I had a bunch of cooked white (actually they were canary, but close enough) beans and I wanted a vegetarian white chili recipe. I ended up culling through dozens of recipes, added more veggies than any I found and pieced together the recipe below. It was delicious! Even my husband agreed, which is a huge surprise.... It is sweet from the long-cooked cauliflower and cabbage and turns creamy from the long-cooked quinoa. I didn't saute any veggies so it was *easy*.


Very Veggie White Chili
10 1-cup servings

• 6 cups vegetable broth, preferably a light-colored one or your soup will be dark - I used water + fake chicken stock powder
• 1/2 block (7 ounces) tofu, crumbled - I froze mine first for different texture
• 1/2 cup yellow or white onions, diced
• 1 cup celery, diced - I only used the white end of the stalks
• 2-3 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 1 1/2 cups cauliflower, broken into tiny florets
• 1 1/2 cups green cabbage, shredded thinly - I used the white parts
• 1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained
• 3 cups white beans, cooked - I cooked them with garlic & onion & bay leaf

Seasonings to taste:

• White pepper
• Salt
• Cayenne pepper, a tiny pinch or more if you like spicy
• Garlic and/or onion powder if your stock doesn’t carry enough punch

Garnishes:

• Cheese, grated, something white like Monterey Jack or white cheddar
• Sour cream

Dump everything in the crockpot/slow cooker except the beans. (Probably you could use soaked beans and put them in at the same time as everything else, but my beans were already cooked so I added them at the end). Mine cooked about 4-5 hours on high.

Then add the beans and heat them through for about half an hour.

Serve garnished with a dollop of fat free sour cream and/or lowfat cheese (I used white cheddar), if desired.


Nutrition Facts - Thanks to Sparkpeople (this does not include the sodium from the bouillon I used)
10 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 165.3
Total Fat 2.9 g
Saturated Fat 0.3 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.9 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.3 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
Sodium 146.6 mg
Potassium 363.2 mg
Total Carbohydrate 26.7 g
Dietary Fiber 6.0 g
Sugars 1.3 g
Protein 9.9 g
Vitamin A 0.8 %
Vitamin B-12 0.0 %
Vitamin B-6 6.9 %
Vitamin C 22.4 %
Vitamin D 0.0 %
Vitamin E 0.4 %
Calcium 7.6 %
Copper 9.5 %
Folate 19.8 %
Iron 17.8 %
Magnesium 12.3 %
Manganese 27.9 %
Niacin 3.0 %
Pantothenic Acid 3.0 %
Phosphorus 29.6 %
Riboflavin 37.7 %
Selenium 7.3 %
Thiamin 7.9 %
Zinc 5.5 %
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Thank you Emma! I'm adding this to my list for the week.

This is just the thing I was searching for a recipe for. Thank you, Emma!
I'm going to make it this week.

Your idea is useful