Title: Smoky Pinto Bean and Potato Soup
Categories: None
Yield: 6 Servings

1 md Onion, chopped
2 md Red potatoes, cut into l/2"
-cubes
2 Carrots, thinly sliced
1 Celery stalk, thinly sliced
14 oz Cooked pinto beans, rinsed
-and drained
28 oz Fat-free beef broth
2 Cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 ts Cumin seed
1/4 ts Black pepper
1 ts Mesquite smoke flavoring
1 tb White wine vinegar
1/4 lb Chopped smoked sausage,
-optional

Combine the onions, potatoes, carrots, celery, beans, optional sausage, and
broth in an electric slow cooker. Stir in the cumin, pepper, smoke
flavoring, and vinegar. Cover and cook on HIGH until the vegetables are
tender.

Cooking time: 3-l/2 to 5 hours; based on a 3-1/2 to 4 qt cooker.

Per serving excluding optional ingredients: About 137 calories, 1.7 g fat
(11% cff), 0.3 g saturated fat, O mg cholesterol, 236 mg sodium, 4.2 g
dietary fiber, author's estimate.

"Cumin and mesquite, potatoes and beans!" -- Smart Crockery Cooking (1996)
Carol Heding Munson IBSN 0-8069-6106-6 Untried idea /
phannema@wizard.ucr.edu / ELF on 3/3/97

Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n060 by PATh on Mar
03, 1997.