1 medium yellow onion, chopped in small pieces
1/4 cup sliced green onion
2 red bell peppers, seeds removed and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
1 T minced garlic (minced garlic from a jar is fine for this)
2 14 oz. can diced tomatoes with juice (I like Muir Glen organic tomatoes)
8 cups vegetable stock (or follow the original recipe and use 4 cups chicken stock and 4 cups beef stock if you don't care about it being vegetarian)
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 T Ancho chile powder (I used ground Ancho powder from Penzeys)
1 tsp. New Mexico chile powder
1 tsp. Aleppo pepper
(Use any combination of chile powders or spicy red pepper that you have if you don't have Ancho chile powder or Aleppo pepper)
1/2 cup uncooked brown lentils
1/4 cup uncooked brown rice
1 cup peanut butter (for South Beach Diet, be sure to choose natural peanut butter with no added sugar