North Woods Bean Soup Recipes

NORTH WOODS BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add carrots, onion, garlic, and kielbasa; sauté 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium; cook 5 minutes. Add the broth, Italian seasoning, pepper, and beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Place 2 cups of the soup in a food processor or blender, and process until smooth. Return the pureed mixture to pan. Simmer an additional 5 minutes. Remove soup from heat. Add the spinach, stirring until spinach wilts. Yield: 5 servings (serving size: about 1 1/2 cups) NUTRITION PER SERVING CALORIES 227(15% from fat); FAT 3.9g (sat 1.2g,mono 1.3g,poly 1.2g); PROTEIN 18.1g; CHOLESTEROL 26mg; CALCIUM 112mg; SODIUM 750mg; FIBER 6.7g; IRON 3.5mg; CARBOHYDRATE 30.8g

NORTH WOODS BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
• Add carrots, onion, garlic, and kielbasa and saute 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes.
• Add broth, seasoning and beans.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Place two cups of soup in a blender, process until smooth.
• Return the pureed mixture to pan and simmer an additional 5 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat.
• Add the spinach, stirring until spinach wilts.
• Enjoy.

GREAT NORTHERN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Stir carrots and celery into the onion mixture. Pour vegetable broth into the stockpot; add potato, bay leaves, basil, sea salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer until the vegetables are beginning to soften, about 20 minutes.
• Stir beans into the soup; continue simmering until the beans are hot and tender, about 20 minutes more.

NORTH WOODS BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Spray a large stockpot with non-stick vegetable spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add Kielbasa, carrots, onion and garlic; sauté for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium; cook for 5 minutes. Add broth, seasonings and beans. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Place 2 cups of soup in a blender or food processor. Process until smooth; return processed soup to pan. Simmer for an additional 5 minutes; remove from heat. Add spinach, stirring until it wilts.