Name: Sweet Potato Minestrone
Ingredients: Olive oil spray; 1/2 c Diced red onion; 1/2 c Diced carrot; 1/2 c Diced celery; 1/2 lg Clove garlic; smashed with; Salt; 1 tb White wine; such as Chardonnay; 2 c Water; 2 ts Concentrated vegetable broth; such as Better Than Bouillon (r); 1 c Diced peeled sweet potato; 1/2 ts Dried oregano; Italian seasoning; with fennel seeds; 1/4 ts Coarsely ground pepper; Salt; optional; 2 c Cooked Flageolets; with; 2 c Reserved broth; or water; 1/4 c Mashed potato flakes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Dutch	Soups	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Olive oil spray
1/2	c	Diced red onion
1/2	c	Diced carrot
1/2	c	Diced celery
1/2	lg	Clove garlic; smashed with
		Salt
1	tb	White wine; such as Chardonnay
2	c	Water
2	ts	Concentrated vegetable broth; such as Better Than Bouillon (r)
1	c	Diced peeled sweet potato
1/2	ts	Dried oregano
		Italian seasoning; with fennel seeds
1/4	ts	Coarsely ground pepper
		Salt; optional
2	c	Cooked Flageolets; with
2	c	Reserved broth; or water
1/4	c	Mashed potato flakes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Spray a Dutch oven and add the diced carrot, onion, celery and garlic to
the pan. Saute over medium-high for about 7 minutes or until onions are
soft and the vegetables are aromatic. Add the wine and cook for about 1
minute.
2. Add water and rest of the ingredients. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce
heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until vegetables potatoes are tender. Yield:
4 servings (serving size: 1-1/4 cups).
VARIATION: About 5 minutes before serving, add 1 cup chopped spinach or
Napa (Chinese) cabbage and continue cooking as needed.
NOTE: >From Pat Hanneman mc-PER SERVING: 251CAL, 2.8G fat (10.1% cff) to
>Eat-lf Archive 1998-Jan. INDEX Soups, Vegetables, Precooked-Beans,
White-Bean, Elf-Mail >For a similar recipe see 1997 COOKING LIGHT "Sweet
Potato Minestrone With Turkey Sausage" and tomato archived at Family.com
Cookbook: http://doljtp.family.com/cookbook/
INDEX beans.mcf, Precooked-Beans, Soups, Flageolets, White-Bean, Elf-Mail
Recipe by: Hanneman Jan98 (see note)
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n026 by KitPATh <[email protected]> on
Jan 22, 1998

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