Navy bean and bacon soup, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
A purely pantry cooking product, using up some of my Boston Organics vegetables, inspired by a recipe at Beyond Salmon. Brown two chopped carrots, 2 chopped celery sticks, 1/2 large chopped onion with two chopped pieces of bacon until softened. Add one can of drained navy beans, one can of water, two cans of chicken stock. Add two sprigs fresh rosemary, 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, 1/2 tsp kosher salt, 10 grinds of black pepper, stir, and bring to a low boil. Cover, let cook on a high simmer/low boil for 20 mins. Turn off heat, remove cover, rosemary sprigs, and puree with an immersion blender until smooth. Garnish with extra virgin olive oil and sherry vinegar.
This recipe and that picture makes me wish that I knew how to cook!
Yum. I make a virtually identically soup, but B. won’t let me use my beloved immersion blender on it because he “needs chunks.”
I love the light reflected in the spoon!
Boy do I wish I could cook,that way I couls surprise my better half once and a while.
Hey commenters! Yes YOU can cook. Anyone can cook. All you have to do is follow the directions. So give it a try.
Thanks for your post.