review: bayou beans soup 2pts

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Here's an idea to kick a canned soup up a notch or two.

 

PRODUCT -- health valley 5-bean veg soup is good but rather dull.

It makes a great base for ethnic spices. like southwestern or

italian or cajun ....

 

Here's our latest variation. It was very tasty soup.

 

>>>We think it would be great over rice as a main dish - like in red beans and

rice vegetarian ;-) <<<

 

We served this with a salad in a pita!

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Bayou Beans Soup ~2pts

 

Recipe By :KP Slimmer Meals 2002 Hanneman (ed)

Serving Size : 2 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Beans Rice

Vegetarian {Posted}

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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olive oil spray

1/3 cup diced yellow onion

2 tablespoons diced green bell pepper

2 tablespoons diced yellow bell pepper

1/4 cup sliced celery

garlic -- to taste

15 ounces Five Bean Vegetable Soup -- (Health Valley)

1/4 cup water

SEASONINGS:

1/2 tablespoon dried parsley

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1 teaspoon sun-dried tomato flakes

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

 

Lightly brown the onion in a sprayed, medium-size sauce pan. Add bell pepper and

saute to soften for 1 minute. Add the celery, garlic, and contents of soup can,

plus water. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat immediately to lowest setting. Add

seasonings. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Serve

hot.

 

Per Serving: Calories 92 (20% from fat); 2g Total Fat; 2g Fiber (2 WW POINTS)

 

 

VARIATIONS: * Replace sun-dried tomato flakes with dried chipotle chile flakes.

* Replace cayenne with Cajun seasonings. Add tabasco sauce, a splash of vinegar

before serving on rice. * Add tomato paste and Parmesan Cheese and serve with

farfalle. * Add corn and burrito seasoning dry mix and serve with tortillas. *

Add salsa and top with tortilla corn chips. * Add spinach and ditalini pasta.

 

Source:

" Based on " Bayou Red Beans and Rice " in Global Vegetarian by Jay Solomon "

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" http://home.earthlink.net/~kitpath/ "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 92 Calories; 2g Fat (18.4% calories from

fat); 3g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 794mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 3 Vegetable; 0 Fat.

 

NOTES : Health Valley 5 Bean Vegetable Soup is a versatile soup base. Bland when

served straight from the can, it adapts to a variety of regional seasonings.

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 1567 0 0 0 0 0 905900 0