes. Add all spices (but not jalapeno). Push around onions and garlic so coated with spices. De-glaze pan by adding a bit of the vegetable broth, stir thoroughly, add rest of veggie broth. Stir, allow to come to a low boil over high-medium heat. While this is heating up combine 1 cup of water, yellow tomato, and jalapeno to blender. Blend until smooth. Add this to the warming pot. Allow this all to come to a boil. Once boiling add Great Northern beans. Stir and allow to come to back to a boil. Once bubbling nicely reduce heat to just above simmer, place lid on tilted so some steam can escape. Cook for approximately 2 hours or until beans reach desired softness, add salt to taste. Garnish with onions (I added three chopped banana peppers to our onions) and serve with Vegan Whole Wheat Crackers. Enjoy!