Thursday, December 10, 2009

Bean Soup v2

I used the last of that mixed-bean-and-grain mix from Whole Foods to make soup yesterday.

It's been kinda crazy around here. After Thanksgiving my mom decided on spur-of-the-moment to come for a visit. She arrived last Friday, stayed until Tuesday. She arrived with a cold unfortunately. Which she passed on to my son. Who passed it on to me. So spouse and I split our work days Tuesday and Weds. Today I have a bit of a sore throat but I'm doing my regimen that will hopefully nip this in the bud.

Since I was home in the morning and I knew I'd be working late...I decided on the crockpot soup. I soaked the beans and grains this time, for about 4 hours (starting at 6 am). At 10 am, I drained them, put them in the crockpot with 8 cups of boiling water, some sauteed celery and carrots, and italian seasoning. I cooked the soup on high until about 4 pm, at which point my spouse added about a cup of diced leftover beef from Thanksgiving, a veggie bouillon cube, frozen peas, parsley, and diced green onion. I didn't have any regular onion. But those green onions that I planted in the garden in April are actually growing now.

Finished off with salt and pepper...it was a very tasty soup, and now we've got some for the freezer.

What I learned? Soak the beans and grains first. So far this soup has been better on our digestion than the last one.

2 comments:

lynn @ the actors diet said...

i like that you guys tag-teamed your crock pot cooking!

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