Looking for something warm to eat that will help build your immune system? Here is a YUMMY recipe full of vegetables to give you a little boost.
Amazon Bean Soup With Winter Squash and Greens
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 clove (s garlic – minced)
- 2 medium carrot (s – chopped)
- 1 medium onion (s – chopped)
- 6 cups broth (chicken, less sodium)
- 3 pounds squash (butternut – peeled and diced)
- 1 medium tomato (es, plum – chopped)
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper (red, crushed)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper (black ground)
- 30 ounces beans (pinto – or 2 15-ounce cans, rinsed)
- 10 ounces spinach – stemmed and coarsely chopped
- 1 lime (s – cut into wedges)
- Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add garlic, carrots and onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender and lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add broth and scrape up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Add squash, tomato, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the squash is very soft and almost breaking apart, about 20 minutes.
- Transfer 3 cups of the soup to a blender and puree until smooth. (Use caution when pureeing hot liquids.)
- Return the pureed soup to the pot. Stir in beans and spinach and cook over medium heat until the beans are heated through and the spinach is wilted, about 5 minutes. Serve with lime wedges.
Recipe courtesy of BetterEats.com
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