South Beach Italian Style Black Bean Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 333.3
  • Total Fat: 1.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,920.9 mg
  • Total Carbs: 64.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 20.1 g
  • Protein: 17.9 g

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Introduction

The recipe called for 1 lb dried black beans that you soak for 6 hours or overnight in water. I used one can of black beans, one can of kidney beans and one can of pinto beans (my husband loves beans). The recipe also called for you to sautee the vegetables in 1 T. olive oil before adding to the slow cooker. I did not do this - I just added them and it turned out fine. The recipe called for 1 lb dried black beans that you soak for 6 hours or overnight in water. I used one can of black beans, one can of kidney beans and one can of pinto beans (my husband loves beans). The recipe also called for you to sautee the vegetables in 1 T. olive oil before adding to the slow cooker. I did not do this - I just added them and it turned out fine.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1 can black beans
    1 can pinto beans
    1 can kidney beans
    2 medium red bell peppers, finely chopped
    1 large onion, finely chopped
    3 celery stalks, finely chopped
    6 garlic cloves, minced
    1 1/2 T. ground cumin
    1/4 t. red pepper flakes
    salt and fresly ground black pepper
    6 cups low sodium vegetable broth
    2 bay leaves
    1/8 t. baking soda
    2 T. fresh lime juice
    Lime wedges, chopped fresh cilantro, diced red onion, diced avocado and/or reduced fat sour cream for garnish (not included in nutritional value)

Directions

Place all ingredients in slow cooker except for the lime juice and garnish. Cook for 8 hours on low or 5 hours on high.
Discard bay leaves. Ladle about 1 1/2 cups of the soup into a food processor or blender (or use an immersion blender in a large bowl) and process until smooth.
Return to the slow cooker and stir in lime juice.
Serve hot with your favorite garnishes

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FINALLYHEALTHY2.