Sweet Potato Chipotle Chili

4 chicken apple sausages

1 red onion

1 big fat sweet potato (seriously, get a big one!)

3/4 carton chicken broth

1 1/2T flour

1/2 can pumpkin puree

1 can corn

1 can navy beans

3-4 canned chipotle peppers (not dried. I guess that would work but I used canned)

1/2 cup half & half

2 granny smith apples

Salt and pepper to taste

Start by cutting the sausage into 1/4" quarters (so about a quarter-inch thick coin of sausage cut into quarters). Saute at the bottom of a dutch oven/really big pot with a drizzle of olive oil. When some of the brown tasty stuff starts sticking to the bottom pull the sausage out.

Chop the onion while the sausage is in the pan. Once the sausage is out put the onion in (you can add a little more olive oil if need be) and sweat the onions for about 5 minutes or until soft and translucent.

While sauteing onions peel and chop the sweet potato. Once you're done chopping, go ahead and add it to the onions! Let this go for a while (5-10 mins?)- it's just to start the cooking process for the potatoes.

Pull everything out of the pan and add enough chicken broth to just cover the bottom of the pan and dissolve the tasty brown stuff. Add a little more broth and whisk in the flour. To this mixture add your pumpkin and the rest of the broth and half & half.

At this point you can add enough chipotle to your liking - the sweet potato and dairy mellow out the sizzle so you may end up adding more later. I did :) Once your broth is to your liking go ahead and add everyone to the pot: sausage, potato, onions, corn and beans. Let everyone get to know each other in the pot until the potatoes are soft.

Put into bowls and sprinkle with diced (peeled) apple. If you want to add the apple while cooking you can, but it'll lose its bite and tang.

aannd there you go! Plus if you think about it, this is ridiculously good for you. Just chicken and veggies and awesome. :) Enjoy!