Veggie Chili

So Last night I made Veggie Chili. Picture will be posted later.

Here is how I made it:

1 -Medium sweet onion diced
5-Garlic Cloves diced
1-Green Pepper diced
2-Carrots diced
1-Butternut Squash diced
1-cup frozen corn
1-Can Black Beans, rinced and drained
1-Can of Light red kidney beans, rinced and drained
1-Container of Frozen Homemade Tomatoe Puree, Thawed- made with Paczesny's tomatoes :-)
(or you can buy a can of tomato puree)
1-large can of Tomato sauce
1-small can of tomato paste
1-1 1/2 cups of Water (adjust to how thick you like your soup)
3 TB Chili Powder
1 tsp Smoked Spanish Paprika
1 TB Red Pepper Seasoning
2 TB Hot Sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste

I sauteed the onions, garlic, and green pepper in a LARGE soup pan with a drizzle of Olive Oil. Then I added in the Carots, and squash and sauteed together for about 5 minutes. Then I added in the remaining ingrediants and brought to a boil and covered and reduced to low and simmered for 1.5 hours.

I think I added in a little more than 1 tsp of the smoked paprika, so that flavor kind of took over my chili a little bit, but in the end it turned out super yummy. Be CAREFUL when cooking with Smoked Spanish Paprika....it's a very over powering spice.....or maybe it was just really strong since I bought it from the Spice House at the Public Market....which by the way is my new favorite place to buy all my spices :-) It's VERY reasonably priced, so check it out!