White Bean & Sweet Potato Soup

I made up this recipe just today! It's very tasty. 1 cup small white beans 4 cups distilled water Put the beans into a large pan with the water and bring to a boil. Boil for one hour and then drain and rinse. Repeat this process 2 more times. Meanwhile, put the following ingredients into a large crockpot and turn on high: 3 sweet potatoes, diced 1 onion, diced 3 ribs celery, diced 1 Tablespoon turmeric (less if you want) 1/2 Tablespoon parsley 1/2 Tablespoon sage 1 Tablespoon rosemary 4 Tablespoons McKay's Non Chicken Broth (available from Amazon.com) 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp thyme 4 cups distilled water. After the third hour of "bean" cooking and draining and rinsing, add the beans to the crockpot. Turn down to medium and cook until all flavors are blended. I cooked for about 4 hours. Stir and taste. Add any other seasonings that you would like. I added just a smidgen of lemon juice to perk it up.If it's thicker than you like, just add a bit more water.