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      Title: Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup
 Categories: Diabetic, Soups/stews, Main dish, Crockpot, Beans
      Yield: 6 servings
 
      1 sl Bacon                               3 c  Beef broth
      1 ts Garlic; minced                      3    Bay leaves
    1/2 c  Onion; chopped                    1/2 ts Salt
  2 1/2 c  Kidney beans; canned with         1/8 ts Ground pepper; freshly
           -liquid                           1/4 ts Dried basil; crumbled
 
  Fry bacon over medium heat in heavy frying pan; crumble bacon and
  set aside.  Reheat bacon drippings over medium heat; saute garlic
  and onion until tender, stirring occasionally.  Puree beans in
  blender or food processor fitted with steel blade and stir into
  onion mixture.  Blend in crumbled bacon and remaining ingredients,
  stirring occasionally until soup is hot.  Remove and discard by
  leaves.  Soup will thicken as it stands and be thinned with water
  or additional beef broth.
  
  Per serving: 1 Vegetable exchange + 1 Starch/bread exchange
  + 1/2 Fat exchange

  CHO: 19 g; PRO: 8 g; FAT: 3 g; CAL: 136

  Low-sodium diets: This recipe is not suitable.
  
  Source: The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic
  by Mary Abbott Hess, R.D., M.S. and Katharine Middleton
  
  Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master
 
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