Bean Soup Recipe

This bean soup recipe was given to me by my landlady last Christmas. The jar of multi colored dried beans that came with It truly warmed my heart. I found it a unique gift that i shared with my friends too. It is a gift worth sharing with all the fixings for homemade soup. I find it easy to prepare and surely it warms the heart of a loved one, a friend or a neighbor or any one who receives it.

Pour 6 to 8 cups of different dried beans into a large mixing bowl. Mix it up. Measure 2 cups into each of a 2 pint size canning jars. Copy the following recipe into an index card. Fold it in half to create gift tags. Punch a hole in the card, slip a ribbon through the hole, and tie it around the lid with a big bow.

Multi Beans Soup Recipe
• 2 cups dried beans
• 10 cups water or stock
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 pieces carrots, diced
• 2 cups tomatoes, minced
• 2 cups onions, chopped
• 1 piece green pepper, diced
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• salt to taste

Soak the beans in water overnight. Drain and place them in a soup pot with r crushed garlic cloves and 10 cups of water or stock. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Add the diced carrrots and simmer for 1 more hour. Add the minced tomatoes, chopped onions, diced green pepper, parsley, lime juice and chilli powder. Simmer for another 3 hours and season with salt.