Creamy Lima Bean Soup With Pasta

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Carl Trueman

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

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