Dilled White Bean Soup for Two

I was looking for something filling for lunch today that wouldn't cost me a bunch of calories or fat.  I found the solution in white bean soup, or great northern bean soup to those of you who name your beans by names instead of colors.  I didn't know what a great northern bean was until I was twenty-five.  In my home, we grew up with calling them by their colors. Maybe that's a southern thing.  I've never understood why I see black beans on a restaurant menu instead of Cubans, but then always Great Northerns, Pintos, and Kidneys.  To me, those are white beans, brown beans, and red beans.

Not that it's important, it's just one of the many things I think about to avoid thinking about the important issues like...oh let's not go there. It's almost a holiday.  My brain is on vacation for fifteen more hours until I go into adult critical care training in the hospital tomorrow morning at 6:30am.

   Weekend Herb Blogging is being hosted by My Life As a Reluctant Housewife this week.  I love to zing this recipe up with a little, or in my bowl, a lot more dill.  Yum! 

Here's the soup recipe. There may be others that are similar but this is of my own making and spicing:

Dilled White Bean Soup for Two

1/2 cup each:  Onion, celery, carrot, green pepper, all finely chopped

1/2 clove garlic, minced               

15.5 oz can Great Northern Beans

14 oz can Chicken Broth

1-2 tsps Fresh Dill, to taste

1/4 tsp Cavendar's Greek Seasoning

Salt and Pepper to taste

1.  Saute' veggies until tender.

2.  Add rest of ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes until flavors combine.

3.  Garnish with sour cream and green onion if desired.

Makes 2  1 1/2 cup servings.

Nutrition per serving:  295 calories, 10 gram protein, 21 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fat

Comments

[sher]

Oh, that looks wonderful!! Much healthier than my orgy of tomato sandwiches today! Someone did some chopping today. :):) And that critical care will just fly by tomorrow.

[Glenna]

Oh I don't know. When I saw your tomato sandwiches I was thinking how good they'd taste WITH my bean soup. Yum! That bread looked fabulous and I can't believe how red your tomatoes are. Sniff. I so miss not being able to put out my patio container garden this year. Oh well. Enough whining.

Ha! Yes a little chopping with my favorite Wuesthof knife. It makes chopping fun. :-)

Thanks for the good wishes about work. It was a good day's work today.

[Rosie]

Glenna -

Why no garden this year? You may have said, and I missed it!

How do canned beans really compare with homecooked ones? I use canned kidney beans in chili and canned chickpeas in a quick curry - but never have been brave enough to eat great northerns outta a can.

[gabriella]

Looks fabulous!! Thank you so much for joining us in WHB. I will have the round-up done next Monday so check back!

[Glenna]

Rosie-- I didn't come out and explain about the garden. Until the end of May I was in respiratory school along with 25 hours of clinicals a week, plus working as a resp tech on the weekends. Then immediately after graduating I went into the hospital full time and had to pass 3 state boards and finish up my licensing. It was just too busy and whack at garden-putting-out-time to think about it. Now that things have settled down a bit I miss it. So I whine at Sher and anyone who will listen. :-)

Gabriella--Thank you! Can't wait!

[Rosie]

Glenna -

Well, at least you can hit up farmer's markets. Here in Ohio, when I didn't have much time to garden, I would take a long drive in the country looking for farmer's stands - especially at sweet corn time. Sometimes it is just nice to throw the hubby in the car and make an excuse to get some fresh air in your lungs and some sun on your face.

[Glenna]

Rosie, you're right. Now if I could just find one here...great suggestion, though.

[kalyn]

It sounds like you've been very busy lately. There's always next year for the garden. The soup sounds great. I like the idea of putting dill with white beans.

[Glenna]

Kalyn--Thanks! And thanks for welcoming me to WHB. I'm loving the way thinking about "what can I enter?" has gotten me excited about cooking again.

[johnny]

It looks great, but funny thing is that I was doing a search for white bean chili (from Paul Deen) and it came up with yours. Thanks!

[Glenna]

Johnny--Thanks for the compliment. I do mention Paula Deen in another post so maybe the search engine put both together. Thanks for stopping by.