Recipe - Mixed Bean Soup

1/3 cup (heaping) Pinto beans
1/3 cup (heaping) Great Northern
1/3 cup (heaping) Red beans
1/8 cup (heaping) Kidney beans
1/8 cup Small white beans
1 tablespoon Black beans
One fourth cup (scant) Garbanzo beans
1 tablespoon Blackeye peas
2 tablespoon Split peas
1/3 cup Lentils

Total beans: about 2 cups for each recipe...Serves 10

Experiment with combining your own favorite bean varieties.. mix them
up!

Place in large pan, cover with water, soak, rinse well, then add 2 qts.
water and One half lb. lean ham, cubed. Simmer slowly 2 One half hours.

ADD: 1 large onion, chopped; 1 large can tomatoes; 1 Tsp. chili powder;
1 clove garlic, chopped; salt/pepper to taste. Simmer another hour or
until done. Before serving, add One half cup red wine; One half cup chopped
parsley.

Nutritional Analysis per serving: 201 calories; 15.7 g protein; 2.2 g
fat (l0% calories from fat); 28.7 g :carbohydrate; 12.5 mg cholesterol;
7.2 fiber; 816 mg sodium. Exchange: 2 starch; 1 One half oz. lean meat.

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Electronic format by Karen Mintzias

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