Creamy Lima Bean Soup With Pasta

[We must not let] hell, rather than God, becomes the object of fear (Mt. 10:28)... Whatever the exact nature of this everlasting judgment, it is horrible ultimately for one reason only: God is present… Hell is not ultimately about fire, but about God. Whatever the exact nature of the physical punishments, the real terror awaiting the unrepentant is God Himself and His inescapable presence forever with His face turned against them.

Michael Horton

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Vegetables	Dutch	Appetizers, Beans & leg, Cooking lig	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	t	Olive oil
1	c	Chopped onion
1	c	Chopped carrot
3		Garlic cloves, minced
2	c	Water
3		Thyme sprigs
4	c	Fresh vegetable broth, or 29
		ounces vegetable broth
16	oz	Frozen baby lima beans
1/4	c	Chopped fresh basil
1	T	Lemon juice
3/4	t	Lemon pepper
1	c	Uncooked orecchiette pasta
		"little ears" pasta
1/2	c	Chopped bottled roasted red
		bell peppers

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion,
carrot, and garlic; sautÃ© 5 minutes. Add water, thyme, broth, and
lima beans; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15
minutes. Stir in basil, lemon juice, and lemon pepper. Place 3 cups
soup in a blender; process until smooth. Return pureed mixture to  pan;
bring to a boil. Add pasta; cook 15 minutes or until pasta is  tender.
Stir in bell peppers.  Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 cups).
Calories 316 (11% from fat); fat 4g (sat 0.6g, mono 2.2g, poly 0.6g);
protein 13.6g; carbohydrate 57.6g; fiber 4.3g; cholesterol 0mg; iron
2.6mg; sodium 420mg; calcium 76mg.  Recipe by: Cooking Light Magazine,
Dec 1997  Posted to EAT-LF Digest by aml@skypoint.com on Jul 19, 1999,
converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1419 Calories From Fat: 242 Total Fat: 27.4g Cholesterol: 9.8mg Sodium: 7824.5mg Potassium: 4878.8mg Carbohydrates: 242.5g Fiber: 56.9g Sugar: 22.5g Protein: 63.3g

When sin entered the world, it ruined the harmony of marriage not because it brought headship and submission into existence, but because it twisted man’s humble, loving headship toward hostile domination in some men and lazy indifference in others. And it twisted woman’s intelligent, willing, happy, creative, articulate submission toward manipulative obsequiousness in some women and brazen insubordination in others. Sin didn’t create headship and submission; it ruined them and distorted them and made them ugly and destructive.

John Piper

One might think that shame would now drive us to our task (of missions). Do the commands of our Lord mean so little to us? Are we indifferent to Him? Or, if not shame, pity on those who have not heard. Are we unconcerned at the cries of the heathen? Can we weep at television drama and sit dry-eyed before the needs of the lost? Such questions shame us, yet I know that shame will not move us as we ought to be moved. We will need a larger motive than our own humiliation to finish the task. Even the spiritual poverty of the pagan will not do it. We must have a grander vision...a new vision of God. And that vision is majestic, glorious.

Tom Wells