Recipe - Fiesta Bean Soup

3 cup Water
3 Beef bouillon cubes
8 ounce Ground beef, lean; see
directions
1 Clove garlic; minced
One half cup Green pepper; chopped
1 One half cup Tomato juice
1 cup Canned kidney beans; rinsed
and drained
1 cup Frozen corn
One half teaspoon Basil

**This recipe called for 10 to 15% lean ground beef. Vons now sells 7%
ground beef now.

In a 3quart saucepan, combine water and boullion cubes. Bring to a boil
over high heat; reduce heat until water barely simmers. Crush boullion
cubes with back of a spoon. Stir until boullion cubes are completly
dissolved, set aside. In a heavy nonstick skillet, or a pan coated with
nonstick spray, brown beef. Stir with a fork to break up beef. Push
browned beef to one side of skillet. Til skillet; remove all but about 1
teaspoon drippings. Add garlic and bell pepper; saute 30 seconds. Spoon
browned beef and sauted vegetable into bouillon mixture. Add tomato juice,
beans, corn and basil. Bring to a boil over medium heat; reduce heat until
mixture barely simmers. Cover; simmer 15 minutes. 1 serving equals 1 1/2
cups soup.

Eat Light Exchanges:

2 meat; 1 One half bread; 1 One half vegetable; One half fat and 240 calories.
Recipe By : Eat Light

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #279

Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 21:30:56 0800

From: Mary Ash smile@ridgecrest.ca.us