Flageolet Bean Soup

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Vegetarian, Low-Fat Flageolet Bean Soup

 

2 cups dried flageolet beans * (French green lima beans)

1 onion, diced

2 carrots, peeled and diced

4 sprigs fresh parsley

2 sprigs fresh thyme

10 sage leaves

1 bay leaf

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups soy milk

Salt and pepper to taste

Parsley, finely chopped, for garnish

 

Pour 5 cups of boiling water over the beans. Cover and leave for 1 hour.

Drain and rinse. Add 6 cups of water and the rest of the ingredients, except

soy milk, salt and pepper, and parsley. Bring mixture to a boil, then lower

heat and simmer for 25 minutes until beans are tender.

Add soy milk and heat through. Remove the parsley and thyme sprigs and the

bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with parsley. Serve hot.

* Flageolet Beans can sometimes be purchased at specialty food stores.

Makes 4 servings.

Calories...216...Fat...1 g...Fiber...2.4 g.