Thursday, June 30, 2011

Great Woods

Good Morning! I have a short recipe post today on Great Northern Woods Soup. This recipe made it into our rotation of recipes. It is oh so tasty. I can only imagine how good it's going to be come this Fall/Winter when it's cold outside. Considering, the soup sounds good and I'm in Florida and its a scorcher here you know its good! So give this one a try even this weekend or go ahead and freeze it for after the weekend when you need a break from all the grilling and pies.

Since we'll be leaving for the beach and then down to Orlando to spend some time with the Little Man and Baby O I won't be blogging until the end of next week. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe 4th of July!!


Ingredients
  • Cooking spray
  • 1 cup baby carrots, halved
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 14 ounces turkey kielbasa, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 4 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 (15.8-ounce) cans Great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (6-ounce) bag fresh baby spinach leaves
Directions:
Heat a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add carrots, onion, garlic, and kielbasa; sauté 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium; cook 5 minutes. Add the broth, Italian seasoning, pepper, (I threw in some red pepper for a bit more of a kick) and beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
  • Place 2 cups of the soup in a food processor or blender, and process until smooth. Return the pureed mixture to pan. Simmer an additional 5 minutes. Remove soup from heat. Add the spinach, stirring until spinach wilts




2 comments:

  1. Nick just brought home some turkey kielbasa - now I know what to do with it - YUM! Enjoy your time in FL! Hi to your fam!

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  2. Thanks! I'll tell them. Yall's kielbasa will be so much better than our store bought kind!

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