Welcome to my 2nd blog post!! Tonight's dinner was not as amazing as last night's, but I was able to prepare it in advance and it was ready when I got home-- that's always a plus! As some of you know, I have had some mishaps with the slow cooker in the past. The recipe I made tonight did not originally call for the slow cooker, but I decided to add that in.... just because I was feeling daring :)

Anyways, I made White Chili with Ground Turkey. Although I'm not a huge chili fan (I know, who's the picky one now? :) ), Cory loves chili so I thought I would give this one a go....

Here is the original recipe:

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
• 2 (4 ounce) cans canned green chile peppers, chopped
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ground cayenne pepper to taste
• ground white pepper to taste
• 3 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Directions

In a large pot over medium heat, combine the onion, garlic and ground turkey and saute for 10 minutes, or until turkey is well browned. Add the chile peppers, cumin, oregano, cinnamon, cayenne pepper to taste and white pepper to taste and saute for 5 more minutes.
Add two cans of the beans and the chicken broth to the pot. Take the third can of beans and puree them in a blender or food processor. Add this to the pot along with the cheese. Stir well and simmer for 10 minutes, allowing the cheese to melt.

I made just a few modifications.....

- I only used 1 can of green chili's instead of 2. I am a wuss when it comes to spicy food :)

- I made the recipe as directed but did not add the cheese. Instead, I simmered the chili on low in the slow cooker all day. When I got home, I added the cheese (it ended up being closer to 3 cups :))

- One suggestion I would make after making this chili is to reduce the amount of chicken broth. I ended up ladling out about 3 cups of broth before adding the cheese just because it was way too soupy-- not thick like a chili.

- I served the chili with cornbread that I made from a Trader Joe's mix.... very tasty!

Overall, this recipe was decent. I'm not sure if I would add it to my list of favorites.

Enjoy! :)