improve with white beans.

I am heading out for a writers group tonight and decided I wanted to make dinner before I left with what I had in the cupboards.
for the bean dish I used:
2 cups dry Great Northern White Beans
1 can green chillies
1 can diced tomatoes with Jalepeno
2 cloves garlic
three dried red chilies
15-20 frozen basil leaves
peanuts
Olive Oil
Red bell pepper (about one fourth)

for the Rice
1 can coconut milk
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 cup organic brown rice.
To make the beans I cooked them in the rice cooker with 10 cups of water. Mean while sauteed the onion and bell pepper till soft. Then I dumped in the tomatoes and the chillies (both green and dried) and finely shredded garlic. Brought to a boil then shut if off until the beans were done. I used the olive oil the basil and the peanuts to make a pesto. When the beans were done I added them to my tomato mixture and simmered till it became a nice paste. I then stirred in my pesto. Voila-

For the rice I dumped everything in the rice cooker and am waiting for it to finish.  Hope all turns out.