Holiday Soup Mix
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup dried garbanzo beans
- 1/4 cup dried navy beans
- 1/4 cup dried red kidney beans
- 1/4 cup dried whole or split peas
- 3 tablespoons minced dried onion
- 2 tablespoons whole wheat berries
- 2 tablespoons pearl barley
- 2 tablespoons dried celery flakes
- 2 teaspoons instant beef bouillon granules
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil — crushed
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions for bean soup:
Combine contents of package with 7 cups water in a 3-quart saucepan
- Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 2 minutes
- Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 1 hour
- (Or soak bean mixture in the water overnight in a covered pan.)
- Do not drain. Bring beans and liquid to boiling, reduce heat.
- Cover and simmer 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until beans are tender
- Stir in one cup diced ham or 1 pound Italian
- sausage which has been cooked, crumbled and drained
- Remove bay leaf
- Season to taste with salt or seasoned salt
Variation: Add one 16-oz. can tomatoes, cut up and undrained and one medium carrot,
chopped. Cover and simmer for 30 more minutes. Season to taste.