Vegetarian Chili (Slow cooker/crock pot)

2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced fine
¾ cup finely diced green peppers (see next)

2 14.5oz cans diced tomatoes, or 1 quart home-canned tomatoes (I use Hunts diced tomatoes w/ pepper, celery & onion in place of diced green peppers)

3 cans of beans of choice (I like 2 cans pinto 1 can kidney) (about 8.5 cups of beans cooked)
1 can corn, drained
8oz can tomato sauce
¼ tsp beaumonde spice, optional
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp pepper
1 tsp seasoned salt
2 TBSP or more chili powder
1 tsp dried basil

I don't use the beaumonde spice, some people may like to add a tbsp brown sugar.

For meat eaters, just add 1lb of browned, ground meat

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker, cover and cook on low 8-12 hours, or high 5-6 hours.

If you want, saute the onions in veg oil before adding the remaining ingredients.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BELLIMARI.