Back that thing up, or should I push up on it?

This week is "Teach theMan How to Cook" week at the Casa de los Granola. We started the week's lessons off with vegan stew complete with "how to chop veggies". It was fun! Had it of been a wee warmer, oh say maybe a balmy 10 degrees outside, it would have been naked stew making like originally planned. However, 1.) it's cold and 2.) a newbie chopping veggies with floppy appendages hanging around equals a bad idea. But might I suggest the next time you cook something together, and your furnace is functioning, lose the clothes. Remember, I'm all for a slutty holiday season!

So here's what we made....
The night before, soak black eyed beans, kidney beans, black beans for 4-8 hours (or use canned instantly). 2 cups room tempature water to every cup of beans.
1.) Heat some olive oil and chilli pepper flakes in a skillet on medium heat
2.) Add 2 medium sized sweet potatos, chopped and stir to coat pieces
3.) After about 5 minutes add 1 green pepper, 1 yellow pepper, 1 red onion, 1 clove garlic to mix and simmer on low heat for another 5 minutes.
4.) Throw all this in crock pot with beans (minus soak water) all day with a jug of tomato juice and let stew.
5.) We also added chilli spices, dill, basil and hot sauce to mix.

Stew, viola!