Healthy Bean Soup...My Sister's Story

I got an email from my sister. She said she had been thinking of dad and his bean soup. She wanted me to get the recipe from mom and send it to her.

After talking to mom, I called sis yesterday with dad's famous bean soup recipe (as mom remembered it). Dad never used an actual recipe..........he would use a pinch of this and a dab of that. DAD'S BEAN SOUP RECIPE:

* 1 bag of great northern beans
* diced onions
* salt and pepper to taste
* ketchup (add until you get the color you want)
* ham bone
* pinch of rosemary (crushed)
* 2-3 quarts of water

Cook all this together bringing it to a boil and then turning it down to simmer. Take the ham bone out and shred the meat off the bone when it is starting to fall of the bone. Put the ham back in the soup. When the soup is about done, use a potato masher and mash about half of the beans in the pan. That's all there is to it.

I got an email from her last night. She didn't think one bag of beans looked like enough so she cooked two. Rut Roh!!! Needless to say, the beans grew in the pan. She had to throw half of them away so she could get her ham bone in the pan.

She said her soup was smelling pretty good. I'm waiting for the follow-up email to see how it tasted.

If you're dieting and looking for fiber food, bean soup is a good source. I estimate the calories to be about 250 per bowl. There is nothing like a bowl of home made bean soup on a cold fall night. It tastes good and it's good for you.

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[Source: Fatty Weight Loss]