Mary Janes Bean Pot Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Put 6 cups water, the beans, barley, garlic, carrots, celery, onions, bay leaf, 11/2 tablespoons salt, herb blend, some pepper and porcini mushrooms (if using) in a slow cooker. Squeeze the tomatoes through your hands over the pot to break them down, and add with their juices. Cover and cook on high until the beans are quite tender and the soup is thick, about 8 hours.
• Add the spinach and cheese, and stir until the spinach wilts, about 5 minutes. Remove the bay leaf and season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle the soup into warmed bowls and drizzle each serving with vinegar and olive oil.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large stockpot set over medium heat; sauté the onion, celery, garlic, jalapeños, and carrots for about 3 minutes. Add the 10 cups water, the soaked and drained beans, ham, tomatoes, ginger, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat, decrease the heat, and simmer, uncovered, until the beans are tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
• The soup can be made up to 4 days in advance and refrigerated. It can also be frozen for up to 2 months. To serve, reheat and add water or stock if it has become too thick.
• My dad sold ham bones for soups at his Honeybee store, so it is worth asking for bones at your local ham store.

Steps:

• Heat a soup pot over medium heat. Add oil. When oil is hot, add onion. Saute onions 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes, black beans and pumpkin puree. Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and stir in cream, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt, to taste. Simmer 5 minutes, adjust seasonings and serve garnished with chopped chives.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat; saute the onion, celery, garlic, jalapenos, and carrots for about 3 minutes.
• Add in the 10 cups water, the soaked and drained beans, ham bone (or sausage) tomatoes, ginger, salt and pepper.
• Bring mixture to a boil over high heat; lower heat, and simmer, uncovered, until the beans are tender, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
• *Soup can be made up to 4 days in advance and refrigerated; it can be frozen for up to 2 months.
• To serve, reheat and add water or stock if it has become too thick.

Steps:

• Boil potatoes WITH THE SKIN ON until barely fork tender, about 20 minutes.
• Drain and cool.
• While potatoes are cooling, saute onion in butter just until opaque. You don't want them browned. Set aside.
• When cool enough to handle, peel potatoes and grate them into a 9 x 13 casserole.
• Top potatoes with onions and butter, and sprinkle on seasoning salt to taste.
• Pour cream over potatoes.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 45 minutes or until golden brown on top and cream has cooked into the potatoes.

Steps:

• Pour 2 cans of the black beans into a food processor or blender, along with the can of tomatoes. Puree until smooth. Set aside.
• Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir until the onion is softened. Stir in the bean puree, remaining can of beans, beef broth, pumpkin puree, and sherry vinegar. Mix until well blended, then simmer for about 25 minutes, or until thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Stir in the ham, and heat through before serving.